1950 Penn Quakers football team

The 1950 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1950 college football season. In its 13th season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 223 to 95.[1] The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

1950 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Independent
1950 record	6–3
Head coach	George Munger (13th season)
Home stadium	Franklin Field

1950 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Franklin & Marshall			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 2 Army			–					8	–	1	–	0
Fordham			–					8	–	1	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	1	–	0
Drexel			–					6	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Cornell			–					7	–	2	–	0
Penn			–					6	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
Buffalo			–					5	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	5	–	0
Temple			–					4	–	4	–	1
Tufts			–					4	–	4	–	1
Columbia			–					4	–	5	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	5	–	1
Dartmouth			–					3	–	5	–	1
Duquesne			–					2	–	6	–	1
NYU			–					1	–	5	–	1
Harvard			–					1	–	7	–	0
Brown			–					1	–	8	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					1	–	8	–	0
Boston College			–					0	–	9	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	Virginia		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 21–7
October 7	at No. 9 California	No. 20	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 7–14
October 14	Dartmouth		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 42–26	38,000	[2]
October 21	at Columbia		New York, NY	W 34–0	30,000	[3]
October 28	Navy		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 30–7
November 4	No. 2 Army	No. 15	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 13–28
November 11	Brown		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 50–0	45,000	[4]
November 18	No. 15 Wisconsin	No. 20	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 20–0
November 25	Cornell	No. 13	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 6–13	17,846	[5]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1950 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
2. Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 15, 1950). "Penn Team Stops Dartmouth, 42-26". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
3. Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 22, 1950). "Penn Routs Columbia, 34-0; Corbo Quaker Ace". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
4. Nichols, Joseph C. (November 12, 1950). "Penn Overwhelms Brown Team, 50-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
5. Danzig, Allison (November 26, 1950). "Cornell Tops Penn; Big Red Victor, 13-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.