American college football season
1897 Penn Quakers football Conference Independent 1897 record 15–0 Head coach George Washington Woodruff (6th season)Captain John Minds Home stadium Franklin Field Seasons
The 1897 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1897 college football season . The team finished with a 15–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report , Helms Athletic Foundation , Houlgate System , and National Championship Foundation , and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis .[1] They outscored their opponents 463 to 20.[2]
Legacy [ ]
Head coach George Washington Woodruff and players Truxtun Hare , John Minds , and John H. Outland are all inductees of the College Football Hall of Fame . Outland is the namesake of the Outland Trophy , awarded annually to the best college football interior lineman. The Quakers' 15 wins in a single season would not be equalled until the 2018 Clemson Tigers .[3] [4]
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Site Result Source September 22 at Bucknell Lewisburg, PA W 17–0
September 25 Franklin & Marshall Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 33–0
September 29 3:47 p.m. Washington & Jefferson Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 18–4[5]
October 2 Bucknell Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 33–0
October 6 Gettysburg Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 57–0
October 9 Lehigh Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 58–0
October 13 Virginia Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 42–0
October 16 Dartmouth Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 34–0
October 20 Penn State Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 24–0
October 23 Lafayette Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 46–0
October 30 at Brown Providence, RI W 40–0
November 6 Carlisle Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 20–10
November 13 Wesleyan Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 22–0
November 20 Harvard Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry ) W 15–6
November 25 Cornell Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry ) W 4–0
All times are in Eastern time
References [ ]
^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF) . NCAA Division I Football Records . NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016 .
^ 1897 University of Pennsylvania football scores and results Archived October 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine . College Football Data Warehouse . Retrieved on October 8, 2013.
^ "Single Season Leaders and Records for Wins" . Sports Reference . Retrieved December 30, 2018 .
^ "Alabama vs. Clemson score: Tigers crush Tide to reclaim throne, win 2019 national championship" . CBS Sports . Retrieved January 8, 2019 .
^ "Our Quaker Kickers Encounter A Tartar" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . September 30, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
Further reading [ ]
Head coach
George Washington Woodruff
Venues
Franklin Field (1895–present)
Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
1869–1879 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
1930 : Alabama / Notre Dame
1931 : Pittsburgh / Purdue / USC
1932 : Colgate / Michigan / USC
1933 : Michigan / Ohio State / Princeton / USC
1934 : Alabama / Minnesota
1935 : LSU / Minnesota / Princeton / SMU / TCU