1948 Penn Quakers football team

The 1948 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1948 college football season. In its 11th season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 5–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 169 to 117.[1] The team won its first five games and was ranked No. 7 in the AP Poll before losing its last three games of the season and dropping out of the AP Poll. The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

1948 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
1948 record5–3
Head coachGeorge Munger (11th season)
Home stadiumFranklin Field
1948 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Army      8 0 1
No. 19 Cornell      8 1 0
Penn State      7 1 1
Villanova      8 2 1
Brown      7 2 0
Boston College      5 2 2
Pittsburgh      6 3 0
Penn      5 3 0
Franklin & Marshall      5 3 1
Harvard      4 4 0
Princeton      4 4 0
Columbia      4 5 0
Yale      4 5 0
Tufts      3 4 1
Colgate      3 6 0
Fordham      3 6 0
NYU      3 6 0
Temple      2 6 1
Duquesne      2 7 0
Carnegie Tech      1 7 0
Hofstra      0 6 2
Syracuse      1 8 0
Drexel      0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultSource
October 2DartmouthW 26–13
October 9PrincetonNo. 12
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 29–7
October 16at ColumbiaNo. 8
W 20–14
October 23NavyNo. 7
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–14
October 30Washington & LeeNo. 7
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 40–7
November 6 No. 14 Penn StateNo. 7
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–13
November 13 No. 3 ArmyNo. 17
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 20–26
November 25CornellNo. 19
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 14–23
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1948 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
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