1955 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record0–9 (0–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Yale 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Cornell 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Harvard 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Brown 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Columbia 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Penn 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • The Ivy League did not crown an official champion until 1956 when full league play began.

The 1955 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1955 college football season.[1][2] Led by Steve Sebo in his second year as head coach, the Quakers finished the season with a 0–9 record, matching their 1954 campaign. Penn was outscored 270 to 34 on the season, shut out five times, and scored more than seven points only once, in a 46–14 loss to No. 6 Notre Dame. By the end of the season, Penn had lost 18 consecutive games and had not won in 22 straight contests, dating back to a loss to Michigan on Halloween 1953.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24VPI
L 0–3312,751[3]
October 1California
L 7–2721,000[4]
October 8Princeton
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 0–724,325[5]
October 15George Washington
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–2513,178[6]
October 22No. 4 Navy
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–3334,543[7]
October 29Penn State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–2028,206[8]
November 5No. 6 Notre Dame
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 14–4645,226[9]
November 12Army
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–4027,170[10]
November 24Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 7–3925,668[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1955 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "2018 Penn Football Face Book" (PDF). Penn Athletics.
  3. ^ Good, Herb (September 25, 1955). "Va. Tech Ruins Penn Opener, 33-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Selby, Don (October 2, 1955). "Bears Close Fast, Rip Penn, 27 to 7". San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, Calif. sect. II, p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 9, 1955). "Princeton Trips Penn Eleven, 7-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ Riordan, Leo (October 16, 1955). "GW Rolls to 25-6 Triumph as Penn Loses 13th in Row". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Atwater, Edward C. (October 23, 1955). "Soph Steers Unbeaten Navy in 33-0 Romp over Penn". The Sunday Sun. Baltimore, Md. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Good, Herb (October 30, 1955). "Pa. State Conquers Improved Penn, Scoring Twice in First 9 Minutes". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Doyle, Joe (November 6, 1955). "Surprised Irish Rally to Drub Penn, 46-14". The South Bend Tribune. South Bend, Ind. sect. 3, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Ward, Gene (November 13, 1955). "Army in 40-0 Workout". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 105 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 25, 1955). "Cornell Trounces Penn; Speedy Ithacans Triumph by 39-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 39.


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