1897 Penn Quakers football team
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| 1897 Penn Quakers football | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Independent |
| 1897 record | 15–0 |
| Head coach | George W. Woodruff (6th year) |
| Home stadium | Franklin Field |
The 1897 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1897 college football season. The team finished with a 15–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and National Championship Foundation, and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1] They outscored their opponents 463 to 20.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 22 | at Bucknell* | Lewisburg, PA | W 17–0 | ||||||
| September 25 | Franklin & Marshall* | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | W 33–0 | ||||||
| September 29 | Washington & Jefferson* | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | W 18–4 | ||||||
| October 2 | Bucknell* | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | W 33–0 | ||||||
| October 6 | Gettysburg* | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | W 57–0 | ||||||
| October 9 | Lehigh* | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | W 58–0 | ||||||
| October 13 | Virginia* | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | W 42–0 | ||||||
| October 16 | Dartmouth* | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | W 34–0 | ||||||
| October 16 | Penn State* | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | W 24–0 | ||||||
| October 23 | Lafayette* | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | W 46–0 | ||||||
| October 30 | at Brown* | Providence, RI | W 40–0 | ||||||
| November 6 | Carlisle* | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | W 20–10 | ||||||
| November 13 | Wesleyan* | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | W 22–0 | ||||||
| November 20 | Harvard* | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | W 15–6 | ||||||
| November 25 | Cornell* | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | W 4–0 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 1897 University of Pennsylvania football scores and results. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 8, 2013.
