1935 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team explained

Sport:soccer
Year:1935
Team:Penn State Nittany Lions
Conference:Eastern Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association
Record:7–0–0
Head Coach:William Jeffrey
Hc Year:10th
Stadium:New Beaver Field

The 1935 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 1935 season playing in the Eastern Intercollegiate Soccer League. It was the program's 25th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team. The 1935 season is William Jeffrey's tenth year at the helm.

Background

See main article: Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer. The 1935 season was the Nittany Lions' 25th season as a varsity soccer program, and their 10th season playing as a part of the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association. The team was led by 10th year head coach, William Jeffrey, who had previously served as the head coach for the semi-professional soccer team, Altoona Works.

The Nittany Lions finished their season undefeated and unscored on through seven games. Penn State extended their unbeaten streak that began during the 1932 season to 21 matches.[1] Penn State was invited at the end of its season to face west coast soccer champions San Francisco University for a National Intercollegiate Association Football Championship title game.[2] The team did not make the trip to California due to budgetary issues.[3]

The Nittany Lions were denied the Eastern Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association title due to the team not playing four active members of the ISFA, the team instead received an honorable mention by the association. Penn State's schedule originally featured four active members but Syracuse was later suspended for the 1935 season due to only playing 3 league contests in 1934. The team instead received an honorable mention by the association. As a fix to future scheduling issues the association removed its four active member game mandate and instead would choose a champion based on strength of schedule. This change also made every school actively participating in the association into an active member.[4]

Squad

Roster

Schedule

|-!colspan=8 style=""| Regular season|-[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

Notes and References

  1. News: 19 November 1935. Booter End 3rd Undefeated Season by Defeating Navy 2-to-0. Daily Collegian. 24 May 2021.
  2. News: Swalm. Townsend. 22 November 1935. Soccer Team Invited to California for National Title Contest. Daily Collegian. 24 May 2021.
  3. News: Townsend. Swalm. 6 December 1935. Lack of Money Detains Booters. Daily Collegian. 24 May 2021.
  4. News: Freunsch. Walt. 14 January 1936. Booters Denied Eastern Crown on Technicality. Daily Collegian. 24 May 2021.
  5. News: Swalm. Townsend. 12 November 1935. Nittany Booter Down Springfield In 1-to-0 Contest. Daily Collegian. 24 May 2021.
  6. News: 1 March 1935. Sports Managers Release 3 Cards for '35 Season. Daily Collegian. 24 May 2021.
  7. News: 19 November 1935. Booters End 3rd Undefeated Season by Defeating Navy 2-to-0. Daily Collegian. 24 May 2021.
  8. News: Swalm. Townsend. 11 October 1935. Lion Booters, Harriers Meet Gettysburg, Lehigh Here Tomorrow. Daily Collegian. 24 May 2021.
  9. News: Swalm. Townsend. 15 October 1935. Soccer Team Wins 4-0. Daily Collegian. 24 May 2021.
  10. News: Swalm. Townsend. 22 October 1935. Nittany Booters Sink Temple Owls With 4-0 Score. Daily Collegian. 24 May 2021.
  11. News: Swalm. Townsend. 25 October 1935. Booters To Face Leopards in 3rd Starts of Season. Daily Collegian. 24 May 2021.
  12. News: Swalm. Townsend. 29 October 1935. Soccermen Defeat Maroon; Cubs Tie. Daily Collegian. 24 May 2021.
  13. News: Swalm. Townsend. 1 November 1935. Soccer Team Beats Army 6-to-0 Wednesday; Saltine Booters Have Good Team. Daily Collegian. 24 May 2021.
  14. News: Swalm. Townsend. 5 November 1935. Soccer Team Beats Orange By 4-0 Score. Daily Collegian. 24 May 2021.
  15. News: Swalm. Townsend. 8 November 1935. Nittany Booters Meet Springfield Team Tomorrow. Daily Collegian. 25 May 2021.
  16. News: Swalm. Townsend. 15 November 1935. Soccermen Risk Perfect Record Against Middies Tomorrow at Annapolis. Daily Collegian. 24 May 2021.