1887 Penn Quakers football team

The 1887 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1887 college football season. In its third and final year under head coach Frank Dole, the team compiled a 6–7 record. Penn lost five games to the Big Three (Princeton, Harvard, and Yale) by a combined score of 291 to 0.[1]

1887 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–7
Head coach
1887 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale    9 0 0
Penn State    2 0 0
Harvard    10 1 0
Lafayette    7 2 0
Princeton    7 2 0
Lehigh    4 3 0
Williams    3 3 0
Penn    6 7 0
Wesleyan    4 5 0
Tufts    4 6 0
Massachusetts    2 3 0
Rutgers    2 6 0
Bucknell    0 2 0
Cornell    0 2 0
Franklin & Marshall    0 2 0
Vermont    0 2 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 8GraduatesPhiladelphia, PAW 14–6
October 12TiogaPhiladelphia, PAW 46–0
October 15GraduatesPhiladelphia, PAW 18–0
October 19PrincetonPhiladelphia, PA (rivalry)L 0–57
October 22at PrincetonPrinceton, NJL 0–42
October 29Yale
  • University Grounds
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–50[2]
November 2RutgersPhiladelphia, PAW 13–10
November 5PrincetonPhiladelphia, PAL 0–95
November 9HaverfordPhiladelphia, PAW 36–0
November 12LehighPhiladelphia, PAW 6–4
November 16LafayettePhiladelphia, PAL 0–20
November 19at HarvardL 0–42
November 24vs. WesleyanNew York, NYL 4–10

References

  1. "2018 Penn Football Fact Book" (PDF). University of Pennsylvania. 2018. p. 152. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  2. "Yale Wins at Foot-Ball: The Pennsylvanians Defeated by a Score of 50 to 0". The Times-Philadelphia. October 30, 1887. p. 2 via Newspapers.com.
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