1899 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1899 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
1899 record	4–6–1
Head coach	Sam Boyle (1st season)
Home stadium	Beaver Field
Seasons

The 1899 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1899 college football season. The team was coached by Sam Boyle 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
September 23	[[{{{school}}}|Mansfield]]	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 38–0
September 30	Gettysburg	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 40–0
October 7	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	W 6–0
October 13	Washington & Jefferson	Beaver Field State College, PA	T 0–0
October 18	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–12
October 21	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 0–6
October 28	Dickinson	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 15–0
November 4	vs. Bucknell	Williamsport, PA	L 0–5
November 11	at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–42
November 17	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–47
November 25	at Duquesne Athletic Club	Pittsburgh, PA	L 5–64