1908 Penn Quakers football team

1908 Penn Quakers football
National champion (Helms, Houlgate, Davis)
Co-national champion (NCF)
Conference Independent
1908 record 11–0–1
Head coach Sol Metzger (1st year)
Home stadium Franklin Field

The 1908 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1908 college football season. The team finished with an 11–0–1 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and Parke H. Davis, and as a co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation.[1] They outscored their opponents 215 to 28.[2]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
September 26 West Virginia* Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA W 6–0  
September 30 Ursinus* Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 30–0  
October 3 Bucknell* Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 16–0  
October 7 Villanova* Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 11–0  
October 10 Penn State* Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 6–0  
October 14 Gettysburg* Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 23–4  
October 17 Brown* Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 12–0  
October 24 Carlisle* Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA T 6–6  
October 31 at Carnegie Mellon* Pittsburgh, PA W 25–10  
November 7 Lafayette* Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 34–4  
November 14 at Michigan* Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI W 29–0  
November 26 Cornell* Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 17–4  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

References

  1. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. 1908 University of Pennsylvania football scores and results. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 8, 2013.
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