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1901 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–5
Head coach
CaptainH. A. Davidson
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1900
1902 →
1901 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   12 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   11 – 1 – 1
Cornell   –   11 – 1 – 0
Dartmouth   –   10 – 1 – 0
Massachusetts   –   9 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   9 – 1 – 1
Syracuse   –   7 – 1 – 0
Holy Cross   –   7 – 1 – 1
Geneva   –   6 – 1 – 1
Army   –   5 – 1 – 2
Western U. of Penn   –   7 – 2 – 1
Lafayette   –   9 – 3 – 0
Swarthmore   –   8 – 2 – 2
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 2 – 2
Frankin & Marshall   –   7 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   10 – 5 – 0
Buffalo   –   4 – 2 – 0
Columbia   –   8 – 5 – 0
Fordham   –   2 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh College   –   3 – 2 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 0
NYU   –   4 – 3 – 1
Tufts   –   6 – 6 – 1
Vermont   –   5 – 5 – 1
Dickinson   –   3 – 4 – 0
Carlisle   –   5 – 7 – 1
Brown   –   4 – 7 – 1
Villanova   –   2 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   2 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 0
Boston College   –   1 – 8 – 0
Lehigh   –   1 – 11 – 0
New Hampshire   –   0 – 6 – 0
Rutgers   –   0 – 7 – 0

The 1901 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In its tenth season under head coach George Washington Woodruff, the team compiled a 10–5 record and outscored opponents by a total of 203 to 121. Significant games included victories over Penn State (23–6), Chicago (11–0), and Carlisle (16–14), and losses to Navy (6–5), Harvard (33–6), and Army (24–0).[1]

Two Penn players received recognition on the 1901 College Football All-America Team: guard John Teas (Walter Camp, 3rd team);[2] and halfback Marshall S. Reynolds (The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1st team).[3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 Lehigh
W 28–0[4]
October 2 Franklin & Marshall
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 6–01,500[5]
October 5 Penn State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 23–6[6]
October 9 Swarthmore
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 28–0[7]
October 12 Brown
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 26–010,000[8]
October 16 Virginia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–5[9]
October 19 Bucknell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 6–0[10]
October 21at Navy
L 5–6[11]
October 23 Gettysburg
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 22–0[12]
October 26at Chicago
W 11–0[13]
November 2at Columbia
L 0–11[14]
November 9 Harvard
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 6–33[15]
November 16 Carlisle
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 16–1410,000[16]
November 23at Army
L 0–24[17]
November 28 Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 6–2320,000[18]

References

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  1. ^ "1901 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  2. ^ "All-America Team of 1901". Spalding's Football Guide: 47. 1902. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Google books. Open access icon
  3. ^ "Dr. Stauffer's Idea of an All-American". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 8, 1901.
  4. ^ "Pennsylvania's Players Surprise Admirers By Walloping Lehigh By 28 Points To 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 29, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Pennsylvania Plays Slow, Dopey Game And Makes But One Touchdown On Franklin And Marshall". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 3, 1901. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Quakers Defeat State College". The Philadelphia Times. October 6, 1901. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Penn Outplayed Swarthmore Team". The Philadelphia Times. October 10, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Penn Overwhelms Brown Eleven". The Philadelphia Times. October 13, 1901. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Pennsylvania Has Trouble With Virginians--Score 20 To 5". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 17, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Pennsylvania Had Great Difficulty in Defeating Bucknell 6 to 0". The Philadelphia Times. October 20, 1901. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Naval Cadets Administer First Defeat to Penn in Close Game". The Philadelphia Times. October 22, 1901. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Penn Wallops Gettysburg In Easy Fashion, 22 To 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 24, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Penn Wins With Only 11 Points". The Chicago Tribune. October 27, 1901. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Columbia's Triumph: The Blue and White Wins From Pennsylvania by 11 to 0 -- Weeks Makes Both Touchdowns". New York Daily Tribune. November 3, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Harvard Defeats Pennsylvania By Score Of 33 To 6". The Times (Philadelphia). November 10, 1901. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Pennsylvania Battles Hard And Wins From Indians, 16 To 14". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 17, 1901. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Penn Defeated 24 to 0 by the West Point Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 21, 1901. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Cornell At Last Wins From Penn". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 29, 1901. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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