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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.
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- 1 2 "USAACS Defeat Camp Meade by 20 to 14, But Welch Almost Turns Tide Near Close". The Washington Post. November 25, 1917. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "War and Football". Collier's Weekly. 60: 32. January 5, 1918.
- ↑ "Hook Mylin Is Wounded In France". The Gazette Times. Pittsburgh. October 26, 1918. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "29 Sep 1918, Page 16 - The Washington Times at Newspapers.com".
- ↑ "28 Nov 1918, 8 - The Baltimore Sun at Newspapers.com".
- ↑ "Field Goal Gives Camp Meade Eleven Victory Over Marines: Thayer's Boot Gives Camp Meade Victory". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 4, 1917. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Ambulance Hands Camp Meade Jolt". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 25, 1917. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Regimental Team of Camp Dix Wins Game From Camp Meade: Anderson's 83-Yard Run Wins Game for Camp Dix". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 2, 1917. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
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