American college football season

1879 Penn Quakers football

Conference| Independent
Record| 2–2
Head coach|

* None

Captain| F. M. Dick

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1879 college football records

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| Conf |  |  | Overall
Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 1
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 2
Massachusetts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 0  | - | 0
Michigan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 0  | - | 1
Haverford |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 0  | - | 1
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 1  | - | 2
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0
Amherst |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0
Navy |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 0  | - | 1
McGill |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 0  | - | 1
Toronto |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 0  | - | 1
Stevens |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 2  | - | 5
Rutgers |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 2  | - | 3
Pennsylvania Military |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 1
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 2  | - | 1
Racine |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0
Swarthmore |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 3  | - | 2

The 1879 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1879 college football season. They finished with a 2–2 record.[1]

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Time| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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October 18| | at Princeton| Princeton, NJ (rivalry)| L 0–6|
November 1| | vs. Yale|

* St. George's Cricket Club grounds
* Hoboken, NJ

| L 0–3| [2]
November 8| | at Pennsylvania Military Academy| Chester, PA| W 6–0| [3]
November 15| 3:15 p.m.| Columbia|

* Young American Cricket Club grounds
* Philadelphia, PA

| W 1–0| [4][5][6]

* All times are in Eastern time

## References[edit]

1. ^ 1879 University of Pennsylvania football scores and results Archived January 28, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on January 23, 2015.
2. ^ "College Foot Ball". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 3, 1879. p. 2. Retrieved March 29, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
3. ^ "Football". Delaware County Daily Times. Chester, Pennsylvania. November 10, 1879. p. 3. Retrieved March 29, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
4. ^ "Return Match Between Columbia College And University of Pennsylvania—Nine Safety Touchdowns For The University". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 16, 1879. p. 2. Retrieved March 29, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
5. ^ "College Men At Football". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 16, 1879. p. 2. Retrieved March 29, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
6. ^ "College Football". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 17, 1879. p. 2. Retrieved March 29, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .

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Penn Quakers football

Venues|

* Franklin Field (1895–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* 1917 Rose Bowl
* Cornell
* Harvard
* Princeton

Culture & lore|

* The Penn Quaker
* "Fight on, Pennsylvania!"
* Marching band
* 1922 Alabama game

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees

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