Samuel Newton

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Samuel B. Newton
Sport	Football
Career highlights
Overall	68-48-2
Coaching stats
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Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1896-1898 1898-1901 1902-1905	Penn State Lafayette Lehigh

Samuel B. Newton was a college football coach in the United States.

Contents 1 Coaching History 1.1 Penn State University 1.2 Lafayette College 1.3 Lehigh University 2 The Rivalry 3 Coaching record 4 See also 5 References 6 References

[edit] Coaching History

[edit] Penn State University

Newton was the head football coach at Penn State University from 1896 to 1898. His career record at Penn State was 12-14.

[edit] Lafayette College

Newton coached at Lafayette College for four seasons and achieved a record of 47 wins, 33 losses, and 14 ties.^[1] His first season was arguably his best, as his team outscored its opponents by 253 to 23 and achieved a record of 12 wins and 1 loss. The teams only loss was to Princeton University by a score of 0-12.^[2]

[edit] Lehigh University

Newton was the tenth head football coach for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks and he held that position for four seasons, from 1902 until 1905. His overall coaching record at Lehigh was 23 wins, 20 losses, and 2 ties. This ranks him ninth at Lehigh in terms of total wins and 12th at Lehigh in terms of winning percentage. ^[3]

[edit] The Rivalry

While coaching at Lafayette, Newton's teams won The Rivalry game against Lehigh all seven times in three seasons. Newton would later go to Lehigh to coach on the opposite side of The Rivalry, winning two of four games played.

[edit] Coaching record

Year	Team	Overall
Penn State Nittany Lions (1896 – 1898)
1896	Penn State	3-4-0
1897	Penn State	3-6-0
1898	Penn State	6-4-0
Penn State:		12-14-0
Lafayette Leopards (1898 – 1901)
1898	Lafayette	3-8-0
1899	Lafayette	12-1-0
1900	Lafayette	9-2-0
1901	Lafayette	9-3-0
Lafayette:		33-14-0
Lehigh Mountain Hawks (1902 – 1905)
1902	Lehigh	7-3-1
1903	Lehigh	9-2-1
1904	Lehigh	1-8-0
1905	Lehigh	6-7-0
Lehigh:		23-20-2
Total:		68-48-2

[edit] See also

• Penn State Nittany Lions football under Samuel Newton

[edit] References

Preceded by George Hoskins

Penn State Nittany Lions Head Football Coach 1896-1898

Succeeded by Sam Boyle

[edit] References

v • d • e Penn State Nittany Lions Head Football Coaches Hoskins • Newton • Boyle • Golden • Reed • Fennell • J. Hollenback • B. Hollenback • Harlow • Bezdek • Higgins • Bedenk • Engle • Paterno

v • d • e Lafayette Leopards Head Football Coaches Moyle • Haskell • Vincent • Janeway • Davis • Newton • Fultz • Bull • Barclay • Folwell • Newton • McCaa • Crowell • Berryman • Cobbett • Sutherland • McCracken • Nevers • Mylin • Wolfson • Williamson • Smith • Hokuf • McConlogue • Bunn • Gamble • Putnam • Russo • Tavani

v • d • e Lehigh Mountain Hawks Head Football Coaches Harwell • Graves • Heffelfinger • Bliss • Morris • Hammond • Thompson • Okeson • Pollard • Newton • Dickson • Reiter • Keady • Glick • Baldwin • Wendell • Tate • Harmeson • Hoban • Prendergast • Leckonby • Cooley • Dunlap • Whitehead • Small • Higgins • Lembo • Coan