1942 Penn Quakers football team

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1942 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
1942 record5–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Williams     7 1 0
No. 19 Penn State     6 1 1
No. 8 Boston College     8 2 0
Buffalo     6 2 0
Bucknell     6 2 1
Colgate     6 2 1
Army     6 3 0
Syracuse     6 3 0
Duquesne     6 3 1
Yale     5 3 0
Fordham     5 3 1
Penn     5 3 1
No. T–19 Holy Cross     5 4 1
Dartmouth     5 4 0
Brown     4 4 0
Villanova     4 4 0
Vermont     4 3 0
Carnegie Tech     3 3 0
Boston University     4 5 0
Cornell     3 5 1
Princeton     3 5 1
Temple     2 5 3
Columbia     3 6 0
Pittsburgh     3 6 0
Tufts     2 5 1
Franklin & Marshall     1 4 2
Massachusetts State     2 5 0
Harvard     2 6 1
Drexel     2 6 0
Manhattan     2 6 0
CCNY     1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 168 to 72.[1] The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Georgia Pre-FlightL 6–1430,000[2]
October 3at Harvard
W 19–720,000[3]
October 10at YaleW 35–6
October 17PrincetonNo. 8
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
T 6–635,000[4]
October 24ColumbiaNo. 17
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 42–1245,000[5]
October 31 No. 8 ArmyNo. 14
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 19–0
November 7NavyNo. 9
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–7
November 14Penn StateNo. 17
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–1350,000
November 26Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 34–762,000[6]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "1942 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  2. ^ "Airminded Georgia Cadets Beat Penn In Opener, 14-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 27, 1942. p. Sports 1, 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Kelley, Robert F. (October 4, 1942). "Penn Eleven Beats Harvard by 19 to 7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. ^ "Princeton Ties Penn, 6-6, in Grid Upset". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 18, 1942. pp. 1S, 6S – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Daley, Arthur J. (October 25, 1942). "Penn Routs Columbia, 42-12; Quakers Hit Hard". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 27, 1942). "62,000 See Penn Score Its Most Decisive Victory over Cornell Since 1928". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 29.
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