1898 Penn Quakers football team

1898 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Independent
Record	12–1
Head coach	George Washington Woodruff (7th season)
Captain	John H. Outland
Home stadium	Franklin Field
Seasons ←  1897 1899  →

1898 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					11	–	0	–	0
Drexel			–					7	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					11	–	0	–	1
Penn			–					12	–	1	–	0
Buffalo			–					8	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					10	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore			–					9	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					9	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					9	–	2	–	0
Dickinson			–					8	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	2	–	1
Wesleyan			–					7	–	3	–	0
Western Penn.			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	4	–	0
Carlisle			–					6	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					6	–	4	–	1
Army			–					3	–	2	–	1
Vermont			–					3	–	2	–	1
Holy Cross			–					5	–	4	–	1
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	3
Fordham			–					1	–	1	–	2
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	4	–	2
New Hampshire			–					4	–	4	–	0
Amherst			–					4	–	5	–	1
Villanova			–					2	–	4	–	1
Lehigh			–					3	–	6	–	1
Boston College			–					2	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	5	–	0
Lafayette			–					3	–	8	–	0
NYU			–					1	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	6	–	1
Tufts			–					1	–	9	–	0
Geneva			–					0	–	6	–	1

The 1898 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1898 college football season. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Franklin & Marshall	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 41–0
September 28	Gettysburg	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 50–0
October 1	Penn State	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 40–0
October 5	Mansfield Normal	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 50–0
October 8	Brown	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 18–0	5,000	[2]
October 12	Virginia	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 40–0
October 15	Lehigh	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 40–0
October 19	Wesleyan	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 17–0	3,500	[3] [4]
October 22	Lafayette	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 32–0
October 29	Chicago	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 23–11
November 5	at Harvard	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 0–10		[5]
November 12	Carlisle	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 35–5
November 25	Cornell	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 12–6

References

1. 1898 University of Pennsylvania football scores and results Archived October 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine . College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 8, 2013.
2. "Penn, 18—Brown, 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 9, 1898. p. 14. Retrieved March 12, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
3. "Penn Plays An Erratic Game—Wesleyan Shows A Strong Defense And Fair Offense". The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 20, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved July 27, 2025– via Newspapers.com .
4. "Penn Plays Better—Defeats Wesleyan in an Interesting Game by the Score of 17 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 20, 1898. p. 4. Retrieved July 27, 2025– via Newspapers.com .
5. "Harvard Wins! Ten Points Scored by Crimson and None by Pennsylvania". The Boston Post. November 6, 1898. pp. 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.