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1928 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
CaptainPaul Scull
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1927
1929 →
1928 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Boston College   –   9 – 0 – 0
West Chester   –   8 – 0 – 0
Villanova   –   7 – 0 – 1
Brown   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 11 Penn   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Army   –   8 – 2 – 0
Drexel   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 10 NYU   –   8 – 2 – 0
Temple   –   7 – 1 – 2
Lafayette   –   6 – 1 – 2
Princeton   –   5 – 1 – 2
CCNY   –   4 – 1 – 2
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   5 – 2 – 1
Tufts   –   5 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   6 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   6 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   5 – 2 – 3
Columbia   –   5 – 3 – 1
Boston University   –   3 – 3 – 2
Cornell   –   3 – 3 – 2
Syracuse   –   4 – 4 – 1
Yale   –   4 – 4 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 5 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   4 – 5 – 0
Penn State   –   3 – 5 – 1
Lehigh   –   3 – 6 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   2 – 5 – 2
Providence   –   1 – 5 – 3
Vermont   –   1 – 7 – 2
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1928 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1928 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Lou Young, the Quakers compiled an 8–1 record, shut out six of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 271 to 26.[1] The team was ranked No. 11 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1928.[2] The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Ursinus
W 34–0
October 6Franklin & Marshall
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 46–0
October 13Swarthmore
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 67–0
October 20Penn State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–065,000
October 27Navy
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–6
November 3at Chicago
W 20–13
November 10at Harvard
W 7–0
November 17Columbia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 34–745,000[3]
November 29Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 49–0

References

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  1. ^ "1928 Pennsylvania Quakers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  2. ^ "Trojans Rated as Leading College Team in Country". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 9, 1928. p. 42 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ James C. Isaminger (November 18, 1928). "Quakers Wallop Columbia: Quakers Rally To Lead; Then Romp Over Foe". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 3S – via Newspapers.com.
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