1919 Penn Quakers football team

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1919 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–1
Head coach
Captain Bert Bell
Home stadium Franklin Field
Seasons
  1918
1920  
1919 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard   9 0 1
Penn State   7 1 0
Swarthmore   7 1 0
Dartmouth   6 1 1
Colgate   5 1 1
New Hampshire   7 2 0
Lafayette   6 2 0
Washington & Jefferson   6 2 0
Williams   6 2 0
Syracuse   8 3 0
Penn   6 2 1
Pittsburgh   6 2 1
Lehigh   6 3 0
Princeton   4 2 1
Geneva   4 2 2
Army   6 3 0
Boston College   5 3 0
Holy Cross   5 3 0
Rutgers   5 3 0
Yale   5 3 0
Villanova   5 3 1
Brown   5 4 1
Bucknell   5 4 1
NYU   4 4 0
Carnegie Tech   3 4 0
Columbia   2 4 3
Cornell   3 5 0
Vermont   3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall   2 4 2
Tufts   2 5 0
Buffalo   0 5 1
Rhode Island State   0 8 1
Drexel   0 4 0

The 1919 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1919 college football season.

Contents

History

In their fourth season under head coach Bob Folwell, the Quakers compiled a 6–2–1 record, shut out five of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 283 to 40. [1] The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

Bert Bell, who later served as commissioner of the National Football League, was the team captain. End Heinie Miller was selected by Walter Camp as a first-team All-American.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27 Bucknell W 16–0
October 4 Pennsylvania Military
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 54–0
October 11 Delaware
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 89–0
October 18 Swarthmore
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 55–7 [2]
October 25 Lafayette
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 23–0
November 1 Penn State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–1020,000
November 8vs. Dartmouth L 19–20
November 15 Pittsburgh
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 3–330,000 [3]
November 27 Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 24–025,000 [4]

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References

  1. "1919 Pennsylvania Quakers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  2. "Easy for Ole Penn: Red and Blue 55, But Quakers Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 19, 1919. p. 21 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Pittsburgh and Penn Tied After Strenuous Grid Fray". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 16, 1919. p. 21 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Penn Grid Team Gives Thanks By Bumping Cornell: Colorful Crowd Sees the Quakers Win Thanksgiving Day Game, 24-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 28, 1919. pp. 1, 16 via Newspapers.com.