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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: William M. Bill Hollenback
Conference: Independent-

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1881 <-- 1908 <- 1909 -> 1910 --> 2024

1909 Season Highlights

William M. Bill Hollenback enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Penn State.

1909 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Oct. 2	vs. Grove City	31	0	W
Sat., Oct. 9	vs. Carlisle	8	8	T	@ Wilkes-Barre, PA
Sat., Oct. 16	vs. Geneva	46	0	W
Sat., Oct. 23	@ Pennsylvania	3	3	T
Sat., Nov. 6	@ Bucknell	33	0	W
Sat., Nov. 13	vs. West Virginia	40	0	W
Thu., Nov. 25	@ Pittsburgh	5	0	W

1909 Season Totals
Record	5-0 -2
Points Scored	166
Scoring Average	23.7
Points Allowed	11
Defense Average	1.6
Opponents Record	10-5
Conference Record	0-0
Home Record	3-0 -1
Away Record	2-0 -1

1909 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
was not ranked.

1909 Independent- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
New Mexico	4-2	117	77					C.L. McBirnie
Connecticut	3-5	104	191					S.F.G. McLean
Michigan State	8-1	233	17					Chester L. Brewer
Arkansas	7-0	184	18					Hugo F. Bezdek
Kansas State	7-2	320	11					Mike F. Ahearn
Notre Dame	7-0-1	236	14					Frank C. Shorty Longman
Texas A&M	7-0-1	130	14					N.A. Merriam
Washington	7-0	214	6					Gilmour Gloomy Gil Dobie
Western Michigan	7-0	194	8					William H. Bill Spaulding
Florida	6-1-1	117	34					G.E. Pyle
Louisiana State	6-3	188	60					John W. Mayhew
Michigan	6-1	116	34					Fielding H. Hurry Up Yost
Oklahoma	6-4	203	107					Bennie Owen
Pittsburgh	6-2-1	94	26					Joseph H. Thompson
Baylor	5-3	112	41					Enoch J. Mills
Louisiana	5-2-1	200	60					C.J. McNaspy
Oklahoma State	5-3	50	16					Paul J. Davis
Penn State	5-0-2	166	11					William M. Bill Hollenback
Texas Christian	5-2-1	95	33					J.R. Langley
Akron	4-4	54	69					Clarence Weed
Central Michigan	4-3	63	58					Harry W. Helmer
Cincinnati	4-3-1	69	74					Robert Burch
Louisiana Tech	4-1	136	23					Percy S. Prince
Navy	4-3-1	99	42					Lt. Frank D. Berrien
Oregon State	4-2-1	54	44					Sol S. Metzger
Syracuse	4-5-1	110	101					T.A. Dwight Tad Jones
Texas	4-3-1	105	50					Dexter W. Draper
Washington State	4-1	159	17					William S. Willis Keinholz
West Virginia	4-3-2	118	81					Dr. Charles Augustus Lueder
Arizona	3-1	71	23					H.B. Galbraith
Army	3-2	57	32					Harry M. Nelly
Boston College	3-4-1	71	42					Charles McCarthy
Marshall	3-2-1	107	95					Boyd B. Chambers
Miami Ohio	3-4	96	83					Harold Iddings
Oregon	3-2	69	29					Robert W. Forbes
Rutgers	3-5-1	62	74					Herman Pritchard
Southern California	3-1-2	133	13					Dean B. Cromwell
Hawaii	2-2	16	39					Austin Jones
Maryland	2-5	19	101					William Lang/Edward Larkin
Northern Illinois	2-6	74	171					Nelson A. Kellogg
Ohio	2-4-2	26	106					Robert Woods
South Carolina	2-6	36	128					Christie Benet
Tulsa	2-1	23	33					Unknown
Wake Forest	2-4	11	45					A.T. Myers
New Mexico State	1-3-1	19	91					J.H. Squires
Troy	1-0-2	6	0					V.P. McKinley
Jacksonville State	0-2	0	49					F.A. Harwood
Stanford	0-0	0	0					No Team
Temple	0-4-1	0	99					William J. Schatz

1909 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1909 All Independent Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

Great Moments in College Football History

Chief Osceola, the Florida State mascot who rides out and plants a flaming spear at midfield before each home game, has been approved by Florida's Seminole Indian Tribe.