1952 Penn Quakers football team

The 1952 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1952 college football season.[1][2] In George Munger's 14th season as head coach, the Quakers compiled a 4–3–1 record, and outscored their opponents 122 to 107. They achieved a 1–0–1 record against ranked teams, knocking off top-ten Princeton and tying a Notre Dame team that would finish ranked third nationally.

1952 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
1952 record4–3–1
Head coachGeorge Munger (14th season)
Home stadiumFranklin Field
1952 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 19 Princeton   –    8 –1 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –    7 –1 –0
Villanova   –    7 –1 –1
Holy Cross   –    8 –2 –0
Yale   –    7 –2 –0
Penn State   –    7 –2 –1
No. 14 Syracuse   –    7 –3 –0
Colgate   –    6 –3 –0
Pittsburgh   –    6 –3 –0
Carnegie Tech   –    4 –3 –0
Harvard   –    5 –4 –0
Boston University   –    5 –4 –1
Penn   –    4 –3 –2
Army   –    4 –4 –1
Boston College   –    4 –4 –1
Tufts   –    3 –4 –1
Drexel   –    3 –4 –0
Fordham   –    2 –5 –1
NYU   –    2 –5 –1
Columbia   –    2 –6 –1
Brown   –    2 –7 –0
Cornell   –    2 –7 –0
Dartmouth   –    2 –7 –0
Temple   –    2 –7 –1
Buffalo   –    1 –7 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27No. 10 Notre DameNo. 12
T 7–774,518
October 4Dartmouth
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 7–035,000[3]
October 11No. 10 Princeton
W 13–740,000[4]
October 18ColumbiaNo. 14New York City, NYW 27–1720,000[5]
October 25NavyNo. 11
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 7–7
November 1Penn StateNo. 17
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–14
November 8Georgia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 27–34
November 15Army
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 13–14
November 27Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–740,000[6]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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References
  1. "Pennsylvania Game by Game Results". web.archive.org. 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  2. "1952 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  3. Danzig, Allison (October 5, 1952). "Quaker Pass in 3d Quarter Subdues Dartmouth by 7-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. Danzig, Allison (October 12, 1952). "Penn Halts Princeton, 13-7; Tiger Streak Ends". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. Effrat, Louis (October 19, 1952). "Penn Defeats Columbia, 27-17; Quakers in Rally". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. Danzig, Allison (November 28, 1952). "Penn Takes Ivy Honors by Halting Stubborn Cornell". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 29.


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