1918 Penn Quakers football
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Record5–3
Head coach
CaptainJames Neylon
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bucknell   –   6 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   3 – 0 – 0
Holy Cross   –   2 – 0 – 0
Army   –   1 – 0 – 0
Buffalo   –   6 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   5 – 1 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 1 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   4 – 1 – 0
Boston College   –   5 – 2 – 0
Rutgers   –   5 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   2 – 1 – 0
Geneva   –   4 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   4 – 2 – 0
Harvard   –   2 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 2 – 1
Villanova   –   3 – 2 – 0
Penn   –   5 – 3 – 0
Dartmouth   –   3 – 3 – 0
Lehigh   –   4 – 4 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   2 – 2 – 0
New Hampshire   –   2 – 2 – 1
Lafayette   –   3 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   2 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   2 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   1 – 2 – 1
Vermont   –   0 – 1 – 1
Drexel   –   0 – 1 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1918 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1918 college football season.[1]

Season summary

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]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 19USS Minnesota
W 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 Pittsburgh
L 0–37[4]
November 24Swarthmore
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 13–7
November 28Dartmouth
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 21–0

References

  1. ^ "1918 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  2. ^ Fitzpatrick, Frank (March 11, 2020). "In 1918, it was Spanish influenza that afflicted Philadelphia sports". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  3. ^ "Forward Passes Defeat Old Penn". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 27, 1918. p. 20. Retrieved September 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Pitt's Big Eleven Crushes Old Penn". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 17, 1918. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
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