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American college football season
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]
Legacy
Head coach George Washington Woodruff and players Truxtun Hare , John Minds , and John H. Outland are all inductees of the College Football Hall of Fame . Outland is the namesake of the Outland Trophy , awarded annually to the best college football interior lineman. The Quakers' 15 wins in a single season would not be equalled until the 2018 Clemson Tigers .[ 3] [ 4]
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 22 at Bucknell Lewisburg, PA W 17–0[ 5]
September 25 Franklin & Marshall W 33–01,500 [ 6]
September 29 3:47 p.m. Washington & Jefferson Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 18–41,000 [ 7] [ 8]
October 2 3:15 p.m. Bucknell Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 33–0[ 9]
October 6 3:40 p.m. Gettysburg Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 57–01,500 [ 10]
October 9 3:07 p.m. Lehigh Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 58–04,000 [ 11]
October 13 3:41 p.m. Virginia Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 42–03,000 [ 12]
October 16 3:21 p.m. Dartmouth Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 34–05,000 [ 13]
October 20 Penn State Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 24–0500 [ 14] [ 15]
October 23 Lafayette Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 46–018,000 [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19]
October 30 at Brown W 40–0[ 20]
November 6 Carlisle Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 20–1014,000 [ 21] [ 22]
November 13 Wesleyan Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 22–03,000 [ 23]
November 20 Harvard Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry ) W 15–625,000 [ 24]
November 25 Cornell Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry ) W 4–020,000 [ 25] [ 26]
References
^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF) . NCAA Division I Football Records . NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016 .
^ 1897 University of Pennsylvania football scores and results Archived October 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine . College Football Data Warehouse . Retrieved on October 8, 2013.
^ "Single Season Leaders and Records for Wins" . Sports Reference . Retrieved December 30, 2018 .
^ "Alabama vs. Clemson score: Tigers crush Tide to reclaim throne, win 2019 national championship" . CBS Sports . Retrieved January 8, 2019 .
^ "Penn's Big Guards Are Sadly Missed" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . September 23, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Penn's Extremely Good Showing" . The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . September 26, 1897. p. 11. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Our Quaker Kickers Encounter A Tartar" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . September 30, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Penn Caught A Lively Tartar" . The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . September 30, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Bucknell Laid Out To the Tune Of 33" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . October 3, 1897. p. 10. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The Quakers Play Fast Football" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . October 7, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Penn Scores Heavily On Weak Lehigh" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . October 10, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Quakers Score 42 Points On Virginia" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . October 14, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The Quakers's Play Was A Revelation" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . October 17, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Penn Downed State By A Small Score" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . October 21, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Penn's Playing Was Mediocre" . The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . October 21, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Pennsylvania Lays Out Lafayette Completely" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . October 24, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Pennsylvania Lays Out Lafayette (continued)" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . October 24, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Great Day For Penn" . The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . October 24, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Great Day For Penn (continued)" . The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . October 24, 1897. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "And Now The Great Brown Team Falls Before Penn To The Tune Of 40 Points" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . October 31, 1897. p. 10. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Indians Score On Penn's Team" . The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . November 7, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Indians Score On Penn's Team (continued)" . The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . November 7, 1897. p. 10. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The Ministerial Team Play Quite A Game" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . November 14, 1897. p. 9. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Pennsylvania Lowered Fair Harvard's Colors: In a Pretty Contest Witnessed by a Crowd of Twenty-Five Thousand People" . The Times (Philadelphia) . November 21, 1897. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Cornell Gives Penn A Hard Fight For Victory" . The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . November 26, 1897. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Hard Fight For Victory (continued)" . The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . November 26, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
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