1896 Penn State football team

1896 Penn State football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–4
Head coach	Samuel B. Newton (1st season)
Captain	James Dunsmore
Home stadium	Beaver Field

1896 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Fordham			–					1	–	0	–	0
Lafayette			–					11	–	0	–	1
Princeton			–					10	–	0	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					8	–	0	–	1
Penn			–					14	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					13	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					11	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					9	–	1	–	2
Villanova			–					10	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					7	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	3	–	0
Storrs			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	0
Army			–					3	–	2	–	1
Rutgers			–					6	–	6	–	0
Carlisle			–					5	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					2	–	2	–	2
Brown			–					4	–	5	–	1
Wesleyan			–					4	–	5	–	1
Frankin & Marshall			–					3	–	4	–	2
Geneva			–					3	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
Amherst			–					3	–	6	–	1
Western Univ. Penn.			–					3	–	6	–	0
Lehigh			–					2	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					2	–	6	–	1
Swarthmore			–					2	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire			–					1	–	4	–	0
Drexel			–					1	–	5	–	0
Massachusetts			–					0	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island			–					0	–	4	–	0

The 1896 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 1896 college football season. The team was coached by Samuel B. Newton and played its home games on Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Gettysburg	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 40–0
October 3	Western University of Pennsylvania	Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	W 10–4
October 10	Dickinson	Beaver Field State College, PA	W 8–0
October 24	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–39	1,000
October 31	vs. Bucknell	Williamsport, PA	L 0–10
November 14	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–27
November 21	vs. Carlisle	Sixth Street gridiron Harrisburg, PA	L 5–48	2,000