1900 Penn Quakers football team

The 1900 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1900 college football season. The Quakers finished with a 12–1 record in their ninth year under head coach and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, George Washington Woodruff. Significant games included victories over Penn State (17–5), Chicago (41–0), Carlisle (16–6), and Navy (28–6), and a loss to Harvard (17–5). The 1900 Penn team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 335 to 45. Four Penn players received recognition on the 1900 College Football All-America Team: guard Truxtun Hare (consensus 1st-team All-American);[1] tackle Blondy Wallace (Walter Camp, 2nd team); guard John Teas (Camp, 3rd team); and fullback Josiah McCracken (Camp, 3rd team).[2]

1900 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record12–1
Head coach
CaptainTruxtun Hare
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
 1899
1901 
1900 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale  1200
Penn  1210
Harvard  1010
Cornell  1020
Geneva  511
Lafayette  920
Syracuse  721
Princeton  830
Drexel  520
Fordham  311
Army  731
Brown  731
Columbia  731
Villanova  522
Washington & Jefferson  631
Swarthmore  632
Holy Cross  531
Carlisle  641
Buffalo  322
Western Univ. of Penn  540
Bucknell  441
Dickinson  550
Pittsburgh College  331
Rutgers  440
Vermont  441
Lehigh  560
Franklin & Marshall  450
Temple  341
Penn State  461
Amherst  471
Dartmouth  242
NYU  361
Tufts  361
Wesleyan  361
New Hampshire  151
Colgate  280
CCNY  010

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 LehighW 27–6
October 3 Franklin & Marshall
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 47–0
October 6 Haverford
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 38–0
October 10 Dickinson
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 35–0
October 13 Brown
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 12–0[3]
October 17 Penn State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 17–51,500[4]
October 20Columbia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 30–0
October 27 Chicago
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 41–0
November 3at Harvard L 5–1717,000[5]
November 10 Lafayette
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 12–5
November 17 Carlisle
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 16–618,000[6][7]
November 21at NavyW 28–6
November 29 Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 27–0

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References

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  1. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  2. "Walter Camp's 1900 All America Selections". Capital Times. November 23, 1930.
  3. "Pennsy Keeps Brown On The Defensive During Both Halves, Winning By 12 To 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 14, 1900. p. 14. Retrieved March 13, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. "State Caught Penn Napping". The Philadelphia Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 18, 1900. p. 10.
  5. "Details of Harvard Victory: U. of P.'s "Guards Back" Easily Broken, The Result Was Never in Doubt". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1900. p. 24 via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  6. "Quakers Defeat The Indians". The Philadelphia Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 18, 1900. p. 1. Retrieved October 24, 2024 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. "Quakers Defeat The Indians (continued)". The Philadelphia Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 18, 1900. p. 11. Retrieved October 24, 2024 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. "1900 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  9. "2025 Penn Football Factbook" (PDF). Penn Athletics. p. 139. Retrieved June 14, 2026.