1905 Penn Quakers football team

The 1905 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1905 college football season. The Quakers finished with an undefeated 12–0–1 record in their fourth year under head coach Carl S. Williams. Significant games included a 6 to 0 victory over the Carlisle Indians, a 12 to 6 victory over Harvard, a 23 to 0 victory over Columbia, a 6 to 5 victory over Cornell, and a 6–6 tie with Lafayette. The 1905 Penn team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 259 to 33.[1][2]

1905 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record12–0–1
Head coach
CaptainRobert Torrey
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1904
1906 →
1905 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale  1000
Penn  1201
Temple  201
Dartmouth  712
Swarthmore  710
Western U. of Penn.  1020
Princeton  820
Harvard  821
Washington & Jefferson  1030
Lafayette  721
Wesleyan  721
Carlisle  1040
Penn State  830
Syracuse  830
Fordham  520
Amherst  312
Holy Cross  630
Brown  740
Tufts  530
Vermont  641
Cornell  640
Colgate  540
Columbia  432
Army  441
Bucknell  550
NYU  331
Lehigh  670
Frankin & Marshall  460
Geneva  460
New Hampshire  242
Springfield Training School  350
Rutgers  360
Villanova  370
Drexel  170

Six Penn players received recognition on the 1905 College Football All-America Team. They are: end Izzy Levene (WC-3; NYW; NYG); tackle Otis Lamson (WC-1; CW-1; NYEP; NYW; NYG; NYEP; NYT; NYG); guard F. Hobson (NYEP; NYG); center Robert Torrey (WC-1; CW-1; NYEP; NYT; NYW; NYG); quarterback Vince Stevenson (NYW); and halfback H.W. Sheble (WC-2).[3][4][5]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30 LehighW 35–0
October 4 Gettysburg
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 16–6
October 7 Swarthmore
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 11–4[6]
October 11 Franklin & Marshall
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 38–0
October 14 North Carolina
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 17–0
October 18 Ursinus
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 39–0
October 21 Brown
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 8–6
October 28 Carlisle
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 6–020,000[7]
November 4 Lafayette
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 6–6
November 11 Harvard
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 12–6
November 18 Villanova
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 42–0
November 25at ColumbiaW 23–010,000[8]
November 30 Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 6–5

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