The 1907 Penn State Nittany Lions football team was an

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team that represented Pennsylvania State College—now known as

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–as an independent during the

1907 college football season The 1907 college football season saw the increased use of the forward pass, which had been legalized the year before. Football remained a dangerous game, despite the "debrutalization" reforms, and an unprecedented eleven players were killed (9 hi ...

. The team was coached by

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and played its home games on

Beaver Field Beaver Field (1892–1908), was the first official home to the Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Penn State Nittany Lions football, football and Penn State Nittany Lions baseball, baseball teams. Retroactively known as "Old Beaver Field", ...

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. This was the first year that Penn State had adopted the Nittany Lion as its official mascot.

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Penn State Nittany Lions football seasons

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