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Penn State Football Team History

Penn State Nittany Lions

The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Founded: 1855
Stadium: Beaver Stadium
Capacity: 106,537
Colors: Blue & White
Coach: Thomas F. Tom Fennell
Conference: Independent-

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1881 <-- 1904 <- 1905 -> 1906 --> 2024

1905 Season Highlights

Thomas F. Tom Fennell enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Penn State.

1905 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Sep. 16	vs. Lebanon Valley	23	0	W
Sat., Sep. 30	vs. California (Pennsylvania)	29	0	W
Sat., Oct. 7	@ Carlisle	0	11	L	@ Harrisburg, PA
Sat., Oct. 14	vs. Gettysburg	18	0	W
Sat., Oct. 21	@ Yale	0	12	L
Sat., Oct. 28	vs. Villanova	29	0	W
Sat., Nov. 4	@ Navy	5	11	L
Sat., Nov. 11	vs. Geneva	73	0	W
Sat., Nov. 18	vs. Dickinson	6	0	W	@ Williamsport, PA
Fri., Nov. 24	vs. West Virginia	6	0	W
Thu., Nov. 30	@ Pittsburgh	6	0	W

1905 Season Totals
Record	8-3
Points Scored	195
Scoring Average	17.7
Points Allowed	34
Defense Average	3.1
Opponents Record	26-6
Conference Record	0-0
Home Record	7-0
Away Record	1-3

1905 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
was not ranked.

1905 Independent- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Kansas	10-1	250	26					A.R. Bert Kennedy
Iowa State	6-3	203	93					A.W. Ristine
New Mexico	5-1-1	90	45					Martin F. Angel
Connecticut	2-2	27	59					E.O. Smith
Navy	10-1-1	243	23					Paul J. Dashiell
Pittsburgh	10-2	405	46					Arthur St. L. Texas Mosse
Virginia Tech	9-1	305	24					C.P. Miles
Nebraska	8-2	196	83					Walter C. Bummy Booth
Penn State	8-3	195	34					Thomas F. Tom Fennell
Stanford	8-0	138	13					James F. Lanagan
Syracuse	8-3	224	69					Dr. Charles P. Hutchins
Central Michigan	7-1	127	14					Charles Tambling
Oklahoma	7-2	229	55					Bennie Owen
Kansas State	6-2	140	51					Mike F. Ahearn
Marshall	6-2	40	98					Alfred McCary
Maryland	6-4	131	66					Fred K. Neilson
Oregon State	6-3	164	28					Dr. Allen C. Steckle
Southern California	6-3-1	211	45					Harvey R. Holmes
West Virginia	6-3	172	44					Carl S. Forkum
Missouri	5-4	94	79					John F. Mclean
Notre Dame	5-4	212	80					Henry J. McGlew
Texas	5-4	98	69					Ralph F. Hutchinson
Virginia	5-4	169	78					William C. King Cole
Arizona	4-2	84	96					William M. Ruthrauff
Army	4-4-1	104	60					Robert E. Boyers
California	4-1-2	75	12					J.W. Knibbs
Cincinnati	4-3	87	91					Amos P. Foster
Miami Ohio	4-3	138	76					No Coach
North Carolina	4-3-1	82	90					William J. Bill Warner
Oregon	4-2-2	65	39					Bruce C. Shorts
South Carolina	4-2-1	91	78					Christie Benet
Texas Christian	4-4	77	65					E.J. Hyde
Washington	4-2-2	79	52					Oliver F. Cutts
Washington State	4-4	175	61					Everett M. Sweeley
Louisiana State	3-0	36	0					Dan A. Killian
New Mexico State	3-0	96	0					John O. Miller
Northern Illinois	3-1-1	25	12					Harry Sauthoff
Rutgers	3-6	44	99					Oliver D. Mann
Arkansas	2-6	32	50					A.D. Brown
Ohio	2-5-2	48	141					Joseph Railsback
Temple	2-0-1	48	12					H. Shindle Wingert
Baylor	1-6	20	159					Archie R. Web
Jacksonville State	1-1	2	32					C.A. Holton
Oklahoma State	1-3-2	21	29					No Coach
Tulsa	1-2	10	24					Unknown
Western Michigan	1-1	6	6					Unknown
Arizona State	0-3	8	28					Frederick M. Irish
Louisiana Tech	0-1	0	16					J.Y. Bragg
Nevada	0-3-1	0	42					No Coach

1905 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1905 All Independent Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

Great Moments in College Football History

In 1905, 18 men were killed in college football games, and 159 were permanently injured.