1904 Penn Quakers football team

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1904 Penn Quakers football
Pennsylvania football 1904.jpg
Penn in action
National champion (Helms, Houlgate, Davis)
Co-national champion (NCF)
ConferenceIndependent
1904 record12–0
Head coach
  • Carl S. Williams (3rd season)
CaptainRobert Torrey
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1903
1905 →
1904 Eastern college football independents records
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn   –   12 – 0 – 0
Western U. of Penn.   –   10 – 0 – 0
Dartmouth   –   7 – 0 – 1
Yale   –   10 – 1 – 0
Amherst   –   9 – 1 – 0
Colgate   –   8 – 1 – 1
Carlisle   –   10 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   8 – 2 – 0
Princeton   –   8 – 2 – 0
Army   –   7 – 2 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 1 – 1
Harvard   –   7 – 2 – 1
Dickinson   –   8 – 3 – 1
Columbia   –   7 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 3 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 2 – 1
Syracuse   –   6 – 3 – 0
Swarthmore   –   6 – 3 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   6 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 0
Brown   –   6 – 5 – 0
Bucknell   –   3 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   3 – 6 – 0
Holy Cross   –   2 – 5 – 2
Wesleyan   –   3 – 7 – 0
Geneva   –   1 – 4 – 2
Vermont   –   1 – 5 – 2
New Hampshire   –   2 – 5 – 0
Rutgers   –   1 – 6 – 2
Tufts   –   2 – 9 – 1
Lehigh   –   1 – 8 – 0
Frankin & Marshall   –   0 – 10 – 0

The 1904 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1904 college football season. The team finished with a 12–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and Parke H. Davis, and as a co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation.[1] They outscored their opponents 222 to 4.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Penn State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 6–0
September 28Swarthmore
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 6–4
October 1Virginia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 24–0
October 5Franklin & Marshall
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 34–0
October 8Lehigh
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 24–0
October 12Gettysburg
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 21–0
October 15Brown
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 6–0
October 22Columbia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 16–015,000[3]
October 29at Harvard
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
W 11–0
November 5Lafayette
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 22–0
November 12Carlisle
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 18–0
November 24Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 34–0

References[]

  1. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. ^ 1904 University of Pennsylvania football scores and results Archived October 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 8, 2013.
  3. ^ "Great Runs Won For Penn Over Columbia, 16-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 23, 1904. pp. 1, 14 – via Newspapers.com.
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