1927 Penn Quakers football team

1927 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4
Head coach
CaptainEd Hake
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1926
1928 →
1927 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tufts   –   8 – 0 – 0
Springfield   –   7 – 0 – 2
Washington & Jefferson   –   7 – 0 – 2
No. 6 Army   –   9 – 1 – 0
No. 2 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 1
Temple   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 5 Yale   –   7 – 1 – 0
NYU   –   7 – 1 – 2
Princeton   –   6 – 1 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 1 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 2 – 1
Columbia   –   5 – 2 – 2
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 1
Colgate   –   4 – 2 – 3
CCNY   –   4 – 2 – 2
Lafayette   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   6 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 4 – 1
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 4 – 0
Rutgers   –   4 – 4 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 3 – 2
Boston University   –   3 – 4 – 1
Drexel   –   3 – 5 – 1
Fordham   –   3 – 5 – 0
Brown   –   3 – 6 – 1
Vermont   –   2 – 6 – 0
Providence   –   1 – 4 – 2
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 7 – 1
Lehigh   –   1 – 7 – 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1927 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Lou Young, the Quakers compiled a 6–4 record, shut out five of ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 167 to 78.[1] The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Franklin & Marshall
W 8–0
October 1Swarthmore
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 33–0
October 8Brown
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–6
October 15Penn State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–2060,000
October 22at Chicago
L 7–1345,000[2]
October 29Navy
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–12
November 5Harvard
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 24–0
November 12Columbia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 27–0
November 24Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 35–0
December 31at California
L 13–27

References

  1. ^ "1927 Pennsylvania Quakers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Don Maxwell (October 23, 1927). "Maroon Passes and Smashes Bring 13 to 7 Win Over Penn". Chicago Tribune. pp. II-1, II-2 – via Newspapers.com.