1906 Penn Quakers football team

1906 Penn Quakers football
Conference Independent
1906 record 7–2–3
Head coach Carl S. Williams (5th season)
Captain Edward L. Greene
Home stadium Franklin Field

The 1906 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1906 college football season. The Quakers finished with a 7–2–3 record in their fifth year under head coach Carl S. Williams. Significant games included a 24 to 6 loss to the Carlisle Indians, a 17 to 0 victory over Michigan, and a scoreless tie with Cornell The 1906 Penn team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 186 to 58.[1][2]

Eight players on the 1906 Penn team received recognition on the 1906 College Football All-America Team. They are ends Izzy Levene (WC-3; CW-2; NYS-2; CC-2; NYT-2) and Hunter Scarlett (NYM-1), tackle Dexter Draper (WC-2; NYS-1; NYT-2), guard Gus Ziegler (WC-2; CW-1; NYS-2; CC-2; NYM-1; NYT-2), center William Thomas Dunn (WC-1), and halfbacks Bill Hollenback (WC-2; CW-1; NYS-1; NYM-1), Bob Folwell (NYT-1) and Edward Green (NYT-2).[3][4][5][6][7]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 29 Lehigh
W 32–6
October 3 Gettysburg
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia
T 6–6
October 6 North Carolina
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia
W 11–0
October 10 Franklin & Marshall
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia
W 47–6
October 13 Swarthmore
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia
L 0–4
October 17 Medico-Chirurgical[8]
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia
W 31–0
October 20 Brown (rivalry)
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia
W 14–0
October 27 Carlisle
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia
L 6–24
November 10 Lafayette
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia
T 0–0
November 17 Michigan
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia
W 17–0
November 24 Villanova
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia
W 22–12
November 29 Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia (rivalry)
T 0–0

References

  1. ↑ "1906 Pennsylvania Quakers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Pennsylvania Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Walter Camp Football Foundation". Archived from the original on 2009-03-30. (WC)
  4. ↑ Caspar Whitney. "The View-Point". Outing. p. 537. (CW)
  5. ↑ "'Philistine' Is Generous: Sun Accords Syracuse Bank Amid First Sixtten". The Post-Standard. 1906-12-04. (NYS and CC)
  6. ↑ "New Football Produces Individual Brilliancy: Many Players Merit Places on Fanciful All-American Team" (PDF). The New York Times. 1906-12-09. (NYT)
  7. ↑ "untitled". Daily Gazette And Bulletin. 1906-12-05. (NYM)
  8. ↑ The Medico-Chirugical College of Philadelphia, later absorbed into the University of Pennsylvania.
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