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1938 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2–3
Head coach
CaptainWalter Shinn
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons← 19371939 →
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Worcester Tech   –   6 – 0 – 0
No. 18 Villanova   –   8 – 0 – 1
No. 9 Holy Cross   –   8 – 1 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 1 – 2
No. 15 Fordham   –   6 – 1 – 2
No. 12 Cornell   –   5 – 1 – 1
Army   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 8 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 2 – 0
No. 20 Dartmouth   –   7 – 2 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   5 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 0
CCNY   –   4 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   3 – 2 – 3
Manhattan   –   5 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 4 – 0
La Salle   –   4 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   4 – 4 – 0
Boston University   –   3 – 4 – 1
Penn State   –   3 – 4 – 1
Princeton   –   3 – 4 – 1
Hofstra   –   2 – 3 – 1
Duquesne   –   4 – 6 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 6 – 1
Providence   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   3 – 6 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   3 – 6 – 0
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 0
Buffalo   –   2 – 6 – 0
Yale   –   2 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   1 – 6 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In its first season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 3–2–3 record and was outscored by a total of 89 to 58. The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1LafayetteW 34–6
October 8Yale
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 21–0
October 15at PrincetonL 0–13
October 22Columbia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–1360,000
October 29Navy
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 0–0
November 5at No. 16 MichiganL 13–1931,292
November 12Penn State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 7–750,000
November 24 No. 10 Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
T 0–0
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1938 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  2. Kelley, Robert F. (October 23, 1938). "Penn Defeats Columbia; Lions Bow, 14 to 13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  3. "Penn's Last Period Touchdowns Unavailing as Michigan Captures Thriller: Michigan Scores at Ann Arbor, 19-13". The New York Times. November 6, 1938.
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