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1879 Pennsylvania Military Academy football team

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1879 Widener Pride football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–1–2
Seasons
1880 →
1879 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton     4 0 1
Yale     3 0 2
Massachusetts     1 0 0
Michigan     1 0 1
Haverford     1 0 1
Harvard     2 1 2
Penn     2 2 0
Amherst     1 1 0
Navy     0 0 1
McGill     0 0 1
Toronto     0 0 1
Stevens     1 2 5
Rutgers     1 2 3
Pennsylvania Military     0 1 1
NYU     0 2 1
Racine     0 1 0
Swarthmore     0 1 0
Columbia     0 3 2

The 1879 Pennsylvania Military Academy football team represented Pennsylvania Military Academy during the 1879 college football season. The game against the Crescents Football Club was reported to be first game ever played at the Military Academy. [1] The result of the contest with Swarthmore is not known.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 25[3]CrescentsChester, PAT 0–0
November 8[4]PennChester, PAL 6–0
November 12[5]SwarthmoreChester, PAT 0–0

References

  1. ^ https://issuu.com/dcrudele11/docs/10fbguidenet
  2. ^ http://articles.philly.com/1987-09-09/sports/26209469_1_widener-university-schools-chester
  3. ^ "Football at the P.M.A." Delaware County Daily Times. 27 October 1879. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Football". Delaware County Daily Times. 10 November 1879. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Straws From the Barracks". Delaware County Daily Times. 13 November 1879. Retrieved 1 December 2020.