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1897 Penn State football team

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1897 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6
Head coach
CaptainJoe Curtin
Home stadiumBeaver Field
Seasons
 1896
1898 
1897 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn  1500
Princeton  1010
Washington & Jefferson  1010
Yale  902
Buffalo  910
Harvard  1011
Army  611
Vermont  302
Lafayette  921
Drexel  621
Colgate  521
Dickinson  732
Swarthmore  732
Fordham  211
Cornell  531
Syracuse  531
Brown  740
Carlisle  640
Boston College  430
Holy Cross  431
Wesleyan  870
Bucknell  331
NYU  330
Temple  330
Trinity (CT)  441
Tufts  670
Geneva  341
Pittsburgh College  352
Villanova  351
Penn State  360
Franklin & Marshall  262
Lehigh  370
New Hampshire  250
Rutgers  250
Western Univ. Penn.  130

The 1897 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 1897 college football season. The team was coached by Samuel B. Newton and played its home games on Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25GettysburgW 32–0
October 2at Lafayette
L 0–24
October 13at PrincetonL 0–34[1]
October 16at PennL 0–24500[2][3]
October 20at NavyL 0–4
October 30at Cornell
L 0–45
November 132:40 p.m.vs. Bucknell
W 27–41,800[4][5][6]
November 20Bloomsburg Normal
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 10–0
November 25vs. DickinsonSunbury, PAL 0–6[7]

References

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  1. "Scares the Tigers: State Almost Scores Twice Against Princeton's Team". Chicago Tribune. October 14, 1897. p. 4 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Penn Downed State By A Small Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 21, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. "Penn's Playing Was Mediocre". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 21, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. "State and Bucknell". Altoona Tribune. Altoona, Pennsylvania. November 12, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved January 18, 2025 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. "State By A Healthy Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 14, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved January 18, 2025 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. "Bucknell Defeated". Lewisburg Chronicle. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. November 20, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved January 18, 2025 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. "Dickinson 6, State 0: The Carlisle Team Too Much for State College". The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA). November 26, 1897. p. 4 via Newspapers.com.