1943 Penn Quakers football team

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1943 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 20
Record6–2–1
Head coach
Home stadium Franklin Field
Seasons
  1942
1944  
1943 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Boston College   4 0 1
Franklin & Marshall   7 1 0
Dartmouth   6 1 0
Rochester   6 1 0
No. 11 Army   7 2 1
Holy Cross   6 2 0
Tufts   6 2 0
No. 20 Penn   6 2 1
Brown   5 3 0
Villanova   5 3 0
Colgate   5 3 1
Penn State   5 3 1
Bucknell   6 4 0
Cornell   6 4 0
Harvard   2 2 1
Yale   4 5 0
Pittsburgh   3 5 0
Temple   2 6 0
CCNY   1 3 1
Princeton   1 6 0
Carnegie Tech   0 4 1
Columbia   0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1943 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record, was ranked No. 20 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 247 to 88 points. [1]

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In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Penn ranked 19th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 97.0. [2]

The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 Princeton W 47–930,000 [3]
October 2 Yale
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 41–730,000 [4]
October 9 No. 14 Dartmouth No. 6
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 7–645,000 [5]
October 162:00 p.m. Lakehurst NAS No. 4
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 74–625,000 [6] [7]
October 23at Columbia No. 5New York, NYW 33–015,000 [8]
October 30 No. 2 Army No. 6
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 13–1372,000 [9]
November 6 No. 7 Navy No. 5
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–2473,000 [10]
November 13 North Carolina No. 10
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–930,000 [11]
November 25 Cornell No. T–18
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 20–1460,000 [12]

Rankings

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AP 6 (1)4 (1)5 (4)65 (2)101918т20

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References

  1. "1943 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  2. Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune . Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. Art Morrow (September 26, 1943). "30,000 See Penn's Power Surprise Princeton, 47-9". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S via Newspapers.com.
  4. Art Morrow (October 3, 1943). "Powerful Penn Eleven Routs Tricky Yale, 41-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S via Newspapers.com.
  5. Art Morrow (October 10, 1943). "Penn Beats Dartmouth, Halts Foe at 1-Foot Line". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S via Newspapers.com.
  6. Morrow, Art (October 16, 1943). "Lakehurst Blimps, Penn Clash Today". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 14. Retrieved April 25, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  7. Art Morrow (October 17, 1943). "Scoring Parade By Penn: Quaker Power Brings Rout Of Lakehurst". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. S1, S3 via Newspapers.com.
  8. Effrat, Louis (October 24, 1943). "Penn Tops Columbia, 33-0; Quakers Triumph". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. Art Morrow (October 31, 1943). "Penn Ties Army in Upset On 70-Yard Pass Play". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S via Newspapers.com.
  10. Art Morrow (November 7, 1943). "Outmanned Penn Beaten By Navy Before 73,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S via Newspapers.com.
  11. Art Morrow (November 14, 1943). "North Carolina Fells Penn On Safety, Rodgers' Dash". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S via Newspapers.com.
  12. Danzig, Allison (November 26, 1943). "60,000 See Favored Penn Defeat Cornell After Trailing for Three Quarters". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. 30.