1905 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–3
Head coach
CaptainEd Yeckley
Home stadiumBeaver Field
1905 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

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.[1] The team was coached by Tom Fennell and played its home games on Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16Lebanon ValleyW 23–0
September 30California (PA)
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 29–0
October 7vs. Carlisle
L 0–1110,000[2]
October 14at Gettysburg
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 18–0
October 21at YaleL 0–122,000[3]
October 28Villanova
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 29–0[4]
November 4at NavyL 5–11
November 11Geneva
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 73–0[5]
November 18vs. DickinsonWilliamsport, PAW 6–08,000
November 24West Virginia
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 6–0
November 30at Western University of PennsylvaniaW 6–08,000[6]

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. "Carlisle Indians Down the State College Team in Their Annual Struggle on the Gridiron -- Score 11 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 8, 1905. p. 15 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Yale, 12; Penn. State, 0". The New York Times. October 22, 1905. p. 11 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "State Plays Fine Game". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 29, 1905. p. 15. Retrieved June 1, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. "State Rolled Up Big Score: Geneva No Match for Whit and Blue -- Outlook Is Good". The Pittsburg Press. November 12, 1905. p. 19 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Pittsburg Players Suffer Bitter Defeat at End of Season". Pittsburgh Daily Post. December 1, 1905. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.


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