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George Washington Woodruff was an American college football player, rower, coach, teacher, lawyer and politician. He served as the head football coach at the University of Pennsylvania (1892–1901), the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (1903), and Carlisle Indian Industrial School (1905), compiling a career college football record of 142–25–2. Woodruff's Penn teams of 1894, 1895, and 1897 have been recognized as national champions. Woodruff was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1963.
The 1893 Penn State football team was an American football team that represented Pennsylvania State College—now known as Pennsylvania State University–as an independent during the 1893 college football season. The team was coached by George Hoskins. It was first team to play on Beaver Field, Penn State football's first permanent home.
The 1897 Penn State football team was an American football team that represented Pennsylvania State College—now known as Pennsylvania State University–as an independent during the 1897 college football season. The team was coached by Samuel B. Newton and played its home games on Beaver Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.
The 1944 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 1944 college football season. The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games at New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.
The 1894 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1894 college football season. In their third season under head coach George Washington Woodruff, the Quakers compiled a 12–0 record, shut out nine of twelve opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 366 to 20.
The 1895 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1895 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach George Washington Woodruff, the Quakers compiled a 14–0 record, shut out 10 of 14 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 480 to 24.
The 1897 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1897 college football season. The team finished with a 15–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and National Championship Foundation, and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis. They outscored their opponents 463 to 20.
The 1904 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1904 college football season. In their third season under head coach Carl S. Williams, the Quakers compiled a 12–0 record, shut out 11 of 12 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 222 to 4.
The 1907 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1907 college football season. They finished with an 11–1 record and claim 1907 as a national championship season. They outscored their opponents 256 to 40.
The 1924 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1924 college football season. The team was finished with a 9–1–1 record and was retroactively named as the 1924 national champion by Parke H. Davis. They outscored their opponents 203 to 31.
The 1899 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1899 college football season.
The 1901 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In its tenth season under head coach George Washington Woodruff, the team compiled a 10–5 record and outscored opponents by a total of 203 to 121. Significant games included victories over Penn State (23–6), Chicago (11–0), and Carlisle (16–14), and losses to Navy (6–5), Harvard (33–6), and Army (24–0).
The 1893 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1893 college football season. The Quakers finished with a 12–3 record in their second year under head coach and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, George Washington Woodruff. Significant games included victories over Navy (34–0), Penn State (18–6), Lafayette (82–0), and Cornell (50–0), and losses to national champion Princeton (4–0), Yale (14–6), and Harvard (26–4). The 1893 Penn team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 484 to 62. No Penn players were honored on the 1893 College Football All-America Team, as all such honors went to players on the Princeton, Harvard and Yale teams.
The 1891 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1891 college football season. The Quakers finished with an 11–2 record in their fourth year under head coach E. O. Wagenhorst. Significant games included victories over Rutgers (32–6), Lafayette, and Lehigh, and losses to Princeton (24–0) and undefeated national champion Yale (48–0). The 1891 Penn team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 267 to 109. Penn center John Adams was selected by Caspar Whitney as a first-team player on the 1891 College Football All-America Team. 1891 was last year John Heisman played for Penn.
The 1890 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1890 college football season. The Quakers finished with an 11–3 record in their third year under head coach E. O. Wagenhorst. Significant games included victories over Rutgers, Penn State (20–0), and Lehigh, and losses to Princeton (6–0) and Yale (60–0). The 1890 Penn team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 259 to 134. No Penn players were honored on the 1890 College Football All-America Team.
The 1897 Lafayette football team represented Lafayette College in the 1897 college football season. Lafayette shut out eight opponents and finished with a 9–2–1 record in their third year under head coach Parke H. Davis. Significant games included victories over Penn State (24–0) and Lehigh, a 4–4 tie with Cornell, and losses to Princeton (0–57) and Penn (0–46). The 1895 Lafayette team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 256 to 113.
The 1947 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1947 college football season.
The 1898 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In their first year under head coach Edward N. Robinson, the team compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 135 to 96. Fred W. Murphy was the team captain.
The 1886 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1886 college football season. In its second year under head coach Frank Dole, the team compiled a 9–7–1 record.
The 1887 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1887 college football season. In its third and final year under head coach Frank Dole, the team compiled a 6–7 record. Penn lost five games to the Big Three by a combined score of 291 to 0.
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Penn, 18—Brown, 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 9, 1898. p. 14. Retrieved March 12, 2022– via Newspapers.com
. - ↑ "Harvard Wins! Ten Points Scored by Crimson and None by Pennsylvania". The Boston Post. November 6, 1898. pp. 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.
