1911 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1911 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Penn State University during the 1911 college football season. Undefeated, but with one tie,[1] the team was recognized retroactively as a national champion by the National Championship Foundation.[2]

1911 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Co-national champion (NCF)
ConferenceIndependent
1911 record8–0–1
Head coach
CaptainDexter Very
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
1911 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn State    8 0 1
Carlisle    11 1 0
Princeton    8 0 2
Trinity (CT)    6 0 2
Temple    6 1 0
Army    6 1 1
Swarthmore    6 1 1
Dartmouth    8 2 0
Lafayette    8 2 0
Yale    7 2 1
Harvard    6 2 1
Cornell    7 3 0
Rhode Island State    5 2 1
Brown    7 3 1
Bucknell    6 3 1
Penn    7 4 0
Pittsburgh    4 3 1
Washington & Jefferson    6 4 0
Syracuse    5 3 2
Dickinson    4 4 0
Lehigh    5 5 1
Rutgers    4 4 1
Dickinson    4 4 0
St. Bonaventure    2 2 0
Carnegie Tech    4 5 0
Holy Cross    4 5 0
Tufts    3 4 0
Vermont    3 5 0
NYU    1 3 3
Colgate    3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall    3 6 0
Geneva    1 6 1
Villanova    0 5 1
Boston College    0 7 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30GenevaW 57–0
October 7Gettysburg
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 31–0
October 14at CornellIthaca, NYW 5–0
October 21Villanova
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 18–0
October 28at PennW 22–615,000
November 4St. Bonaventure
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 46–0[3]
November 11Colgate
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 17–9
November 18at NavyT 0–0
November 30at PittsburghW 3–015,000–20,000[4][5]

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1910-1914)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  3. "Penn State Swamps St. Bonaventure". The Gazette Times. Pittsburgh. November 5, 1911. sec. 3, p. 2. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  4. "Game and Prize Go to State". The Pittsburgh Post. December 1, 1911. p. 9 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Pitt is Beaten By State, 3-0". The Gazette Times. Pittsburgh. December 1, 1911. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
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