1897 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
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| 1897 Penn State Nittany Lions football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| 1897 record | 3–6 |
| Head coach | Samuel Newton (2nd year) |
| Home stadium | Beaver Field |
The 1897 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1897 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Samuel Newton and played its home games on Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.
Despite the article title, the school did not adopt the Nittany Lion as its mascot until 1907.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | ||||||
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| September 25 | Gettysburg | Beaver Field • State College, PA | W 32–0 | ||||||
| October 2 | at Lafayette | March Field • Easton, PA | L 0–24 | ||||||
| October 13 | at Princeton | University Field • Princeton, NJ | L 0–34 | ||||||
| October 16 | at Pennsylvania | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | L 0–24 | ||||||
| October 20 | at Navy | Worden Field • Annapolis, MD | L 0–4 | ||||||
| October 30 | at Cornell | Ithaca, NY | L 0–45 | ||||||
| November 13 | vs. Bucknell | Williamsport, PA | W 27–4 | ||||||
| November 20 | Bloomsburg Normal | Beaver Field • State College, PA | W 10–0 | ||||||
| November 25 | vs. Dickinson | Sunbury, PA | L 0–6 | ||||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
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References
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