1897 Penn Quakers football team

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The 1897 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1897 college football season. The team finished with a 15–0 record and 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.[1] They outscored their opponents 463 to 20.[2]

ConferenceIndependent
Record15–0
Headcoach
CaptainJohn Minds
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1897 Penn Quakers football
1897 Penn Football
National champion (Billingsley, Helms, Houlgate, NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record15–0
Head coach
CaptainJohn Minds
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1896
1898 â†’
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1897 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn â€“ 15–0–0
Princeton â€“ 10–1–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 10–1–0
Yale â€“ 9–0–2
Buffalo â€“ 9–1–0
Harvard â€“ 10–1–1
Army â€“ 6–1–1
Vermont â€“ 3–0–2
Lafayette â€“ 9–2–1
Drexel â€“ 6–2–1
Colgate â€“ 5–2–1
Dickinson â€“ 7–3–2
Swarthmore â€“ 7–3–2
Fordham â€“ 2–1–1
Cornell â€“ 5–3–1
Syracuse â€“ 5–3–1
Brown â€“ 7–4–0
Carlisle â€“ 6–4–0
Boston College â€“ 4–3–0
Holy Cross â€“ 4–3–1
Wesleyan â€“ 8–7–0
Bucknell â€“ 3–3–1
NYU â€“ 3–3–0
Temple â€“ 3–3–0
Trinity (CT) â€“ 4–4–1
Tufts â€“ 6–7–0
Geneva â€“ 3–4–1
Pittsburgh College â€“ 3–5–2
Villanova â€“ 3–5–1
Penn State â€“ 3–6–0
Amherst â€“ 2–6–2
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 2–6–2
Lehigh â€“ 3–7–0
New Hampshire â€“ 2–5–0
Rutgers â€“ 2–5–0
Western Univ. Penn. â€“ 1–3–0
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Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at Bucknell
W 17–0[3][4]
September 25Franklin & MarshallW 33–01,500[5]
September 293:47 p.m.Washington & Jefferson
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 18–41,000[6][7]
October 23:15 p.m.Bucknell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 33–0[8][9]
October 63:40 p.m.Gettysburg
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 57–01,500[10]
October 93:07 p.m.Lehigh
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 58–04,000[11]
October 133:41 p.m.Virginia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 42–03,000[12]
October 163:21 p.m.Dartmouth
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 34–05,000[13]
October 20Penn State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 24–0500[14][15]
October 23Lafayette
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 46–018,000[16][17][18][19]
October 30at Brown
W 40–0[20]
November 6Carlisle
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–1014,000[21][22]
November 13Wesleyan
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 22–03,000[23]
November 20Harvard
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 15–625,000[24]
November 25Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 4–020,000[25][26]
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Legacy

Head coach George Washington Woodruff and players Truxtun Hare, John Minds, and John H. Outland are all inductees of the College Football Hall of Fame. Outland is the namesake of the Outland Trophy, awarded annually to the best college football interior lineman. The Quakers' 15 wins in a single season would not be equalled until the 2018 Clemson Tigers.[27][28]

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