1895 Penn Quakers football team

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The 1895 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1895 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach George Washington Woodruff, the Quakers compiled a 14–0 record, shut out 10 of 14 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 480 to 24.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record14–0
Headcoach
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1895 Penn Quakers football
National champion (Billingsley, Helms, Houlgate, NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record14–0
Head coach
CaptainCarl S. Williams
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1894
1896 â†’
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1895 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn â€“ 14–0–0
Yale â€“ 13–0–2
Princeton â€“ 10–1–1
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 6–1–1
Harvard â€“ 8–2–1
Lafayette â€“ 6–2–0
Syracuse â€“ 6–2–2
Army â€“ 5–2–0
Bucknell â€“ 5–2–0
Colgate â€“ 4–2–0
Swarthmore â€“ 7–4–1
Tufts â€“ 8–5–0
Villanova â€“ 4–2–0
Wesleyan â€“ 6–3–0
Amherst â€“ 6–5–0
Brown â€“ 7–6–1
Carlisle â€“ 4–4–0
Drexel â€“ 3–3–1
Rhode Island â€“ 1–1–0
Penn State â€“ 2–2–3
Cornell â€“ 3–4–1
Rutgers â€“ 3–4–0
New Hampshire â€“ 2–3–1
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 3–5–1
Boston College â€“ 2–4–2
Lehigh â€“ 3–6–0
CCNY â€“ 2–5–1
Buffalo â€“ 1–4–2
Temple â€“ 1–4–1
MIT â€“ 1–4–0
Trinity (CT) â€“ 1–4–0
Massachusetts â€“ 1–5–0
Western Univ. Penn. â€“ 1–6–0
Geneva â€“ 0–5–0
NYU â€“ 0–5–0
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There was no contemporaneous system in 1895 for determining a national champion. However, Penn 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.[2]

Four Penn players were consensus first-team selections on the 1895 All-American football team: halfback George H. Brooke; center Alfred E. Bull; end Charlie Gelbert; and guard Charles Wharton.[3] Brooke, Gelbert, and Wharton were later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[4][5][6]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1SwarthmoreW 40–01,500–2,000[7][8]
October 23:30 p.m.Bucknell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 40–0[9][10]
October 5Franklin & Marshall
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 42–0[11]
October 9at Crescent Athletic ClubW 32–0< 500[12][13]
October 14Lehigh
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 54–0[14]
October 16Carlisle
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 36–0[15]
October 19Virginia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 54–01,500[16]
October 23at Duquesne Country and Athletic ClubW 30–04,000[17]
October 26Lafayette
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 30–08,500[18]
October 30Brown
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 12–0[19]
November 1Chicago Athletic Association
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 12–4[20]
November 9Penn State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 35–45,000[21]
November 23at Harvard
W 17–14[22]
November 28Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 46–220,000[23]
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