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The 1943 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1943 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record, was ranked No. 20 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 247 to 88 points.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
APNo. 20
Record6–2–1
Headcoach
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1943 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 20
Record6–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
 1942
1944 
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1943 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Boston College  401
Franklin & Marshall  710
Dartmouth  610
Rochester  610
No. 11 Army  721
Holy Cross  620
Tufts  620
No. 20 Penn  621
Brown  530
Villanova  530
Colgate  531
Penn State  531
Bucknell  640
Cornell  640
Harvard  221
Yale  450
Pittsburgh  350
Temple  260
CCNY  131
Princeton  160
Carnegie Tech  041
Columbia  080
Rankings from AP Poll
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In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Penn ranked 19th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 97.0.[2]

The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25PrincetonW 47–930,000[3]
October 2Yale
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 41–730,000[4]
October 9 No. 14 DartmouthNo. 6
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 7–645,000[5]
October 162:00 p.m.Lakehurst NASNo. 4
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 74–625,000[6][7]
October 23at ColumbiaNo. 5New York, NYW 33–015,000[8]
October 30 No. 2 ArmyNo. 6
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 13–1372,000[9]
November 6 No. 7 NavyNo. 5
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–2473,000[10]
November 13North CarolinaNo. 10
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–930,000[11]
November 25CornellNo. T–18
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 20–1460,000[12]
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Rankings

More information Week, Poll ...
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP6 (1)4 (1)5 (4)65 (2)101918т20
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