1892 Penn Quakers football team

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The 1892 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1892 college football season. The Quakers finished with a 15–1 record in their first year under head coach and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, George Washington Woodruff. Significant games included victories over Penn State (20–0), Navy (16–0), Lafayette (8–6 and 10–4), and Princeton (6–4), and its sole loss to undefeated national champion Yale (28–0). The 1892 Penn team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 405 to 52.[1][2] Penn halfback Harry Thayer was selected by both Walter Camp and Caspar Whitney as a first-team player on the 1892 College Football All-America Team.[3][4]

ConferenceIndependent
Record15–1
Headcoach
CaptainCharles Schoff
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1892 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record15–1
Head coach
CaptainCharles Schoff
Home stadiumUniversity Athletic Grounds
Seasons
← 1891
1893 â†’
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1892 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale â€“ 13–0–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 4–0–0
Colgate â€“ 3–0–0
Penn â€“ 15–1–0
Cornell â€“ 10–1–0
Harvard â€“ 10–1–0
Princeton â€“ 12–2–0
Penn State â€“ 5–1–0
Tufts â€“ 8–2–0
Navy â€“ 5–2–0
Army â€“ 3–1–1
Swarthmore â€“ 7–3–0
Western Univ. Penn. â€“ 4–2–0
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 4–3–0
Brown â€“ 4–4–2
Bucknell â€“ 2–2–0
Fordham â€“ 2–2–0
Stevens â€“ 1–1–0
Lafayette â€“ 5–7–0
Massachusetts â€“ 4–6–2
Rutgers â€“ 3–5–1
Geneva â€“ 2–4–0
Lehigh â€“ 3–6–0
Wesleyan â€“ 1–7–1
Syracuse â€“ 0–8–1
Drexel â€“ 0–1–0
NYU â€“ 0–1–0
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Swarthmore Swarthmore, PAW 22–0 [5]
October 1 Penn State
W 20–0 [6]
October 5 Haverford Philadelphia, PAW 56–0 [7]
October 11at Virginia Charlottesville, VAW 32–0 [8]
October 12at NavyW 16–0 [9]
October 15at Crescent Athletic ClubW 23–0[10]
October 19 Dickinson Philadelphia, PAW 78–0 [11]
October 21 Williams
  • University Athletic Grounds
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 50–03,000[12]
October 22 Franklin & Marshall
  • University Athletic Grounds
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 34–0 [13]
October 26at Lafayette Easton, PAW 8–6 [14]
October 29 Chicago Athletic Association
  • University Athletic Grounds
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 12–10> 3,000[15]
November 5 Princeton W 6–415,000[17]
November 8 Lehigh
  • University Athletic Grounds
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 4–0
November 12vs. YaleL 0–28> 8,000[18]
November 16 Lafayette
  • University Athletic Grounds
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 10–4 [19]
November 24 Wesleyan Philadelphia, PAW 34–0 [20]
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