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{{short description|American college football season}}
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox NCAA team season
{{Infobox college sports team season
|year=1905
| year = 1905
|team=Penn State Nittany Lions
| team = Penn State
|sport=football
| sport = football
|image=Penn State Football 1905.jpg
| image = Penn State Football 1905.jpg
|image_size=200px
| image_size = 285
|conference=Independent
| conference = Independent
|record=8–3
|head_coach=[[Tom Fennell]]
| record = 8–3
| head_coach = [[Tom Fennell]]
|hc_year= 2nd
| hc_year = 2nd
| captain = Ed Yeckley
|off_scheme=
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| stadium = [[Beaver Field]]
|def_scheme=
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|stadium=Beaver Field
|champion=
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}}
{{1905 Eastern college football independents records}}
{{1905 Eastern college football independents records}}
The '''1905 Penn State Nittany Lions football team''' represented the [[Pennsylvania State University]] in the [[1905 college football season]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Penn State Yearly Results (1905-1909)|publisher=David DeLassus|work=College Football Data Warehouse|accessdate=August 10, 2015|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/p/penn_state/1905-1909_yearly_results.php}}</ref> The team was coached by [[Tom Fennell]] and played its home games on Beaver Field in [[State College, Pennsylvania]].
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]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Penn State Yearly Results (1905-1909)|publisher=David DeLassus|work=College Football Data Warehouse|access-date=August 10, 2015|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/p/penn_state/1905-1909_yearly_results.php|archive-date=August 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150805073006/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/p/penn_state/1905-1909_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> The team was coached by [[Tom Fennell]] and played its home games on [[Beaver Field]] in [[State College, Pennsylvania]].

Despite the article title, the school did not adopt the Nittany Lion as its mascot until 1907.


==Schedule==
==Schedule==
{{CFB schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1905
| poll = AP
| timezone = Eastern
| timezone = Eastern


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| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1905|team=Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen|title=Lebanon Valley}}
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1905|team=Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen|title=Lebanon Valley}}
| site_stadium = Beaver Field
| site_stadium = [[Beaver Field]]
| site_cityst = [[State College, PA]]
| site_cityst = [[State College, Pennsylvania|State College, PA]]
| score = 23–0
| score = 23–0
}}
}}
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| neutral = y
| neutral = y
| opponent = [[1905 Carlisle Indians football team|Carlisle]]
| opponent = [[1905 Carlisle Indians football team|Carlisle]]
| site_stadium =
| site_stadium = Harrisburg Athletic Grounds
| site_cityst = [[Harrisburg, PA]]
| site_cityst = [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg, PA]]
| score = 0–11
| score = 0–11
| attend = 10,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|title=Carlisle Indians Down the State College Team in Their Annual Struggle on the Gridiron -- Score 11 to 0|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=October 8, 1905|page=15|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52000713/carlisle-indians-down-the-state-college/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| away = y
| away = y
| opponent = [[1905 Yale Bulldogs football team|Yale]]
| opponent = [[1905 Yale Bulldogs football team|Yale]]
| site_stadium = [[Yale Field]]
| site_stadium = [[Yale Field (1884)|Yale Field]]
| site_cityst = [[New Haven, CT]]
| site_cityst = [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven, CT]]
| score = 0–12
| score = 0–12
| attend = 2,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|title=Yale, 12; Penn. State, 0|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 22, 1905|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98234987/yale-12-penn-state-0/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| site_cityst = State College, PA
| site_cityst = State College, PA
| score = 29–0
| score = 29–0
| source = <ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=State Plays Fine Game |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78754493/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |location=[[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] |date=October 29, 1905 |page=15 |access-date=June 1, 2021 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| opponent = [[1905 Navy Midshipmen football team|Navy]]
| opponent = [[1905 Navy Midshipmen football team|Navy]]
| site_stadium = [[Worden Field]]
| site_stadium = [[Worden Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Annapolis, MD]]
| site_cityst = [[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis, MD]]
| score = 5–11
| score = 5–11
}}
}}
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| date = November 11
| date = November 11
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| opponent = [[1905 Geneva Golden Tornadoes football team|Geneva]]
| opponent = [[1905 Geneva Covenanters football team|Geneva]]
| site_stadium = Beaver Field
| site_stadium = Beaver Field
| site_cityst = State College, PA
| site_cityst = State College, PA
| score = 73–0
| score = 73–0
| source = <ref>{{cite news|title=State Rolled Up Big Score: Geneva No Match for Whit and Blue -- Outlook Is Good|newspaper=The Pittsburg Press|date=November 12, 1905|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76158027/state-rolled-up-big-score/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| neutral = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1905|team=Dickinson Red Devils|title=Dickinson}}
| opponent = [[1905 Dickinson football team|Dickinson]]
| site_stadium =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania|Williamsport, PA]]
| site_cityst = [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania|Williamsport, PA]]
| score = 6–0
| score = 6–0
| attend = 8,000
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| opponent = [[1905 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|West Virginia]]
| opponent = [[1905 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|West Virginia]]
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| gamename = [[Penn State–West Virginia football rivalry|rivalry]]
| site_stadium = Beaver Field
| site_stadium = Beaver Field
| site_cityst = State College, PA
| site_cityst = State College, PA
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| gamename = [[Penn State–West Virginia football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 6–0
| score = 6–0
}}
}}
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| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| away = y
| away = y
| opponent = [[1905 Western University of Pennsylvania football team|Western University of Pennsylvania]]
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1905|team=Pittsburgh Panthers|title=Pittsburgh}}
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| site_stadium = [[Exposition Park (Pittsburgh)|Exposition Park]]
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| site_cityst = [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, PA]]
| gamename = [[Penn State–Pittsburgh football rivalry|rivalry]]
| gamename = [[Penn State–Pittsburgh football rivalry|rivalry]]
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| site_stadium = [[Exposition Park (Pittsburgh)|Exposition Park]]
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| site_cityst = [[Pittsburgh, PA]]
| score = 6–0
| score = 6–0
| attend = 8,000
| source = <ref name=PPSB>{{cite news|title=Pittsburg Players Suffer Bitter Defeat at End of Season.|newspaper=Pittsburgh Daily Post|date=December 1, 1905|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48136710/pittsburg-football-players-suffer/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
}}
}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 04:18, 16 August 2023

1905 Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–3
Head coach
CaptainEd Yeckley
Home stadiumBeaver Field
Seasons
← 1904
1906 →
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

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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16Lebanon Valley
W 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 Yale
L 0–122,000[3]
October 28Villanova
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 29–0[4]
November 4at Navy
L 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 Pennsylvania
W 6–08,000[6]

References

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  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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