1951 Penn Quakers football team

The 1951 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1951 college football season. In their 14th year under head coach George Munger, the Quakers compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents 121 to 117.[1] Harry Warren was the team captain.[2]

1951 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainHarry Warren
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Bucknell  900
No. 6 Princeton  900
Susquehanna  600
Trenton State  600
Northeastern  601
No. 19 Holy Cross  820
Carnegie Tech  620
Hofstra  621
Cornell  630
No. 16 Boston University  640
Temple  640
Columbia  530
Villanova  530
Fordham  540
Franklin & Marshall  540
Penn  540
Penn State  540
Syracuse  540
Buffalo  440
Colgate  450
Dartmouth  450
Drexel  340
Harvard  351
Boston College  360
Yale  252
Pittsburgh  370
Geneva  250
Army  270
Brown  270
NYU  170
Tufts  072
Rankings from AP Poll

Penn played its home games at Franklin Field adjacent to the university's campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 No. 5 California
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–35 60,000 [3]
October 6 Dartmouth
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 39–14 35,000 [4]
October 13 No. 13 Princeton
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 7–13 60,000 [5]
October 20 Columbia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 28–13 40,000 [6]
October 27 Navy
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–0 61,000 [7]
November 3 William & Mary
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 12–20 12,801 [8]
November 10 at No. 9 WisconsinL 7–16 45,000 [9]
November 17 Army
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 7–6 40,000 [10]
November 24 Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 7–0 40,000 [11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References