1906 Penn Quakers football team

1906 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Independent
1906 record	7–2–3
Head coach	Carl S. Williams (5th year)
Home stadium	Franklin Field

The 1906 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1906 college football season. The Quakers finished with a 7–2–3 record in their fifth year under head coach Carl S. Williams. Significant games included a 24 to 6 loss to the Carlisle Indians, a 17 to 0 victory over Michigan, and a scoreless tie with Cornell The 1906 Penn team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 186 to 58.^[1][2]

Eight players on the 1906 Penn team received recognition on the 1906 College Football All-America Team. They are ends Izzy Levene (WC-3; CW-2; NYS-2; CC-2; NYT-2) and Hunter Scarlett (NYM-1), tackle Dexter Draper (WC-2; NYS-1; NYT-2), guard August Ziegler (WC-2; CW-1; NYS-2; CC-2; NYM-1; NYT-2), center William Thomas Dunn (WC-1), and halfbacks Bill Hollenback (WC-2; CW-1; NYS-1; NYM-1), Bob Folwell (NYT-1) and Edward Green (NYT-2).^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

References

1. "1906 Pennsylvania Quakers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
2. "Pennsylvania Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
3. "Walter Camp Football Foundation". (WC)
4. Caspar Whitney. "The View-Point". Outing. p. 537. (CW)
5. "'Philistine' Is Generous: Sun Accords Syracuse Bank Amid First Sixtten". The Post-Standard. 1906-12-04. (NYS and CC)
6. "New Football Produces Individual Brilliancy: Many Players Merit Places on Fanciful All-American Team" (PDF). The New York Times. 1906-12-09. (NYT)
7. "untitled". Daily Gazette And Bulletin. 1906-12-05. (NYM)