1901 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

Conference

Independent

1901 record

5–3

Head coach

Pop Golden (2nd year)

Home stadium

Beaver Field

Seasons

« 1900

1902 »

1901 college football independents records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Harvard		–		12	–	0	–	0
Yale		–		11	–	1	–	1
California		–		9	–	0	–	1
Stetson		–		1	–	0	–	0
Cornell		–		11	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth		–		10	–	1	–	0
Massachusetts		–		9	–	1	–	0
Princeton		–		9	–	1	–	1
Notre Dame		–		8	–	1	–	1
Kentucky U.		–		7	–	1	–	1
Army		–		5	–	1	–	2
Connecticut		–		8	–	2	–	0
Virginia		–		8	–	2	–	0
Arizona		–		4	–	1	–	0
Washington Agricultural		–		4	–	1	–	0
Nebraska		–		7	–	2	–	0
Western U. of Penn		–		7	–	2	–	1
Lafayette		–		9	–	3	–	0
Utah		–		3	–	1	–	0
Penn		–		10	–	5	–	0
Gallaudet		–		4	–	2	–	2
William & Mary		–		2	–	1	–	1
Columbia		–		8	–	5	–	0
Baylor		–		5	–	3	–	0
Penn State		–		5	–	3	–	0
Ohio State		–		5	–	3	–	1
VMI		–		4	–	3	–	0
Washington		–		4	–	3	–	0
Navy		–		6	–	4	–	1
Stanford		–		3	–	2	–	2
Oklahoma		–		3	–	2	–	0
Drake		–		4	–	4	–	0
Detroit		–		3	–	3	–	0
Kansas State		–		3	–	4	–	1
Michigan Agricultural		–		3	–	4	–	1
Oregon		–		3	–	4	–	1
Carlisle		–		5	–	7	–	1
Montana		–		2	–	3	–	0
Oklahoma A&M		–		2	–	3	–	0
Arkansas		–		3	–	5	–	0
Kansas		–		3	–	5	–	2
Furman		–		1	–	2	–	1
Texas A&M		–		1	–	4	–	0
Missouri		–		1	–	6	–	1
Maryland		–		1	–	7	–	0
Boston College		–		1	–	8	–	0
Florida Agricultural		–		0	–	1	–	0
Kendall		–		0	–	1	–	0
USC		–		0	–	1	–	0
Rhode Island		–		0	–	2	–	0
Rutgers		–		0	–	7	–	0

The 1901 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1901 college football season. The team was coached by Pop Golden and played its home games in Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Despite the article title, the school did not adopt the Nittany Lion as its mascot until 1907.