1904 Penn Quakers football team

1904 Penn Quakers football
National champion (Helms, Houlgate, Davis)
Co-national champion (NCF)
Conference Independent
1904 record 12–0
Head coach Carl S. Williams (3rd season)
Captain Robert Torrey
Home stadium Franklin Field

The 1904 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1904 college football season. The team finished with a 12–0 record and 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.[1] They outscored their opponents 222 to 4.[2]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 24 Penn State Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 6–0  
September 28 Swarthmore Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 6–4  
October 1 Virginia Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 24–0  
October 5 Franklin & Marshall Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 34–0  
October 8 Lehigh Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 24–0  
October 12 Gettysburg Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 21–0  
October 15 Brown Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry) W 6–0  
October 22 Columbia Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 16–0  
October 29 at Harvard Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA (rivalry) W 11–0  
November 5 Lafayette Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 22–0  
November 12 Carlisle Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 18–0  
November 24 Cornell Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry) W 34–0  

References

  1. ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. ↑ 1904 University of Pennsylvania football scores and results. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 8, 2013.
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