1905 Penn State football team

The 1905 Penn State football team was an American football team that represented Pennsylvania State College—now known as Pennsylvania State University–as an independent during the 1905 college football season. The team was coached by Tom Fennell and played its home games on Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1905 Penn State football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–3
Head coach	Tom Fennell (2nd season)
Captain	Ed Yeckley
Home stadium	Beaver Field

1905 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					10	–	0	–	0
Penn			–					12	–	0	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	0	–	1
Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	2
Swarthmore			–					7	–	1	–	0
Western U. of Penn.			–					10	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					8	–	2	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					10	–	3	–	0
Lafayette			–					7	–	2	–	1
Wesleyan			–					7	–	2	–	1
Carlisle			–					10	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					8	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	2	–	0
Amherst			–					3	–	1	–	2
Holy Cross			–					6	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					7	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	0
Vermont			–					6	–	4	–	1
Cornell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					4	–	3	–	2
Army			–					4	–	4	–	1
Bucknell			–					5	–	5	–	0
NYU			–					3	–	3	–	1
Lehigh			–					6	–	7	–	0
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	6	–	0
Geneva			–					4	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire			–					2	–	4	–	2
Springfield Training School			–					3	–	5	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					3	–	7	–	0
Drexel			–					1	–	7	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	Lebanon Valley	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 23–0
September 30	California (PA)	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 29–0
October 7	vs. Carlisle	Harrisburg Athletic Grounds Harrisburg, PA	L 0–11	10,000
October 14	at Gettysburg	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 18–0
October 21	at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–12	2,000
October 28	Villanova	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 29–0
November 4	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 5–11
November 11	Geneva	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 73–0
November 18	vs. Dickinson	Williamsport, PA	W 6–0	8,000
November 24	West Virginia	Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 6–0
November 30	at Western University of Pennsylvania	Exposition Park Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 6–0	8,000