1935 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team

The 1935 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 1935 season playing in the Eastern Intercollegiate Soccer League. It was the program's 25th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team. The 1935 season is William Jeffrey's tenth year at the helm.

1935 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer
ConferenceEastern Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association
Record7–0–0 ( Eastern Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association)
Head coach
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1934
1936 →

Background

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The 1935 season was the Nittany Lions' 25th season as a varsity soccer program, and their 10th season playing as a part of the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association. The team was led by 10th year head coach, William Jeffrey, who had previously served as the head coach for the semi-professional soccer team, Altoona Works.

The Nittany Lions finished their season undefeated and unscored on through seven games. Penn State extended their unbeaten streak that began during the 1932 season to 21 matches.[1] Penn State was invited at the end of its season to face west coast soccer champions San Francisco University for a National Intercollegiate Association Football Championship title game.[2] The team did not make the trip to California due to budgetary issues.[3]

The Nittany Lions were denied the Eastern Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association title due to the team not playing four active members of the ISFA, the team instead received an honorable mention by the association. Penn State's schedule originally featured four active members but Syracuse was later suspended for the 1935 season due to only playing 3 league contests in 1934. The team instead received an honorable mention by the association. As a fix to future scheduling issues the association removed its four active member game mandate and instead would choose a champion based on strength of schedule. This change also made every school actively participating in the association into an active member.[4]

Squad

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Roster

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Schedule

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Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Regular season
October 12
1:00 p.m.
Gettysburg W 4–0  1–0–0
New Beaver Field (2500)
State College, PA
October 19
1:00 p.m.
Temple W 4–0  2–0–0
New Beaver Field
State College, PA
October 26
2:00 p.m.
Lafayette W 1–0  3–0–0
New Beaver Field
State College, PA
October 26
at Army W 6–0  4–0–0

West Point, NY
November 2
Syracuse W 4–0  5–0–0
New Beaver Field
State College, PA
November 9
1:00 p.m.
at Springfield College W 1-0  6–0–0
South Field Pitch (2000)
Springfield, MA
November 16
11:00 a.m.
at Navy W 2–0  7–0–0

Annapolis, MD
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

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  1. ^ "Booter End 3rd Undefeated Season by Defeating Navy 2-to-0". Daily Collegian. November 19, 1935. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  2. ^ Swalm, Townsend (November 22, 1935). "Soccer Team Invited to California for National Title Contest". Daily Collegian. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  3. ^ Townsend, Swalm (December 6, 1935). "Lack of Money Detains Booters". Daily Collegian. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  4. ^ Freunsch, Walt (January 14, 1936). "Booters Denied Eastern Crown on Technicality". Daily Collegian. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  5. ^ Swalm, Townsend (November 12, 1935). "Nittany Booter Down Springfield In 1-to-0 Contest". Daily Collegian. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  6. ^ "Sports Managers Release 3 Cards for '35 Season". Daily Collegian. March 1, 1935. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  7. ^ "Booters End 3rd Undefeated Season by Defeating Navy 2-to-0". Daily Collegian. November 19, 1935. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  8. ^ Swalm, Townsend (October 11, 1935). "Lion Booters, Harriers Meet Gettysburg, Lehigh Here Tomorrow". Daily Collegian. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  9. ^ Swalm, Townsend (October 15, 1935). "Soccer Team Wins 4-0". Daily Collegian. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  10. ^ Swalm, Townsend (October 22, 1935). "Nittany Booters Sink Temple Owls With 4-0 Score". Daily Collegian. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  11. ^ Swalm, Townsend (October 25, 1935). "Booters To Face Leopards in 3rd Starts of Season". Daily Collegian. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  12. ^ Swalm, Townsend (October 29, 1935). "Soccermen Defeat Maroon; Cubs Tie". Daily Collegian. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  13. ^ Swalm, Townsend (November 1, 1935). "Soccer Team Beats Army 6-to-0 Wednesday; Saltine Booters Have Good Team". Daily Collegian. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  14. ^ Swalm, Townsend (November 5, 1935). "Soccer Team Beats Orange By 4-0 Score". Daily Collegian. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  15. ^ Swalm, Townsend (November 8, 1935). "Nittany Booters Meet Springfield Team Tomorrow". Daily Collegian. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  16. ^ Swalm, Townsend (November 15, 1935). "Soccermen Risk Perfect Record Against Middies Tomorrow at Annapolis". Daily Collegian. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
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