1883 Penn Quakers football team

1883 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–1
Head coach
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CaptainAlexander Gray
1883 college football records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   9 – 0 – 0
Gallaudet   –   2 – 0 – 0
Carleton   –   1 – 0 – 0
Johns Hopkins   –   1 – 0 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   8 – 2 – 0
Princeton   –   7 – 1 – 0
  –   6 – 2 – 1
Stevens   –   6 – 4 – 1
Massachusetts   –   1 – 1 – 0
Minnesota   –   1 – 1 – 0
Wesleyan   –   3 – 3 – 0
Williams   –   1 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 5 – 0
Michigan   –   2 – 3 – 0
Lafayette   –   2 – 4 – 0
Johns Hopkins   –   1 – 2 – 0
Columbia   –   1 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   1 – 6 – 0
Amherst   –   0 – 1 – 0
Dartmouth   –   0 – 1 – 0
Hamline   –   0 – 1 – 0
Lewisburg   –   0 – 1 – 0
Navy   –   0 – 1 – 0
CCNY   –   0 – 2 – 0
Columbian University   –   0 – 2 – 0
Georgetown   –   0 – 2 – 0

The 1883 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1883 college football season. Penn finished with a 6–2–1 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 13at HarvardL 0–4[1]
October 20Johns HopkinsPhiladelphia, PAW 26–6
October 27LafayettePhiladelphia, PAW 44–4
November 3at PrincetonL 6–41[2]
November 10Johns HopkinsPhiladelphia, PAW 30–0
November 14Columbia
W 35–1[3]
November 17at RutgersNew Brunswick, NJW 18–0[4]
November 24Penn alumniPhiladelphia, PAW 39–7
November 29at StevensHoboken, NJT 6–6

References

  1. ^ "Foot-Ball at Cambridge: The Match Between Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania". The New York Times. October 14, 1883. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Football Between Pennsylvania and Princeton". The Times (Philadelphia). November 4, 1883. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Victory for the 'Varsity: Columbia's Eleven Beaten, 35 to 1". The Times (Philadelphia). November 15, 1883. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Pennsylvania And Rutgers". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 18, 1883. p. 1. Retrieved August 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.