1928 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
CaptainPaul Scull
Home stadiumFranklin Field
1928 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Boston College    9 0 0
Villanova    7 0 1
Brown    8 1 0
No. 11 Penn    8 1 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech    7 1 0
No. 9 Army    8 2 0
Drexel    8 2 0
No. 10 NYU    8 2 0
Temple    7 1 2
Lafayette    6 1 2
Princeton    5 1 2
CCNY    4 1 2
Pittsburgh    6 2 1
Harvard    5 2 1
Tufts    5 2 1
Colgate    6 3 0
Rutgers    6 3 0
Bucknell    5 2 3
Columbia    5 3 1
Boston University    3 3 2
Cornell    3 3 2
Syracuse    4 4 1
Yale    4 4 0
Fordham    4 5 0
Franklin & Marshall    4 5 0
Penn State    3 5 1
Lehigh    3 6 0
Washington & Jefferson    2 5 2
Providence    1 5 3
Vermont    1 7 2
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1928 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1928 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Lou Young, the Quakers compiled an 8–1 record, shut out six of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 271 to 26.[1] The team was ranked No. 11 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1928.[2] The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29UrsinusW 34–0
October 6Franklin & Marshall
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 46–0
October 13Swarthmore
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 67–0
October 20Penn State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–065,000
October 27Navy
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–6
November 3at ChicagoW 20–13
November 10at HarvardW 7–0
November 17Columbia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 34–745,000[3]
November 29Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 49–0

References

  1. "1928 Pennsylvania Quakers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  2. "Trojans Rated as Leading College Team in Country". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 9, 1928. p. 42 via Newspapers.com.
  3. James C. Isaminger (November 18, 1928). "Quakers Wallop Columbia: Quakers Rally To Lead; Then Romp Over Foe". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 3S via Newspapers.com.
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