1896 Penn Quakers football team

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The 1896 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1896 college football season. The Quakers finished with a 14–1 record in their fifth year under head coach and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, George Washington Woodruff. Significant games included victories over Navy (8–0), Carlisle (21–0), Penn State (27–0), Harvard (8–6), and Cornell (32–10), and its sole loss against undefeated national champion Lafayette (6–4). The 1896 Penn team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 326 to 24.[1][2]

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1896 Penn Quakers football
1896 Penn Football
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Record14–1
Head coach
CaptainCharles Wharton
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
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1897 â†’
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1896 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Fordham â€“ 1–0–0
Lafayette â€“ 11–0–1
Princeton â€“ 10–0–1
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 8–0–1
Penn â€“ 14–1–0
Yale â€“ 13–1–0
Pittsburgh College â€“ 11–2–0
Buffalo â€“ 9–1–2
Villanova â€“ 10–4–0
Bucknell â€“ 5–2–1
Harvard â€“ 7–4–0
Boston College â€“ 5–3–0
Storrs â€“ 5–3–0
Cornell â€“ 5–3–1
Syracuse â€“ 5–3–2
Temple â€“ 3–2–0
Army â€“ 3–2–1
Rutgers â€“ 6–6–0
Carlisle â€“ 5–5–0
Holy Cross â€“ 2–2–2
Brown â€“ 4–5–1
Wesleyan â€“ 4–5–1
Dickinson â€“ 4–5–0
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 3–4–2
Geneva â€“ 3–4–0
Penn State â€“ 3–4–0
Colgate â€“ 3–4–1
Amherst â€“ 3–6–1
Western Univ. Penn. â€“ 3–6–0
Lehigh â€“ 2–5–0
Tufts â€“ 2–6–1
Swarthmore â€“ 2–6–0
New Hampshire â€“ 1–4–0
Drexel â€“ 1–5–0
Massachusetts â€“ 0–4–0
Rhode Island â€“ 0–4–0
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Five Penn players received recognition on the 1896 College Football All-America Team: end Charlie Gelbert (consensus 1st team);[3] guards Charles Wharton (consensus 1st team),[3] Wylie G. Woodruff (consensus 1st team),[3] and L. J. Uffenheimer (Leslie's Weekly, 2nd team);[4] and fullback John Minds (Philadelphia Inquirer, 1st team).[5]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at Franklin & Marshall Lancaster, PAW 24–0 [6]
September 30 GettysburgW 32–01,500[7]
October 3 Bucknell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 40–02,500[8]
October 7at NavyW 8–0
October 103:37 p.m. Dartmouth
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 16–04,000[9]
October 14 Virginia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–0
October 17 Lehigh
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 34–0
October 21 Amherst
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–0
October 24 Lafayette
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 4–6
October 28 Brown
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 16–04,500[10]
November 3 Dickinson
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 30–23,000[11]
November 7 Carlisle
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 21–0
November 14 Penn State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 27–0
November 21 Harvard
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 8–6
November 26 Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 32–10
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