1944 Penn Quakers football team

1944 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1943
1945 →
1944 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 0 – 1
Harvard   –   5 – 1 – 0
Bucknell   –   7 – 2 – 1
Penn State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   5 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   4 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   2 – 2 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   4 – 5 – 0
Brown   –   3 – 4 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 4 – 2
Syracuse   –   2 – 4 – 1
Princeton   –   1 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   2 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   1 – 4 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 8 – 0
CCNY   –   0 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1944 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 5–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 165 to 149.[1] The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Duke
W 18–7 40,000 [2]
October 7Dartmouth
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–6 40,000 [3]
October 14William & MaryNo. 9
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 46–0 32,000 [4]
October 28 No. 12 NavyNo. 7
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–26 73,000 [5]
November 4 No. 10 Michigan
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 19–41 48,000 [6]
November 11Columbia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 35–7 40,000 [7]
November 18 No. 1 Army
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–62 65,000 [8]
November 25Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 20–0 50,000 [9]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1944 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
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References

  1. ^ "1944 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  2. ^ Morrow, Art (October 1, 1944). "Penn Upsets Duke, 18-7, Before 40,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Morrow, Art (October 8, 1944). "40,000 See Penn Beat Dartmouth, 20-6; Skippy Minisi Intercepts Pass, Runs 69 Yards for First Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Morrow, Art (October 15, 1944). "32,000 See Penn's Drive Rout W.&M., 46-0; All Traffic Goes Quakers' Way on Franklin Field's Gridiron". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Taylor, Craig E. (October 29, 1944). "73,000 See Navy Tumble Penn's Eleven by 26-0". The Sunday Sun. Baltimore, Md. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Morrow, Art (November 5, 1944). "Michigan Rips Penn, 41-19". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Richardson, William D. (November 12, 1944). "Penn Conquers Columbia, 35-7; Quakers Are Fast". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ "Army Crushes Penn, 62-7, for 8th in Row". The New York Daily News. November 19, 1944. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Effrat, Louis (November 26, 1944). "Penn's Late Drive Tops Cornell, 20-0, as 50,000 Look On". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.