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1905 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
1905 record8–3
Head coachTom Fennell (2nd season)
Home stadiumBeaver Field
Seasons
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1905 college football independents records
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Yale         10 0 0
Penn         12 0 1
Stanford         8 0 0
Kentucky U.         7 0 3
Stetson         4 0 1
Kansas         10 1 0
Navy         10 1 1
VPI         9 1 0
Colorado         8 1 0
Case         8 1 1
Dartmouth         7 1 2
Central Michigan         7 1 0
Swarthmore         7 1 0
Chattanooga         6 1 0
Western U. of Penn.         10 2 0
Nebraska         9 2 0
Princeton         8 2 0
Harvard         8 2 1
Oklahoma         7 2 0
Washington and Lee         7 2 0
Wesleyan         7 2 1
Washington & Jefferson         9 3 0
Penn State         8 3 0
Kansas State         6 2 0
Utah         6 2 0
Carlisle         10 4 0
Washburn         7 3 0
Oregon Agricultural         6 3 0
Iowa State         6 3 0
West Virginia         6 3 0
South Carolina         4 2 1
California         4 1 2
Arizona         4 2 0
Kentucky State         6 3 1
USC         6 3 1
Cornell         6 4 0
Maryland         6 4 0
Oregon         4 2 2
Washington         4 2 2
Missouri         5 4 0
Notre Dame         5 4 0
Virginia         5 4 0
North Carolina         4 3 1
Army         4 4 1
Michigan State Normal         4 4 0
TCU         4 4 0
Washington State         4 4 0
Connecticut         2 2 0
Wyoming         3 4 0
Wabash         4 5 0
Richmond         3 5 2
Montana         2 3 0
Geneva         4 6 0
Rutgers         3 6 0
Villanova         3 7 0
Delaware         3 4 1
William & Mary         2 4 1
The Citadel         2 3 1
VMI         2 5 1
Oklahoma A&M         1 3 2
Arkansas         2 6 0
Kendall         1 3 0
Baylor         1 6 0
Tempe         0 3 0

The 1905 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in 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.

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

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 16Lebanon Valley
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 23–0
September 30[[{{{school}}}|California (PA)]]
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 29–0
October 7vs. CarlisleHarrisburg, PAL 0–11
October 14at Gettysburg
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 18–0
October 21at Yale
L 0–12
October 28Villanova
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 29–0
November 4at Navy
L 5–11
November 11Geneva
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 73–0
November 18vs. DickinsonWilliamsport, PAW 6–0
November 24West Virginia
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 6–0
November 30at PittsburghW 6–0

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