Question:  The 1901 Nittany Lions football team represented a state-related, land-grant, doctoral university founded in what year?

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1963 Penn State Nittany Lions football team: The 1963 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 1963 college football season.  Led by fourteenth-year head coach Rip Engle, the Nittany Lions were 7–3 and were 16th in the final coaches' poll.  Home games were played on campus at Beaver Stadium in University Park; Penn State was independent in football until 1993.

2009 Penn State Nittany Lions football team: The 2009 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2009 college football season.  The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.  Penn State had the highest graduation rate among all of the teams on the Associated Press Top 25 poll with 89% of its 2002 enrollees graduating.  Miami and Alabama tied for second place with a graduation rate of 75%.  The Nittany Lions finished the season with an 11–2 record and won the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy award to the best team in the ECAC for the 28th time and the second consecutive year.

2014 Penn State Nittany Lions football team: The 2014 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season.  The team was led by first year head-coach James Franklin and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.  It was a member of the Big Ten Conference and played in the newly organized East Division.  Penn State was ineligible to play in a bowl game due to NCAA sanctions imposed in wake of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal.  However, on September 8, 2014, the NCAA announced that Penn State would again be eligible for post-season games, effective immediately.  Penn State had a 7–6 overall record for the season with a 2–6 conference mark, placing sixth in the Big Ten East Division.  The Nittany Lions concluded the season with a victory in the Pinstripe Bowl over Boston College.

Pennsylvania State University: The Pennsylvania State University (commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU) is a state-related, land-grant, doctoral university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania.  Founded in 1855, the university has a stated threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service.  Its instructional mission includes undergraduate, graduate, professional and continuing education offered through resident instruction and online delivery.  Its University Park campus, the flagship campus, lies within the Borough of State College and College Township.  It has two law schools, Penn State Law, on the school's University Park campus, and Dickinson Law, located in Carlisle, 90 miles south of State College.  The College of Medicine is located in Hershey.  Penn State has another 19 commonwealth campuses and 5 special-mission campuses located across the state.  Penn State has been labeled one of the "Public Ivies," a publicly funded university considered as providing a quality of education comparable to those of the Ivy League.

1901 Penn State Nittany Lions football team: 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.

Kevin Kelly (American football): Kevin Patrick Kelly (born August 1, 1987) is a former four-year starting placekicker for coach Joe Paterno's Penn State Nittany Lions football team.  He is from Bristol, Pennsylvania.  A kinesiology major, he is the all-time leading scorer for the Nittany Lions and the all-time leading scorer in Big Ten football history.

Dexter Very: Dexter W. Very (November 27, 1889 – September 27, 1980) was an American college football player the Penn State Nittany Lions football team of Pennsylvania State University.  Very started at right end for the Nittany Lions in every game from 1909 to 1912.  During that timespan, Penn State was undefeated in 1909, 1911 and 1912, while losing just two games in 1910.

1913 Penn State Nittany Lions football team: The 1913 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1913 college football season.  The team was coached by Bill Hollenback and played its home games in New Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.  Following a 26-game unbeaten streak for coach Hollenback (not the program, which had losses in 1919), the Nittany Lions close out the 1913 season with six straight losses.

List of Penn State Nittany Lions football seasons: This is a list of seasons completed by the Penn State Nittany Lions football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).  Since the team's creation in 1887, the Nittany Lions have participated in 1,297 officially-sanctioned games, including 46 bowl games.

1912 Penn State Nittany Lions football team: The 1912 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Penn State University during the 1912 college football season.  The second of Penn State's retrospective national champions, the team was undefeated and only scored upon once (6 points by Cornell).  This team is known for playing the first of a series of games against eventual rival Ohio State, in which the Buckeyes forfeited because of the brutal play of the Nittany Lions once the score was 37–0.  The official score is 1–0, but the gameball lists the score as 37–0.

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Answer: 1855