1889 Penn State

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Penn State, 1889 — Photo: Pennsylvania State University, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Biggest winBeat Swarthmore 20–⁠6Oct 26
By 14 points, its widest win.

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Date	Opponent	Result
Oct 26	vsSwarthmore	W 20–⁠6	90%
Nov 9	atLafayette	L 0–⁠26	40%
Nov 11	atLehigh	L 0–⁠106	46%
Nov 25	vsBucknell	W 12–⁠0	67%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Bucknell 12–⁠0.

In program history: The 132nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 139 on file).

Photographs from 1889

Football TeamPhoto: Pennsylvania State University, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America

Photographs from libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives (no copyright in the United States, public domain or Creative Commons) and credited to it. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Record: 2–⁠2
Conference: —
AP poll: Began in 1936
Points: 32–⁠138
Coach: —
Elo: 1411 −48 this season
SP+ rating: —
Recruiting class: —

Captain: James Mock