1879 Pennsylvania Military Academy football team

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1879 Widener Pride football
ConferenceIndependent
1879 record0–1–1
Seasons
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1879 college football records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   4 – 0 – 1
Yale   –   3 – 0 – 2
Massachusetts   –   1 – 0 – 0
Michigan   –   1 – 0 – 1
  –   1 – 0 – 1
Harvard   –   2 – 1 – 2
Penn   –   2 – 2 – 0
Amherst   –   1 – 1 – 0
Navy   –   0 – 0 – 1
  –   0 – 0 – 1
  –   0 – 0 – 1
Stevens   –   1 – 2 – 5
Rutgers   –   1 – 2 – 3
PA Military   –   0 – 1 – 1
Racine   –   0 – 1 – 0
Swarthmore   –   0 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   0 – 3 – 2

The 1879 Pennsylvania Military Academy football team represented Pennsylvania Military Academy during the 1879 college football season. The team played Swarthmore, Penn, and as one cadet put it, “whoever we could inveigle into coming to us.”[1][2] The game against the Crescents Football Club was reported to be first game played at the Military Academy. [3] The result of the contest with Swarthmore is not known.[4]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 25[5]CrescentsChester, PAT 0–0
November 1SwarthmoreChester, PAUnk.
November 8[6]PennChester, PAL 6–0

References[]

  1. ^ "CONTENTdm".
  2. ^ "Straws From the Barracks". Delaware County Daily Times. 13 November 1879. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Widener 2010 Football Media Guide by Derek Crudele - Issuu".
  4. ^ "Inquirer.com: Philadelphia local news, sports, jobs, cars, homes".
  5. ^ "Football at the P.M.A." Delaware County Daily Times. 27 October 1879. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Football". Delaware County Daily Times. 10 November 1879. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
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