1923 Penn Quakers football team

American college football season

1923 Penn Quakers football

Conference| Independent
Record| 5–4
Head coach|

* Lou Young (1st season)

Captain| Tex Hamer
Home stadium| Franklin Field

Seasons

<- 1922

1924 ->

1923 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0
St. John's |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 1
Dartmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 1
Rutgers |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 1
Washington & Jefferson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Holy Cross |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Lafayette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 2
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Geneva |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Lehigh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Vermont |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 1
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
Carnegie Tech |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Pittsburgh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Duquesne |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 1
Franklin & Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Drexel |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 1
Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0
Boston University |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 7  | - | 1
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0
CCNY |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0
Springfield |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0

The 1923 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1923 college football season. In their first season under head coach Lou Young, the Quakers compiled a 5–4 record and outscored all opponents by a total of 95 to 63.[1] The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 29| Franklin & Marshall|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| W 20–0| |
October 6| Maryland|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| L 0–3| 40,000| [2]
October 13| Swarthmore|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| W 13–10| |
October 20| Columbia|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| W 19–7| 30,000| [3]
October 27| Centre|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| W 24–0| |
November 3| Pittsburgh|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| W 6–0| 46,000| [4]
November 10| Lafayette|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| L 6–8| |
November 17| Penn State|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| L 0–21| 56,000|
November 29| Cornell|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)

| L 7–14| 57,000| [5][6]

## References

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1. ^ "1923 Pennsylvania Quakers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
2. ^ Gordon Mackay (October 7, 1923). "Maryland Stuns Penn By Winning 3-0 Game". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 19 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Penn Scores Early And Beats Columbia". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 21, 1923. pp. 19, 22. Retrieved March 16, 2025 - via Newspapers.com .
4. ^ "Pitt Smashes Records For Football Attendance". The Pitt Weekly. Vol. 14, no. 12\. December 12, 1923. p. 7. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
5. ^ Perry Lewis (November 30, 1923). "Fighting Quaker Eleven Loses To Cornell, 14 To 7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 28 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Cornell Defeats Penn in Desperate Gridiron Battle, 14-7: Fighting Quakers Check Varsity's Running Attack; Pfann Outstanding Star". Ithaca Journal-News. November 30, 1923. p. 8 - via Newspapers.com.

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Penn Quakers football

Venues|

* Franklin Field (1895–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* 1917 Rose Bowl
* Cornell
* Harvard
* Princeton

Culture & lore|

* The Penn Quaker
* "Fight on, Pennsylvania!"
* Marching band
* 1922 Alabama game

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees

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