1949 Penn Quakers football team

1949 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–4
Head coach	George Munger (12th season)
Home stadium	Franklin Field

1949 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Saint Vincent			–					10	–	0	–	0
No. 4 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					8	–	0	–	0
Brown			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Cornell			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Villanova			–					8	–	1	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					6	–	3	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					6	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					4	–	4	–	0
Yale			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	3	–	1
Duquesne			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	5	–	2
CCNY			–					2	–	5	–	1
NYU			–					3	–	6	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	7	–	0
Hofstra			–					1	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					1	–	8	–	0
Harvard			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 159 to 118. The team won its first four games and was ranked No. 9 in the AP Poll before losing its last four games and dropping out of the AP Poll. The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Source
October 1	Dartmouth		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 21–0
October 8	at Princeton	No. 20	Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 14–13
October 15	Columbia		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 27–7
October 22	Navy	No. 14	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 28–7
October 29	Pittsburgh	No. 9	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 21–22
November 5	No. 19 Virginia	No. 20	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 14–26
November 12	No. 2 Army		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 13–14
November 24	No. 20 Cornell		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 21–29
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game