1915 Penn Quakers football team

The 1915 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1915 college football season. In their third and final season under head coach George H. Brooke, the Quakers compiled a 3–5–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 109 to 88.[1]

1915 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–2
Head coach
CaptainNed Harris
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1914
1916 →
1915 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cornell     9 0 0
Pittsburgh     8 0 0
Columbia     5 0 0
Harvard     8 1 0
Carnegie Tech     7 1 0
Rutgers     7 1 0
Villanova     6 1 0
Washington & Jefferson     8 1 1
Colgate     5 1 0
Syracuse     9 1 2
Dartmouth     7 1 1
Tufts     5 1 2
Penn State     7 2 0
Lafayette     8 3 0
Princeton     6 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     6 2 0
Temple     3 1 1
Geneva     6 3 0
Wesleyan     6 3 0
Allegheny     5 3 0
Swarthmore     5 3 0
Army     5 3 1
Lehigh     6 4 0
Holy Cross     3 2 2
Brown     5 4 1
Fordham     4 4 0
NYU     4 4 1
Middlebury     3 4 2
Muhlenberg     4 5 0
Yale     4 5 0
Boston College     3 4 0
Penn     3 5 2
WPI     3 5 1
Buffalo     3 5 0
Carlisle     3 6 2
Rhode Island State     3 5 0
New Hampshire     3 6 1
Gettysburg     3 6 0
Rochester     3 6 0
Bucknell     2 6 3
Vermont     1 4 2
Williams     1 7 0

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 West VirginiaW 7–0
September 29Albright
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 63–0
October 2Franklin & Marshall
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 10–6[2][3]
October 9Penn State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 3–13
October 16at NavyT 7–7
October 23Pittsburgh
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–1415,000–20,000[4][5]
October 30Lafayette
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–17
November 6vs. DartmouthL 3–7
November 13Michigan
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 0–0[6]
November 25 Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 9–2420,000[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "1915 Pennsylvania Quakers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  2. ^ "Franklin & Marshall's Defeat Was Virtually a Victory". The New Era. October 4, 1915. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "F. and M. Makes Old Penn Hustle". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 3, 1915. p. Sporting 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Pittsburgh Team Wins From Penn In Gallant Fight". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 24, 1915. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "West Penn Grid Teams in History Making Victories". The Pittsburg Press. October 24, 1915. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Jim Nasium (November 14, 1915). "Penn and Michigan Battle To Scoreless Tie in Exciting Contest". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Twenty Thousand See Cornell Win From Penn Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 26, 1915. pp. 1, 13 – via Newspapers.com.