1923 Penn Quakers football team

The 1923 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1923 college football season. In their first season under head coach Lou Young, the Quakers compiled a 5–4 record and outscored all opponents by a total of 95 to 63.[1] The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

1923 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainTex Hamer
Home stadiumFranklin Field
1923 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Cornell   –  8 –0 –0
Yale   –  8 –0 –0
St. John's   –  5 –0 –1
Dartmouth   –  8 –1 –0
Syracuse   –  8 –1 –0
Boston College   –  7 –1 –1
Rutgers   –  7 –1 –1
Washington & Jefferson   –  6 –1 –1
Holy Cross   –  8 –2 –0
Lafayette   –  6 –1 –2
Tufts   –  6 –2 –0
Army   –  6 –2 –1
Colgate   –  6 –2 –1
Geneva   –  6 –2 –1
Lehigh   –  6 –2 –1
NYU   –  6 –2 –1
Penn State   –  6 –2 –1
Vermont   –  6 –3 –1
Brown   –  6 –4 –0
Harvard   –  4 –3 –1
Carnegie Tech   –  4 –3 –1
Penn   –  5 –4 –0
Pittsburgh   –  5 –4 –0
Bucknell   –  4 –4 –1
Columbia   –  4 –4 –1
Duquesne   –  4 –4 –0
Princeton   –  3 –3 –1
Franklin & Marshall   –  3 –5 –1
Drexel   –  2 –6 –0
Buffalo   –  2 –5 –1
Fordham   –  2 –7 –0
Boston University   –  1 –6 –0
Villanova   –  0 –7 –1
Temple   –  0 –5 –0
CCNY   –  0 –7 –0
Springfield   –  0 –7 –0

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Franklin & Marshall
W 20–0
October 6Maryland
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–340,000[2]
October 13Swarthmore
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 13–10
October 20Columbia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 19–7
October 27Centre
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 24–0
November 3Pittsburgh
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 6–046,000[3]
November 10Lafayette
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–8
November 17Penn State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–2156,000
November 29Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 7–1457,000[4][5]

References
  1. "1923 Pennsylvania Quakers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  2. Gordon Mackay (October 7, 1923). "Maryland Stuns Penn By Winning 3-0 Game". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Pitt Smashes Records For Football Attendance". The Pitt Weekly. Vol. 14, no. 12. December 12, 1923. p. 7. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  4. Perry Lewis (November 30, 1923). "Fighting Quaker Eleven Loses To Cornell, 14 To 7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Cornell Defeats Penn in Desperate Gridiron Battle, 14-7: Fighting Quakers Check Varsity's Running Attack; Pfann Outstanding Star". Ithaca Journal-News. November 30, 1923. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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