1894 Penn Quakers football team

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The 1894 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1894 college football season. In their third season under head coach George Washington Woodruff, the Quakers compiled a 12–0 record, shut out nine of twelve opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 366 to 20.[1][2]

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Record12–0
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1894 Penn Quakers football
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record12–0
Head coach
CaptainAlden Knipe
Home stadiumUniversity Athletic Grounds
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1894 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale â€“ 16–0–0
Penn â€“ 12–0–0
Villanova â€“ 1–0–0
Penn State â€“ 6–0–1
Harvard â€“ 11–2–0
Geneva â€“ 5–1–0
Princeton â€“ 8–2–0
Temple â€“ 4–1–0
Holy Ghost College â€“ 7–2–1
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 5–2–1
Brown â€“ 10–5–0
Bucknell â€“ 5–3–0
Colgate â€“ 2–1–1
Army â€“ 3–2–0
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 6–4–0
Cornell â€“ 6–4–1
Amherst â€“ 7–5–0
Trinity (CT) â€“ 4–3–0
Syracuse â€“ 6–5–0
Tufts â€“ 6–5–0
Massachusetts â€“ 3–3–0
Swarthmore â€“ 5–5–0
Western Univ. Penn â€“ 1–1–0
Lafayette â€“ 5–6–0
New Hampshire â€“ 2–3–0
Rutgers â€“ 4–6–0
Lehigh â€“ 5–9–0
Williams â€“ 1–3–0
Drexel â€“ 1–3–0
MIT â€“ 1–4–0
Boston College â€“ 1–6–0
Carlisle â€“ 1–8–0
Buffalo â€“ 0–2–0
NYU â€“ 0–3–0
Wesleyan â€“ 0–5–0
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Season

Pennsylvania-Harvard at University Athletic Grounds (November 29, 1894)

One of the largest crowds to see a game at Penn's Athletic Grounds was on November 29, 1894; temporary stands were erected and 20,000 fans filled the ballpark to see Penn defeat Harvard 18–4.[3]

There was no contemporaneous system in 1894 for determining a national champion. However, Penn was retroactively named as the co-national champion by one selector, Parke H. Davis. Other selectors chose Princeton or Yale as the 1894 national champion[4] Penn defeated Princeton and Harvard in head-to-head competition.

Four Penn players were named to 1894 All-America college football team: halfback Alden Knipe (chosen by Walter Camp, Caspar Whitney, and Leslie's Weekly); halfback George Brooke (chosen by Camp, Whitney, and Leslie's Weekly); end Charles Gelbert (chosen by Camp, Whitney, and Leslie's Weekly); and guard Charles Wharton (chosen by Leslie's Weekly).[5][6][7] Three individuals from the 1894 Penn team were later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: Gelbert (inducted 1960); coach Woodruff (inducted 1963); and Brooke (inducted 1969).[8][9][10]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3at Franklin & MarshallLancaster, PAW 34–0800[11]
October 6SwarthmorePhiladelphia, PAW 66–0
October 10Crescent Athletic ClubPhiladelphia, PAW 22–01,500[12]
October 13Georgetown
  • University Athletic Grounds
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 46–0
October 17LehighPhiladelphia, PAW 30–0
October 20at Crescent Athletic ClubW 18–10[13][14]
October 26vs. VirginiaW 14–62,500[15]
October 27at NavyW 12–0
October 31LafayettePhiladelphia, PAW 26–0
November 10vs. Princeton
W 12–0[16]
November 17CornellPhiladelphia, PA (rivalry)W 6–0
November 29Harvard
  • University Athletic Grounds
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 18–423,000[17]
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