1954 Penn Quakers football team

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1954 Penn Quakers football
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Record0–9
Head coach
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hobart     8 0 0
Juniata     8 0 0
Pennsylvania Military     7 0 0
Trinity (CT)     7 0 0
Worcester Tech     6 0 0
Carnegie Tech     7 0 1
Boston College     8 1 0
Boston University     7 2 0
Hofstra     7 2 0
No. 20 Penn State     7 2 0
Tufts     6 2 0
Brown     6 2 1
Drexel     5 2 0
Bucknell     6 3 0
Colgate     5 2 2
Princeton     5 3 1
Yale     5 3 1
Cornell     5 4 0
Harvard     4 3 1
Syracuse     4 4 0
Pittsburgh     4 5 0
Franklin & Marshall     3 5 0
Temple     3 5 0
Dartmouth     3 6 0
Holy Cross     3 7 0
Buffalo     2 7 0
Fordham     1 7 1
Columbia     1 8 0
Villanova     1 9 0
Penn     0 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1954 college football season.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25No. 19 DukeL 0–5231,000[2]
October 2William & Mary
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–2717,000[3]
October 9at PrincetonL 7–1335,000[4]
October 16George Washington
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 27–3224,432[5]
October 23Navy
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–5241,228[6]
October 30Penn State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 13–3533,146[7]
November 6No. 5 Notre Dame
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–4261,189[8]
November 13Army
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–3534,477[9]
November 25Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 6–2026,690[10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "Pennsylvania Game by Game Results". web.archive.org. September 9, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ Brooks, Bob (September 26, 1954). "Blue Devils Overpower Penn, 52 to 0". The News & Observer. Raleigh, N.C. sect. II, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Karmosky, Charles (October 3, 1954). "W&M Runs over Penn". Daily Press. Newport News, Va. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 10, 1954). "Princeton Tops Penn, 13-7; Tigers Are Alert". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ Good, Herb (October 17, 1954). "G. Washington Tops Penn". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Good, Herb (October 24, 1954). "Navy Hands Penn Worst Loss in 67-Year Rivalry". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Hughes, Carl (October 31, 1954). "Penn State Rolls over Penn, 35-13". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Trimble, Joe (November 7, 1954). "Irish Avalanche Buries Winless Quakers, 42-7". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 101 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Ward, Gene (November 14, 1954). "Army's Bell Sounds Knell of Penn, 35-0". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 100 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 26, 1954). "Cornell Triumphs over Penn and Ties Yale for Ivy League Football Title". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 34.