1891 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1891 Penn State Nittany Lions football
PIFA Champions
Conference	Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Football Association
1891 record	6–2 (4–1 PIFA)
Head coach	none
Home stadium	Old Main lawn
Seasons

1891 PIFA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn State †	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Dickinson		–		–					–		–
Franklin & Marshall		–		–					–		–
Haverford		–		–					–		–
Lewisburg		–		–					–		–
Swarthmore		–		–					–		–
† – Conference champion

The 1891 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1891 college football season. The team played its home games on the Old Main lawn 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
October 2	at Lafayette	March Field Easton, PA	W 14–4
October 3	at Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA	L 2–24
October 17	at Swarthmore	Swarthmore, PA	W 44–0
October 24	at Franklin & Marshall	Lancaster, PA	W 26–6
October 27	at Gettysburg	Gettysburg, PA	W 18–0
November 7	at Bucknell	Lewisburg, PA	L 10–12
November 26 ‡	Dickinson	Altoona, PA	W Dickinson forfeited
December 5	at Haverford	Haverford, PA	W 58–0