1878 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–2–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainJohn Elliot
1878 college football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton    6 0 0
Yale    4 1 1
Columbia    0 0 1
CCNY    1 1 0
Stevens    1 1 2
Harvard    1 2 0
Penn    1 2 1
Rutgers    1 2 1
Amherst    1 3 0
Brown    0 1 0
Swarthmore    0 1 0

The 1878 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1878 college football season. They finished with a 1–2–1 record.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 19at Princeton
L 0–2[2]
November 2SwarthmorePhiladelphia, PAW 9–0
November 92:30 p.m.Princeton
L 1–2[3]
November 16vs. Columbia
T 0–0[4][5]

References

  1. 1878 University of Pennsylvania football scores and results Archived January 7, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on January 6, 2015.
  2. "A Bout At Football.—University Vs. Princeton College teams". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 21, 1878. p. 3. Retrieved March 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. "Foot-ball.—Princeton Against Philadelphia". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 10, 1878. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. "The Teams Of Columbia College and University of Pennsylvania Meet At Hoboken—Neither Side SCores A Point". New York Herald. New York, New York. November 17, 1878. p. 7. Retrieved March 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. "Sports And Pastimes.—Foot Ball". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. November 17, 1878. p. 4. Retrieved March 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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