1909 Penn Quakers football team

1909 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–1–2
Head coach	Andy Smith (1st season)
Captain	Allie Miller
Home stadium	Franklin Field
Seasons ←  1908 1910  →

1909 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					10	–	0	–	0
Lafayette			–					7	–	0	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					9	–	1	–	0
Harvard			–					9	–	1	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	0	–	2
Washington & Jefferson			–					8	–	1	–	1
Springfield Training School			–					5	–	1	–	0
NYU			–					6	–	1	–	1
Ursinus			–					6	–	1	–	1
Penn			–					7	–	1	–	2
Trinity (CT)			–					6	–	1	–	2
Dartmouth			–					5	–	1	–	2
Fordham			–					5	–	1	–	2
Princeton			–					6	–	2	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	2	–	1
Carlisle			–					8	–	3	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					7	–	3	–	1
Geneva			–					4	–	2	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	3	–	1
Vermont			–					4	–	2	–	2
Lehigh			–					4	–	3	–	2
Army			–					3	–	2	–	0
Villanova			–					3	–	2	–	0
Dickinson			–					4	–	4	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	5	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	4	–	2
Boston College			–					3	–	4	–	1
Cornell			–					3	–	4	–	1
Rhode Island State			–					3	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	5	–	1
Wesleyan			–					3	–	5	–	1
Holy Cross			–					2	–	4	–	2
Swarthmore			–					2	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					1	–	5	–	3
Tufts			–					2	–	6	–	0
Amherst			–					1	–	6	–	1
Temple			–					0	–	4	–	1

The 1909 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1909 college football season.

History

The Quakers finished with a 7–1–2 record in their first year under head coach and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, Andy Smith. ^[1] Their only loss was to Michigan by a 12 to 6 score, a game that snapped Penn's 23-game winning streak and marked the first time a Western team had defeated one of the "Big Four" (Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Penn). ^[2] Other significant games included a 12 to 0 victory over West Virginia, a 3-3 tie with Penn State, a 29 to 6 victory over Carlisle, and a 17 to 6 victory over Cornell. They outscored their opponents by a combined total of 146 to 38. ^{[1] [3]} End Harry Braddock was the only Penn player to receive All-America honors in 1909, receiving second-team honors from Walter Camp. ^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Gettysburg	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 20–0
September 29	Ursinus	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 22–0		[5]
October 2	Dickinson	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 18–0
October 9	West Virginia	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 12–0
October 16	Brown	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 13–5
October 23	Penn State	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	T 3–3	12,000
October 30	Carlisle	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 29–6
November 6	Lafayette	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	T 6–6		[6] [7]
November 13	Michigan	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–12
November 25	Cornell	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 17–6	20,000	[8]

References

1. "Pennsylvania Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
2. "Michigan 12; Pennsylvania 6". The Michigan Alumnus. 1910. pp. 130–132.
3. "1909 Pennsylvania Quakers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
4. "Six Yale Men on Camp's First Team" (PDF). The New York Times. December 19, 1909.
5. "Penn Defeated Ursinus 22-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 30, 1909. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Tie Score Best Penn and Lafayette Can Do in One Hour's Battle". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 7, 1909. p. 13. Retrieved November 7, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
7. "Pennsylvania Manages to Stave Off Defeat in Game With Lafayette (continued)". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 7, 1909. p. 21. Retrieved November 7, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
8. "In Mud and Slush Penn Beats Cornell 17-6: Penn Rises To Occasion and Beats Cornell". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 26, 1909. pp. 1, 13 – via Newspapers.com.