American college football season
The 1908 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1908 college football season . In their first season under head coach Sol Metzger , the Quakers compiled an 11–0–1 record, shut out seven of twelve opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 215 to 28.[ 1]
There was no contemporaneous system in 1908 for determining a national champion . However, Penn 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 .[ 2]
Two Penn players, halfback Bill Hollenback and end Hunter Scarlett , were consensus picks on the 1908 All-America college football team .[ 3] Both were later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame , Hollenback in 1951 and Scarlett in 1970.[ 4] [ 5] Other notable players included quarterback Allie Miller and tackle Dexter Draper .
Schedule
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 26 West Virginia W 6–0[ 6]
September 30 Ursinus Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 30–0[ 7]
October 3 Bucknell Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 16–0[ 8]
October 7 Villanova Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 11–0[ 9]
October 10 Penn State Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 6–07,000 [ 10]
October 14 Gettysburg Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 23–4[ 11]
October 17 Brown Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 12–010,000 [ 12]
October 24 Carlisle Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA T 6–625,000 [ 13]
October 31 at Carnegie Tech Pittsburgh, PA W 25–10[ 14]
November 7 Lafayette Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 34–4[ 15]
November 14 at Michigan W 29–0[ 16]
November 26 Cornell Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry ) W 17–4[ 17]
References
^ "1908 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results" . SR College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 29, 2022 .
^ 2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF) . Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. July 2020. pp. 112–114. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021 .
^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF) . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017 .
^ "Bill Hollenback" . National Football Foundation. Retrieved March 29, 2022 .
^ "Hunter Scarlett" . National Football Foundation. Retrieved March 29, 2022 .
^ "Penn Is Victor by Slim Margin" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . September 27, 1908. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Penn Rolls Up 30-Point Score" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . October 1, 1908. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Penn Won From Bucknell 16-0" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . October 4, 1908. p. 10b – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Villa Nova Is Beaten by Penn" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . October 8, 1908. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Penn State Holds U.P. To 6-0 Score" . The Scranton Republican . October 11, 1908. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Penn Scored on by Gettysburg" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . October 15, 1908. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Penn Has an Easy Victory: Brown Is Beaten by Penn 12 to 0" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . October 18, 1908. p. 10b – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Indians Tie Old Penn in Grueling Football Battle" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . October 25, 1908. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Penn Rolls Up 25 Points on Carnegie Tech" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . November 1, 1908. p. 10b – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Lafayette Simply Given a Beating by Penn, 34-4" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . November 8, 1908. p. Sports 1, 10 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Michigan's Worst Defeat of the Yost Regime" . Detroit Free Press . November 15, 1908. pp. 17, 20 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Penn Defeats Cornell in Grandly Played Game by Score of 17 to 4" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . November 27, 1908. pp. 1, 12 – via Newspapers.com .
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