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Penn State

FBSI · 1891 Season · Final

Rebuilding +
Record
5–2
0.714 Win %
Conference
—
0–0 in FBSI

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons
133
1889–2026
All-Time Record
931–410–37
0.689 Win %
Peak Final Rank
#1
1969, 1977, 1981 +2
#1 Finishes
5
Top 5: 20 · Top 10: 33 · Top 25: 68
  • 12-Team Playoff & Revenue Era · 2 seasons · 1 Top 10
  • Limited Playoff Era · 26 seasons · 7 Top 10
  • Independents & Bowl Tie-In Era · 16 seasons · 7 Top 10 · 2× #1
  • Divisional Era · 26 seasons · 10 Top 10 · 3× #1
  • AP Poll & Postwar Era · 20 seasons · 1 Top 10
  • Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 30 seasons · 6 Top 10
  • Pioneer Era · 12 seasons · 1 Top 10

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Penn State head-to-head · History & Eras

1891 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
6Week 6 · Oct 6Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)H2HIND FBSI2–9–1W 14–4
6Week 6 · Oct 6Lehigh (LEHIGH)H2HIND FBSI7–6L 2–24
8Week 8 · Oct 20SWARTHMOREUnranked—W 44–0
9Week 9 · Oct 27Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL)H2HIND FBSI2–4W 26–6
10Week 10 · Nov 3GETTYSBURGUnranked—W 18–0
11Week 11 · Nov 10Bucknell (BUCKNELL)H2HIND FBSI6–2–1L 10–12
11Final · Dec 8Haverford (HAVERFORD)H2HIND FBSI0–6W 58–0

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum
2.025
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
-4
-8+4
  • Lafayette +2
  • Franklin & Marshall +2
  • Haverford 0
  • Bucknell -2
  • Lehigh -6

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing
Rank #7Better than 96%
Win % Place 8thBetter than 95%

0.714 Win % · Change 4

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#11W11#9W12#9W13#11W14#7Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
+10
-22
+44
+20
+18
-2
+58

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

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