 The following season in 1893, the team had its first official coach, Anson F. Harrold, who led the team to an unremarkable 1–4 record.However, during that season the first contest was played in what would become a 100-game series versus Penn State, thus originating one of the longest and fiercest rivalries for both schools.In 1895, the school suffered a 1–6 season under coach J.P. Linn.