1889 Penn Quakers football team

The 1889 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1889 college football season. In its second season under head coach Woody Wagenhorst, the team compiled a 7–6 record and outscored opponents by a total of 198 to 165.[1] No Penn players were honored on the 1889 All-America team.

1889 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–6
Head coach
Seasons
← 1888
1890 →
1889 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton     10 0 0
Massachusetts     2 0 0
Yale     15 1 0
Harvard     9 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     5 1 1
Dickinson     4 1 1
Navy     4 1 1
Tufts     3 1 0
Lehigh     8 3 2
Cornell     8 4 0
Penn     7 6 0
Brown     2 2 0
Penn State     2 2 0
Wesleyan     5 7 1
Bucknell     2 3 1
Lafayette     3 4 2
Columbia     2 7 2
Fordham     1 3 0
Rutgers     1 4 0
NYU     0 2 0

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Philadelphia All-StarsPhiladelphia, PAW 30–6
October 5SwarthmorePhiladelphia, PAW 82–0
October 123:00 p.m.at RutgersNew Brunswick, NJW 4–0[2]
October 193:15 p.m.Lehigh
  • West Philadelphia grounds
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 6–4[3]
October 263:05 p.m.PrincetonPhiladelphia, PA(rivalry)L 4–72[4]
October 30YalePhiladelphia, PAL 10–20
November 2at HarvardL 0–352,000[5][6]
November 6at LafayetteEaston, PAL 8–10
November 9at Columbia
W 24–0
November 163:30 p.m.RutgersPhiladelphia, PAW 14–0[7][8]
November 20at LehighBethlehem, PAL 0–8[9]
November 23LafayettePhiladelphia, PAW 14–0
November 2810:50 a.m.vs. Wesleyan
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
L 2–102,500[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "1889 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  2. ^ "Rutgers Defeated By The 'Varsity". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 13, 1889. p. 3. Retrieved August 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  3. ^ "Kicking Out A Victory". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 20, 1889. p. 3. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "Princeton's Victory: They Have an Easy Time with the Pennsylvania Lads". The Philadelphia Times. October 27, 1889. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Harvard Beats Pennsylvania". The New York Times. November 3, 1889. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Foot-ball On Saturday". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 4, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  7. ^ "University Sports". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 14, 1889. p. 3. Retrieved August 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  8. ^ "Red And Blue On Top". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 17, 1889. p. 3. Retrieved August 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  9. ^ "Turf And Track Sports—Lehigh Gives The University A Lesson In Foot-ball". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 21, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  10. ^ "The University Defeated". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 29, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  11. ^ "The Wesleyans Win". Pittsburgh Dispatch. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 29, 1891. p. 6. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
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