1943 Penn Quakers football team

American college football season

1943 Penn Quakers football

Conference| Independent
Ranking
AP| No. 20
Record| 6–2–1
Head coach|

* George Munger (6th season)

Home stadium| Franklin Field

Seasons

← 1942

1944 →

1943 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
Boston College |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 0  | – | 1
Franklin & Marshall |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0
Dartmouth |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 1  | – | 0
Rochester |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 1  | – | 0
No. 11 Army |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 1
Holy Cross |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0
Tufts |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0
No. 20 Penn |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 1
Brown |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Villanova |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Colgate |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1
Penn State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1
Bucknell |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Cornell |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Harvard |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 2  | – | 1
Yale |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Pittsburgh |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Temple |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0
CCNY |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 1  | – | 3  | – | 1
Princeton |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0
Carnegie Tech |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 0  | – | 4  | – | 1
Columbia |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 0  | – | 8  | – | 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1943 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record, was ranked No. 20 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 247 to 88 points.[1]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Penn ranked 19th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 97.0.[2]

The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

## Schedule

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

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September 25| | Princeton| |

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)

| W 47–9| 30,000| [3]
October 2| | Yale| |

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| W 41–7| 30,000| [4]
October 9| |  No. 14 Dartmouth| No. 6|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| W 7–6| 45,000| [5]
October 16| 2:00 p.m.| Lakehurst NAS| No. 4|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| W 74–6| 25,000| [6][7]
October 23| | at Columbia| No. 5| New York, NY| W 33–0| 15,000| [8]
October 30| |  No. 2 Army| No. 6|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| T 13–13| 72,000| [9]
November 6| |  No. 7 Navy| No. 5|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| L 7–24| 73,000| [10]
November 13| | North Carolina| No. 10|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| L 6–9| 30,000| [11]
November 25| | Cornell| No. T–18|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)

| W 20–14| 60,000| [12]

* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Eastern time

## Rankings

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See also: 1943 college football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes| Week

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Poll| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| Final
AP| 6 (1)| 4 (1)| 5 (4)| 6| 5 (2)| 10| 19| 18т| 20

## References

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1. ^ "1943 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
2. ^ Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
3. ^ Art Morrow (September 26, 1943). "30,000 See Penn's Power Surprise Princeton, 47-9". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ Art Morrow (October 3, 1943). "Powerful Penn Eleven Routs Tricky Yale, 41-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ Art Morrow (October 10, 1943). "Penn Beats Dartmouth, Halts Foe at 1-Foot Line". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ Morrow, Art (October 16, 1943). "Lakehurst Blimps, Penn Clash Today". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 14. Retrieved April 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
7. ^ Art Morrow (October 17, 1943). "Scoring Parade By Penn: Quaker Power Brings Rout Of Lakehurst". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. S1, S3 – via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ Effrat, Louis (October 24, 1943). "Penn Tops Columbia, 33-0; Quakers Triumph". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
9. ^ Art Morrow (October 31, 1943). "Penn Ties Army in Upset On 70-Yard Pass Play". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ Art Morrow (November 7, 1943). "Outmanned Penn Beaten By Navy Before 73,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ Art Morrow (November 14, 1943). "North Carolina Fells Penn On Safety, Rodgers' Dash". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
12. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 26, 1943). "60,000 See Favored Penn Defeat Cornell After Trailing for Three Quarters". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 30.

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* Franklin Field (1895–present)

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* 1917 Rose Bowl
* Cornell
* Harvard
* Princeton

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

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