1936 Penn Quakers football team

1936 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 10
Record	7–1
Head coach	Harvey Harman (6th season)
Captain	Lew Elverson
Home stadium	Franklin Field

1936 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Saint Anselm			–					6	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	1
No. 10 Penn			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Yale			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					7	–	1	–	1
No. 14 Duquesne			–					8	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	1	–	2
Boston University			–					5	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham			–					5	–	1	–	2
Holy Cross			–					7	–	2	–	1
Villanova			–					7	–	2	–	1
Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					6	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					6	–	3	–	2
La Salle			–					6	–	3	–	1
Buffalo			–					5	–	3	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	2	–	2
Saint Vincent			–					5	–	3	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	3	–	1
Manhattan			–					6	–	4	–	0
Northeastern			–					5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
CCNY			–					4	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	3	–	1
Harvard			–					3	–	4	–	1
Cornell			–					3	–	5	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	5	–	0
Westminster (PA)			–					2	–	4	–	1
Brown			–					3	–	7	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	6	–	0
Providence			–					1	–	7	–	0
Syracuse			–					1	–	7	–	0
Vermont			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1936 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Harvey Harman, the team compiled a 7–1 record, was ranked No. 10 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 166 to 44. The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	Lafayette		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 35–0
October 10	at Yale		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–7
October 17	Princeton		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 7–0	60,000
October 24	Brown		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 48–6
October 31	Navy	No. 20	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 16–6
November 7	Michigan	No. 15	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 27–7	30,501
November 14	Penn State	No. 11	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 19–12	40,000
November 26	Cornell	No. 13	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 14–6
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game