1918 Penn Quakers football team

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The 1918 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1918 college football season.[1] The 1918 Penn football team was adversely affected by the Spanish flu sweeping through the city. Head coach Bob Folwell was hospitalized. Only 22 of his players were healthy enough to practice at one point in mid-October. Penn's scheduled game against Georgia Tech was canceled. Penn postponed a scheduled game with the Navy Yard's Marines football club. It was rescheduled for October 26 and played at an empty Franklin Field closed to fans to prevent the spread of the virus.[2]

ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Headcoach
CaptainJames Neylon
Quick facts Penn Quakers football, Conference ...
1918 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
CaptainJames Neylon
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1917
1919 â†’
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1918 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Bucknell â€“ 6–0–0
Princeton â€“ 3–0–0
Holy Cross â€“ 2–0–0
Army â€“ 1–0–0
Buffalo â€“ 6–1–0
Columbia â€“ 5–1–0
Syracuse â€“ 5–1–0
Pittsburgh â€“ 4–1–0
Boston College â€“ 5–2–0
Rutgers â€“ 5–2–0
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 2–1–0
Geneva â€“ 4–2–0
Swarthmore â€“ 4–2–0
Harvard â€“ 2–1–0
Fordham â€“ 4–2–1
Villanova â€“ 3–2–0
Penn â€“ 5–3–0
Dartmouth â€“ 3–3–0
Lehigh â€“ 4–4–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 2–2–0
New Hampshire â€“ 2–2–1
Lafayette â€“ 3–4–0
Brown â€“ 2–3–0
Tufts â€“ 2–3–0
Penn State â€“ 1–2–1
Vermont â€“ 0–1–1
Drexel â€“ 0–1–0
NYU â€“ 0–4–0
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 19USS MinnesotaW 27–0
October 26League Island Marines
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–72,500[3]
November 3Swarthmore
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 12–20
November 7Saint Joseph's
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 12–0
November 10Lafayette
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 34–0
November 16at PittsburghL 0–37[4]
November 24Swarthmore
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 13–7
November 28Dartmouth
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 21–0
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