1954 Penn Quakers football team

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1954 Penn Quakers football
Conference Ivy League
Record0–9 (0–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadium Franklin Field
Seasons
←  1953
1955  →
1954 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale + 4 –2 –05 –3 –1
Cornell + 4 –2 –05 –4 –0
Brown 2 –1 –16 –2 –1
Harvard 3 –2 –14 –3 –1
Princeton 4 –3 –05 –3 –1
Dartmouth 2 –3 –03 –6 –0
Columbia 1 –5 –01 –8 –0
Penn 0 –2 –00 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1954 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1954 college football season. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25No. 19 Duke
L 0–5231,000 [2]
October 2 William & Mary
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–2717,000 [3]
October 9at Princeton
L 7–1335,000 [4]
October 16 George Washington
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 27–3224,432 [5]
October 23 Navy
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–5241,228 [6]
October 30 Penn State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 13–3533,146 [7]
November 6No. 5 Notre Dame
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–4261,189 [8]
November 13No. 6 Army
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–3534,477 [9]
November 25 Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 6–2026,690 [10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ↑ "Pennsylvania Game by Game Results". September 9, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ↑ Brooks, Bob (September 26, 1954). "Blue Devils Overpower Penn, 52 to 0". The News & Observer . Raleigh, N.C. sect. II, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Karmosky, Charles (October 3, 1954). "W&M Runs over Penn". Daily Press . Newport News, Va. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Danzig, Allison (October 10, 1954). "Princeton Tops Penn, 13-7; Tigers Are Alert". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ↑ Good, Herb (October 17, 1954). "G. Washington Tops Penn". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Good, Herb (October 24, 1954). "Navy Hands Penn Worst Loss in 67-Year Rivalry". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Hughes, Carl (October 31, 1954). "Penn State Rolls over Penn, 35-13". The Pittsburgh Press . Pittsburgh, Pa. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Trimble, Joe (November 7, 1954). "Irish Avalanche Buries Winless Quakers, 42-7". Sunday News . New York, N.Y. p. 101 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Ward, Gene (November 14, 1954). "Army's Bell Sounds Knell of Penn, 35-0". Sunday News . New York, N.Y. p. 100 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Danzig, Allison (November 26, 1954). "Cornell Triumphs over Penn and Ties Yale for Ivy League Football Title". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. 34.
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