1891 Penn Quakers football team

The 1891 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1891 college football season. The Quakers finished with an 11–2 record in their fourth year under head coach E. O. Wagenhorst. Significant games included victories over Rutgers (32–6), Lafayette (15–6 and 12–10), and Lehigh (42–0 and 32–0), and losses to Princeton (24–0) and undefeated national champion Yale (48–0). The 1891 Penn team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 267 to 109.[1][2] Penn center John Adams was selected by Caspar Whitney as a first-team player on the 1891 College Football All-America Team.[3] 1891 was last year John Heisman played for Penn.[4]

1891 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record11–2
Head coach
CaptainTed Church
1891 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale   –  13 –0 –0
Harvard   –  13 –1 –0
Princeton   –  12 –1 –0
Tufts   –  7 –1 –0
Penn   –  11 –2 –0
Colgate   –  4 –1 –0
Army   –  4 –1 –1
Navy   –  5 –2 –0
Cornell   –  7 –3 –0
Geneva   –  4 –2 –0
Washington & Jefferson   –  4 –2 –0
Lehigh   –  7 –4 –0
Delaware   –  5 –3 –1
Rutgers   –  8 –6 –0
Brown   –  4 –6 –0
Springfield YMCA   –  5 –8 –1
Fordham   –  1 –2 –1
Syracuse   –  4 –7 –0
Massachusetts   –  2 –5 –0
Western Univ. Penn.   –  2 –6 –0
Lafayette   –  2 –9 –1
Columbia   –  1 –5 –0
Wesleyan   –  1 –6 –0

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3 Penn graduates
T 4–4400[5][6]
October 8 Schuylkill Navy
  • University grounds
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 24–0 [7]
October 10 Haverford
  • University grounds
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 34–0 [8]
October 17at Orange Athletic Club
W 26–01,000[9]
October 21 Rutgers
  • University grounds
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 32–6500[10]
October 24at Lehigh Bethlehem, PAW 42–02,000[11]
October 28 Lafayette Philadelphia, PAW 15–6 [12]
October 31 Trinity (CT)
  • University grounds
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 28–51,500[13]
November 7 Princeton
L 0–2412,000[14][15]
November 14vs. Yale
L 0–485,000[16]
November 18at Lafayette Easton, PAW 12–10 [17]
November 21 Lehigh Philadelphia, PAW 32–0
November 25vs. Wesleyan
  • Manhattan Field
  • New York, NY
W 18–102,500[18]

References
  1. "1891 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  2. "Pennsylvania Yearly Results (1890-1894)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  3. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  4. "Heisman's Playing Record". November 29, 1903. p. 11. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  5. "Between the Goals: The 'Varsity Team's Poor Showing with the Graduates; It Results in a Draw". The Times (Philadelphia). October 4, 1891. p. 14.(team identified as "an eleven composed of graduates of Pennsylvania)
  6. "Football Season at Hand Again: University of Pa. Play a Tie Game with All Philadelphia". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 4, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.(opponent called "All Philadelphia"; attendance 400)
  7. "U. of P., 24; A. C. S. N., 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 9, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Kicking at the Goals: The 'Varsity Team Wins Another Well Played Game". The Times (Philadelphia). October 11, 1891. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Rah! For the 'Varsity: The Orange Athletic Club's Eleven Easily Defeated by U. of P." The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 18, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Pennsylvania Wins Easily From the Rutgers Eleven". The Times (Philadelphia). October 22, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Lehigh Men Badly Beaten by the University of Pennsylvania". The Times (Philadelphia). October 25, 1891. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Lafayette Plays a Stiff Game Against the 'Varsity". The Times (Philadelphia). October 29, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Kicking the Leather: With a Patched-Up Team the 'Varsity Defeats Trinity". The Times (Philadelphia). November 1, 1891. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Princeton's Game: The Jersey Tiger Wins by a Score of 24 to 0". The Times (Philadelphia). November 8, 1891. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Princeton Vs. U. Of Penn". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 8, 1891. p. 4. Retrieved September 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  16. "Yale Scores 48 Pennsylvania 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 15, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. "The University Wins: Lafayette's Team Defeated in Closely-Contested Game". The Times (Philadelphia). November 19, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. "Pennsylvania Won: They Capture Third Place by Defeating Wesleyan". The Times (Philadelphia). November 26, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
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