1904 Penn State football team

The 1904 Penn State football team was an American football team that represented Pennsylvania State College—now known as Pennsylvania State University–as an independent during the 1904 college football season.^[1] The team was coached by Tom Fennell and played its home games on Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1904 Penn State football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–4
Head coach	Tom Fennell (1st season)
Captain	Carl Forkum
Home stadium	Beaver Field
Seasons ← 1903 1905 →

1904 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn			–					12	–	0	–	0
Western U. of Penn.			–					10	–	0	–	0
Dartmouth			–					7	–	0	–	1
Yale			–					10	–	1	–	0
Amherst			–					9	–	1	–	0
Colgate			–					8	–	1	–	1
Carlisle			–					10	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					8	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	2	–	0
Army			–					7	–	2	–	0
Fordham			–					4	–	1	–	1
Harvard			–					7	–	2	–	1
Dickinson			–					8	–	3	–	1
Columbia			–					7	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					7	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					6	–	3	–	0
Swarthmore			–					6	–	3	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					6	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	0
Brown			–					6	–	5	–	0
Bucknell			–					3	–	3	–	0
Springfield Training School			–					4	–	4	–	1
NYU			–					3	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross			–					2	–	5	–	2
Wesleyan			–					3	–	7	–	0
Geneva			–					1	–	4	–	2
Vermont			–					1	–	5	–	2
New Hampshire			–					2	–	5	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	6	–	2
Tufts			–					2	–	9	–	1
Lehigh			–					1	–	8	–	0
Frankin & Marshall			–					0	–	10	–	0

Notably, 1904 marked the first season where WUP/Pitt, Penn State, and West Virginia played a full round robin. Thus, 1904 marked the first season of the district championship.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–6		^[2]
October 1	Allegheny	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 50–0
October 8	at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–24
October 15	West Virginia	Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 34–0
October 22	vs. Washington & Jefferson	Exposition Park Pittsburgh, PA	W 12–0	4,100	^[3]
October 29	Jersey Shore Athletic Club	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 30–0
November 5	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 9–20
November 12	vs. Dickinson	Williamsport, PA	W 11–0		^[4]
November 19	Geneva	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 44–0		^[5]
November 24	at Western University of Pennsylvania	Exposition Park Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 5–22	8,500	^[6]

References

1. . College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
2. "Penn Scrapes Out a Victory by the Score of 6 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 25, 1904. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "State Team Is On Top Of Heap". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 23, 1904. p. 12. Retrieved September 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
4. "State Won a Great Game: Swept Dickinson Eleven Off Their Feet in Second Half". The Pittsburgh Press. November 13, 1904. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "State Runs Up A Swell Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 20, 1904. p. 14. Retrieved September 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
6. "State Easy for the WUPS". The Pittsburgh Post. November 25, 1904. pp. 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.