1880 Penn Quakers football team

The 1880 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1880 college football season. They finished with a 2–2 record.[1]

1880 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainGeorge Thayer
Seasons
← 1879
1881 →
1880 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton     4 0 1
Yale     4 0 1
Kentucky University     2 0 0
Michigan     1 0 0
Harvard     2 2 2
Penn     2 2 0
Rutgers     2 2 0
Columbia     1 2 0
Amherst     0 1 1
Massachusetts     0 1 1
Stevens     1 4 0
Brown     0 1 0
CCNY     0 1 0
Philadelphia Crescent AC     0 1 0
Toronto     0 1 0
Centre     0 2 0

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 23Philadelphia Crescent Athletic ClubPhiladelphia, PAW 5–0
November 6at PrincetonPrinceton, NJ (rivalry)L 0–1[2]
November 1311:10 a.m.at Stevens
W 3–0[3]
November 17vs. YaleL 0–8500[4][5]

References edit

  1. ^ 1880 University of Pennsylvania football scores and results Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on February 28, 2015.
  2. ^ "The Football Championship.—Harvard Defeats Columbia at the Polo Grounds in the First Game of the Series". The Sun. New York, New York. November 7, 1880. p. 7. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  3. ^ "Hot Work On A Cool Day". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 14, 1880. p. 5. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "Yale's Easy Victory At Foot-Ball". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 18, 1880. p. 5. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "College Teams At Foot Ball.—The Pennsylvania University Club Badly Defeated by the Yales". The Sun. New York, New York. November 18, 1880. p. 1. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .