1952 Penn Quakers football team

The 1952 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1952 college football season.[1][2] In George Munger's 14th season as head coach, the Quakers compiled a 4–3–2 record, and outscored their opponents 122 to 107. They achieved a 1–0–1 record against ranked teams, knocking off top-ten Princeton and tying a Notre Dame team that would finish ranked third nationally.

1952 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–2
Head coach
Home stadiumFranklin Field
1952 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Hofstra   –  8 –1 –0
No. 19 Princeton   –  8 –1 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  7 –1 –0
Villanova   –  7 –1 –1
Holy Cross   –  8 –2 –0
Yale   –  7 –2 –0
Penn State   –  7 –2 –1
No. 14 Syracuse   –  7 –3 –0
Bucknell   –  6 –3 –0
Colgate   –  6 –3 –0
Pittsburgh   –  6 –3 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  4 –3 –0
Harvard   –  5 –4 –0
Boston University   –  5 –4 –1
Penn   –  4 –3 –2
Army   –  4 –4 –1
Boston College   –  4 –4 –1
Tufts   –  3 –4 –1
Drexel   –  3 –4 –0
Fordham   –  2 –5 –1
NYU   –  2 –5 –1
Columbia   –  2 –6 –1
Brown   –  2 –7 –0
Cornell   –  2 –7 –0
Dartmouth   –  2 –7 –0
Temple   –  2 –7 –1
Buffalo   –  1 –7 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27No. 10 Notre DameNo. 12
T 7–774,518[3]
October 4Dartmouth
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 7–035,000[4]
October 11at No. 10 Princeton
W 13–740,000[5]
October 18at ColumbiaNo. 14
W 27–1720,000[6]
October 25NavyNo. 11
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 7–766,000[7]
November 1Penn StateNo. 17
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–1467,000[8]
November 8Georgia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 27–3445,000[9]
November 15Army
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 13–1440,000[10]
November 27Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–740,000[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "Pennsylvania Game by Game Results". September 6, 2015. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  2. "1952 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  3. Ward, Arch (September 28, 1952). "Penn Ties Notre Dame, 7-7". Chicago Sunday Tribune. Chicago, Ill. sect. 2, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Danzig, Allison (October 5, 1952). "Quaker Pass in 3d Quarter Subdues Dartmouth by 7-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. Danzig, Allison (October 12, 1952). "Penn Halts Princeton, 13-7; Tiger Streak Ends". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. Effrat, Louis (October 19, 1952). "Penn Defeats Columbia, 27-17; Quakers in Rally". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. Ward, Gene (October 26, 1952). "Navy Shackles Penn, 7-7, with 2d Half Comeback". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 101 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Hughes, Carl (November 2, 1952). "Nittany Lions Continue Mastery over Penn on Defensive Skill, 14-7". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Morrow, Art (November 9, 1952). "Georgia Passes Turn Back Penn, 34-27". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Morrow, Art (November 16, 1952). "Army Upsets Penn, 14-13, with TD in Last 44 Secs". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Danzig, Allison (November 28, 1952). "Penn Takes Ivy Honors by Halting Stubborn Cornell". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 29.


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