1920 Penn Quakers football team

The 1920 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In their first season under head coach John Heisman, the Quakers compiled a 6–4 record, shut out five of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 167 to 133.[1] The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

1920 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4
Head coach
CaptainBob Hopper
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
 1919
1921 
1920 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Boston College  800
Harvard  801
Princeton  601
Penn State  702
Pittsburgh  602
Army  720
Dartmouth  720
Cornell  620
Syracuse  621
Geneva  521
New Hampshire  521
Brown  630
Bucknell  630
Washington & Jefferson  631
Penn  640
Carnegie Tech  530
Lafayette  530
Holy Cross  530
Williams  530
Yale  530
Fordham  430
Franklin & Marshall  322
Boston University  431
Columbia  440
Duquesne  331
Vermont  350
NYU  251
Rhode Island State  044
Tufts  260
Rutgers  270
Buffalo  140
Colgate  152
Villanova  151
Drexel  060

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25DelawareW 35–0
October 2Bucknell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 7–0
October 9Swarthmore
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 21–0
October 16Lafayette
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 7–0
October 23VMI
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–27
October 30Penn State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–2830,000
November 6Pittsburgh
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 21–2725,500[2]
November 13Dartmouth
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–44
November 20at ColumbiaW 27–728,000[3]
November 25Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 28–035,000[4]

References

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  1. "1920 Pennsylvania Quakers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  2. "All Attendance Records Broken By Panthers in Games This Year". The Pittsburgh Post. November 26, 1920. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Columbia Soundly Trounced by Penn". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 21, 1920. p. RE1.
  4. M. N. Rawlins (November 26, 1920). "Penn Routs Cornell in Great Come Back, 28-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 20 via Newspapers.com.