1887 Penn State football team

1887 Penn State football
1887 Penn State football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–0
Head coach	None;
Captain	George Linsz
Home stadium	Old Main lawn
	Seasons ← 1881 1888 →

1887 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Yale		–		9	–	0	–	0
Penn State		–		2	–	0	–	0
Harvard		–		10	–	1	–	0
Lafayette		–		7	–	2	–	0
Princeton		–		7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh		–		4	–	3	–	0
Williams		–		3	–	3	–	0
Penn		–		6	–	7	–	0
Wesleyan		–		4	–	5	–	0
Tufts		–		4	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts		–		2	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		2	–	6	–	0
Bucknell		–		0	–	2	–	0
Cornell		–		0	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		0	–	2	–	0
Vermont		–		0	–	2	–	0

The 1887 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 1887 college football season. The team went 2–0 and are the school's only unscored-upon team.^[1] The quarterback of this team was George H. "Lucy" Linsz. He later changed his last name from Linsz to Lins, probably during World War I. In 1887, Penn State's school colors were dark pink and black.

^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1885-1889)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.

[1] "Penn State Yearly Results (1885-1889)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.

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