1892 Swarthmore Quakers football team

The 1892 Swarthmore Quakers football team was an American football team that represented Swarthmore College as an independent during the 1892 college football season. The team compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 166 to 91. Jacob K. Shell was the head coach.[1]

1892 Swarthmore Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
Home stadiumWhittier Field
Seasons
← 1891
1893 →
1892 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale  1300
Washington & Jefferson  400
Colgate  300
Penn  1510
Cornell  1010
Harvard  1010
Princeton  1220
Penn State  510
Tufts  820
Navy  520
Army  311
Swarthmore  730
Western Univ. Penn.  420
Franklin & Marshall  430
Brown  442
Bucknell  220
Fordham  220
Geneva  330
Stevens  110
Massachusetts  462
Rutgers  351
Lafayette  570
Lehigh  360
Delaware  122
Wesleyan  171
Drexel  010
NYU  010
Syracuse  081

Fullback George H. Brooke was the team captain. Other key players included quarterback Charles G. Hodge, halfbacks Kent W. Hughes and Samuel C. Palmer, and ends A. K. White and Edwin P. Bond.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Penn
L 0–22[3]
October 1at LehighBethlehem, PAL 0–51
October 12NYU
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 26–0[4]
October 14Swarthmore alumni
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 20–0
October 15All-Collegians
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 62–0[5]
October 21at Franklin & MarshallLancaster, PAL 0–10[6]
October 22at DickinsonCarlisle, PAW 18–0[7]
October 29at Pennsylvania MilitaryChester, PAW 8–4
November 19Haverford
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 22–4[8]
November 24at Warren Athletic Club
W 10–0800[9]

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