1955 Penn Quakers football team

The 1955 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1955 college football season.[1][2] Led by Steve Sebo in his second year as head coach, the Quakers finished the season with a 0–9 record, matching their 1954 campaign. Penn was outscored 270 to 34 on the season, shut out five times, and scored more than seven points only once, in a 46–14 loss to No. 6 Notre Dame. By the end of the season, Penn had lost 18 consecutive games and had not won in 22 straight contests, dating back to a loss to Michigan on Halloween 1953.

1955 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Independent
1955 record	0–9
Head coach	Steve Sebo (2nd season)
Home stadium	Franklin Field (c. 78,000, grass)

1955 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Drexel			–					8	–	0	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	1	–	1
Princeton			–					7	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	2	–	1
No. 20 Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Pittsburgh			–					7	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	1
Harvard			–					3	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth			–					3	–	6	–	0
Boston University			–					2	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	6	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	7	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	8	–	0
Villanova			–					1	–	9	–	0
Temple			–					0	–	8	–	0
Penn			–					0	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	VPI	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–33
October 1	California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 7–27	21,000
October 8	Princeton	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 0–7	24,325	[3]
October 15	George Washington	Philadelphia, PA	L 6–25
October 22	No. 4 Navy	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–33
October 29	Penn State	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–20
November 5	No. 6 Notre Dame	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 14–46	45,226
November 12	Army	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–40
November 24	Cornell	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 7–39	25,668	[4]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1955 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
2. https://s3.amazonaws.com/penn.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/10/11/2018_Penn_Football_Fact_Book.pdf
3. Nichols, Joseph C. (October 9, 1955). "Princeton Trips Penn Eleven, 7-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
4. Danzig, Allison (November 25, 1955). "Cornell Trounces Penn; Speedy Ithacans Triumph by 39-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 39.