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1924 Penn Quakers football team

The 1924 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1924 college football season. Playing its entire regular season schedule at home, the team finished with a 9–1–1 record and was retroactively named as the 1924 national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1] They outscored their opponents 203 to 31.[2]

1924 Penn Quakers football
National champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–1–1
Head coach
CaptainRea McGraw
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1923
1925 →
1924 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 Dartmouth – 7–0–1
No. 3 Yale – 6–0–2
No. 8 Penn – 9–1–1
Rutgers – 7–1–1
Bucknell – 8–2–0
Lafayette – 7–2–0
Washington & Jefferson – 7–2–0
Holy Cross – 7–1–1
Army – 5–1–2
Syracuse – 8–2–1
Fordham – 6–2–0
Lehigh – 4–1–3
Boston College – 6–3–0
Penn State – 6–3–1
Princeton – 4–2–1
Springfield – 4–2–1
Columbia – 5–3–1
Pittsburgh – 5–3–1
NYU – 4–3–1
CCNY – 4–3–0
Brown – 5–4–0
Carnegie Tech – 5–4–0
Colgate – 5–4–0
Cornell – 4–4–0
Harvard – 4–4–0
Tufts – 3–4–2
Franklin & Marshall – 3–5–1
Villanova – 2–5–1
Drexel – 2–7–0
Vermont – 2–7–0
Temple – 1–4–0
Boston University – 1–5–0
Buffalo – 1–7–0
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Ursinus
W 34–032,000[3]
October 1Drexel
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 52–010,000[4]
October 4Franklin & Marshall
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 26–040,000[5]
October 11Swarthmore
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 25–740,000[6]
October 18Columbia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 10–745,000[7]
October 25Virginia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 27–030,000[8]
November 1Lafayette
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 6–354,000[9]
November 8Georgetown
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 3–034,000[10]
November 15Penn State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 0–052,000[11]
November 27Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 20–056,000[12]
January 1, 1925at California
L 0–1460,000[13]

Roster

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  • Bennett, E
  • Butler, G
  • Coleman, G
  • Clark Craig, E
  • Dewhirst, T
  • Douglas, HB
  • Fairchild, E
  • Fields, QB
  • Flues, HB
  • Hayes, E
  • Kauffman, G
  • Al Kreuz, FB
  • Laird, QB
  • Leth, HB
  • Marous, T
  • Ed McGinley, T
  • Rea McGraw, HB
  • Nicholas, FB
  • Alton Papworth, G
  • Robinson, C
  • Scheerer, G
  • Singer, E
  • Sorenson, HB
  • Snyder, C
  • George Thayer, T
  • Thomas, QB
  • Joseph Putnam Willson, T

References

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  1. ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 6, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  2. ↑ 1924 University of Pennsylvania football scores and results Archived October 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 8, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Penn grid warriors open season with victory over fighting Ursinus foes". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 28, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Penn overwhelms Drexel Institute". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 2, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Blue and White holds Penn to 26 to 0 score". Sunday News. October 5, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Big Quakers roll over Garnet, 25–7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 12, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "U. of P. halts Columbia's winning streak; 10 to 7, in sensational struggle". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 19, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Quakers prove too much for Virginia". Daily Press. October 26, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Penn defeats Lafayette in grim struggle". The Pittsburgh Press. November 2, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Georgetown holds Penn to 3–0 score". The Baltimore Sun. November 9, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Quakers-Lions battle to scoreless tie". The Gazette Times. Pittsburgh. November 16, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Pennsylvania triumphs oover Cornell eleven, 20 to 0". The Buffalo News. November 28, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Golden Bears triumph over Quakers, 14 to 0". The San Francisco Examiner. January 2, 1925. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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