1917 Penn Quakers football team

The 1917 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1917 college football season. The Quakers finished with a 9–2 record in their second year under head coach Bob Folwell. Significant games included victories over Michigan (16–0), Carlisle (26–0), and Cornell (37–0), and losses to undefeated national champion Georgia Tech (41–0) and Pittsburgh (14–6). The 1917 Penn team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 245 to 71.[1][2]

1917 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Independent
1917 record	9–2
Head coach	Bob Folwell (2nd season)
Captain	Heinie Miller
Home stadium	Franklin Field

1917 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Pittsburgh			–					10	–	0	–	0
Williams			–					7	–	0	–	1
Yale			–					3	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					2	–	0	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	1	–	1
Army			–					7	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	1
Penn			–					9	–	2	–	0
Brown			–					8	–	2	–	0
Fordham			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	2	–	0
Wash. & Jeff.			–					7	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	1	–	3
New Hampshire			–					3	–	2	–	2
Dartmouth			–					5	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	2	–	3
Tufts			–					3	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	3	–	1
Lafayette			–					3	–	5	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					2	–	4	–	2
Carlisle			–					3	–	6	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	4	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					0	–	3	–	2
Temple			–					0	–	6	–	1

Five Penn players received honors on the 1917 College Football All-America Team. They are: end Heinie Miller (Jack Veiock and Dick Jemison 1st teams, Walter Eckersall, 2nd team); Joseph Strauss (Jemison 1st team); guard Herbert Dieter (Paul Purman 2nd team); center Lud Wray (New York Times All-Service team, Purman 2nd team); and fullback Joseph Howard Berry, Jr. (Eckersall and Purman 1st teams, Veiock 2nd team).[3][4][5][6]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 3	Albright	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 73–10
October 6	at Georgia Tech	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–41
October 13	Swarthmore	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 10–0
October 20	Bucknell	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 20–6
October 27	Pittsburgh	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–14
November 3	Lafayette	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 27–0
November 6	Pennsylvania Military	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 23–0
November 10	vs. Dartmouth	Braves Field Boston, MA	W 7–0
November 17	Michigan	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 16–0
November 24	Carlisle	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 26–0
November 29	Cornell	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 37–0

References

1. "1917 Pennsylvania Quakers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
2. "Pennsylvania Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
3. Jack Veiock (1917-12-11). "Veiock's All-American Elevens for 1917 Season". Logansport Pharos-Reporter.
4. Paul Purman (1917-11-29). "East, West, South Give Stars To The Sentinel All-American Football Team For 1917 Season". The Fort Wayne Sentinel.
5. ""All" Teams Picked By Walter Eckersall". Lincoln Daily Star. 1917-12-16.
6. Spalding's Football Guide