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1929 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2
Head coach
CaptainJohn Utz
Home stadium Franklin Field
Seasons
←  1928
1930 →
1929 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Pittsburgh     9 1 0
Colgate     8 1 0
Fordham     7 0 2
Bucknell     8 2 0
No. 11 Penn     7 2 0
Boston College     7 2 1
Villanova     7 2 1
Cornell     6 2 0
Tufts     5 1 2
Harvard     5 2 1
Yale     5 2 1
NYU     7 3 0
Franklin & Marshall     6 3 0
Penn State     6 3 0
Syracuse     6 3 0
Washington & Jefferson     5 2 2
Drexel     6 3 1
Temple     6 3 1
Carnegie Tech     5 3 1
Army     6 4 1
Providence     3 3 2
Brown     5 5 0
Columbia     4 5 0
CCNY     2 4 2
Princeton     2 4 1
Boston University     3 6 0
Vermont     2 7 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1929 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1929 college football season. In their seventh and last season under head coach Lou Young, the Quakers compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 116 to 68. [1] The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 Franklin & MarshallW 14–7
October 5 Swarthmore
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–6
October 12 VPI
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–8
October 19 California
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–12
October 26 Lehigh
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 10–7
November 2 Navy
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 7–2
November 9 Penn State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–1960,000
November 16at ColumbiaW 20–030,000 [2] [3]
November 28 Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA ( rivalry)
W 17–7

References

  1. ^ "1929 Pennsylvania Quakers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  2. ^ Jack Farrell (November 17, 1929). "Penn Twists Lions' Tail, 20 to 0". New York Daily News. p. 82 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Perry Lewis (November 17, 1929). "Columbia Captures Admiration of Fans With Gallant Stand". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.