1895 Swarthmore Quakers football team

American college football season

1895 Swarthmore Quakers football

Conference| Independent
Record| 7–4–1
Head coach|

* Jacob K. Shell (8th season)

Home stadium| Whittier Field

Seasons

<- 1894

1896 ->

1895 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 14  | - | 0  | - | 0
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 13  | - | 0  | - | 2
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 1  | - | 1
Washington & Jefferson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 1
Lafayette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 2
Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0
Swarthmore |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 1
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 5  | - | 0
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0
Wesleyan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Amherst |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 5  | - | 0
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 6  | - | 1
Carlisle |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Drexel |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 1
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 2  | - | 3
Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Rutgers |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
New Hampshire |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 1
Frankin & Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 2
Lehigh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
CCNY |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 1
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 4  | - | 2
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 4  | - | 1
MIT |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0
Trinity (CT) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0
Massachusetts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0
Western Univ. Penn. |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0
Geneva |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0

The 1895 Swarthmore Quakers football team was an American football team that represented Swarthmore College as an independent during the 1895 college football season. The team compiled a 7–4–1 record and was outscored by a total of 204 to 173. Jacob K. Shell was the head coach.[1]

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 1| | at Penn|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| L 0–40| 1,500–2,000| [2][3]
October 5| | Delaware|

* Whittier Field
* Swarthmore, PA

| W 14–0| | [4]
October 16| | Ursinus|

* Whittier Field
* Swarthmore, PA

| W 20–4| |
October 19| | Baltimore City College|

* Whittier Field
* Swarthmore, PA

| W 20–0| |
October 23| 3:30 p.m.| at Rutgers|

* Neilson Field
* New Brunswick, NJ

| L 12–26| | [5]
October 26| | at Delaware| Newark, DE| W 31–12| | [6]
November 2| | vs. Gettysburg| Harrisburg, PA| W 10–0| |
November 9| | Johns Hopkins|

* Whittier Field
* Swarthmore, PA

| W 28–14| |
November 13| | St. John's (MD)|

* Whittier Field
* Swarthmore, PA

| T 22–22| |
November 16| | Pennsylvania Military|

* Whittier Field
* Swarthmore, PA

| W 16–12| |
November 23| | at Haverford| Haverford, PA (rivalry)| L 0–24| |
November 28| | at Franklin & Marshall| Lancaster, PA| L 0–50| |

## References

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1. ^ "Swarthmore Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 6, 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
2. ^ "The Foot-ball Season Opened—Pennsylvania Has Swarthmore as an Opponent in the First Game". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 2, 1895. p. 8. Retrieved January 13, 2025 - via Newspapers.com .
3. ^ "Football Players Warm the Gridiron". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 2, 1895. p. 5 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Swarthmore and Delaware". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 6, 1895. p. 7. Retrieved October 21, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
5. ^ "Rutgers Downs Swarthmore by a Score of 26 to 12". The Daily Times. October 24, 1895. p. 1 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Swarthmore, 31; Delaware College 12". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 27, 1895. p. 8. Retrieved October 21, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .

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