1892 Penn Quakers football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1892 Penn Quakers football Independent 15–1 George Washington Woodruff 1st Charles Schoff University Athletic Grounds The 1892 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1892 college football season. The Quakers finished with a 15–1 record in their first year under head coach and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, George Washington Woodruff. Significant games included victories over Penn State (20–0), Navy (16–0), Lafayette (8–6 and 10–4), and Princeton (6–4), and its sole loss to undefeated national champion Yale (28–0). The 1892 Penn team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 405 to 52. Penn halfback Harry Thayer was selected by both Walter Camp and Caspar Whitney as a first-team player on the 1892 College Football All-America Team.Walter Camp Football Foundation http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards// dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090330065940/http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards March 30, 2009 2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2014 August 16, 2014 4 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf November 26, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181126094941/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/awards.pdf dead Schedule y y September 28 at Swarthmore Swarthmore, PA W 22-0 Opening of the Football Season The Philadelphia Inquirer September 29, 1892 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16813612/opening_of_the_football_season/ Newspapers.com October 1 Penn State University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA W 20-0 College Players Kick the Leather The Philadelphia Inquirer October 2, 1892 7 https://www.newspapers.com/image/168291684/?terms=football Newspapers.com October 5 1892 Haverford Haverford Philadelphia, PA W 56-0 University vs. Haverford The Times (Philadelphia) October 6, 1892 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16813744/university_vs_haverford/ Newspapers.com October 11 at Virginia Charlottesville, VA W 32-0 University Kickers Win: Pennsylvania Defeats the Virginia Collegians at Football by Thirty-Two Points to Nothing The Philadelphia Inquirer October 12, 1892 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16813816/university_kickers_win_pennsylvania/ Newspapers.com October 12 at Navy Worden Field Annapolis, MD W 16-0 Foot-Ball at Annapolis: Pennsylvanians Defeat the Naval Cadets by 16 to 0 The Times (Philadelphia) October 13, 1892 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16815963/football_at_annapolis_pennsylvanians/ Newspapers.com October 15 at Crescent Athletic Club Eastern Park Brooklyn, NY W 23-0 Played Good Foot Ball: Pennsylvania 'Varsity Team's Excellent Showing The Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 16, 1892 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16815990/played_good_foot_ball_pennsylvania/ Newspapers.com October 19 1892 Dickinson Dickinson Philadelphia, PA W 78-0 Another Victory for Red and Blue: University Defeats Dickinson at Football Seventy-eight Points to Nothing The Philadelphia Inquirer October 20, 1892 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16816013/another_victory_for_red_and_blue/ Newspapers.com October 21 Williams University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA W 50-0 3,000 Inter-University Foot-Ball: Pennsylvania Defeats Williams by a Score of 50 to 0 The Times (Philadelphia) October 22, 1892 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16816033/interuniversity_football/ Newspapers.com October 22 1892 Franklin & Marshall Franklin & Marshall University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA W 34-0 'Varsity Wins Again: The Red and Blue Easily Downs Franklin and Marshall The Times (Philadelphia) October 23, 1892 14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16816047/varsity_wins_again_the_red_and_blue/ Newspapers.com October 26 at Lafayette Easton, PA W 8-6 Pennsylvania Has a Very Close Call The Philadelphia Inquirer October 27, 1892 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16815865/pennsylvania_has_a_very_close_call/ Newspapers.com October 29 Chicago Athletic Association University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA W 12-10 > 3,000 'Varsity Victorious: The Chicago Eleven Defeated in a Hard Game The Times (Philadelphia) October 30, 1892 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16816066/varsity_victorious_the_chicago_eleven/ Newspapers.com November 5 Princeton (rivalry) Germantown Cricket Club Germantown, PASome sources, including SR/College Football, refer to the game having been played at Manheim, Pennsylvania, some 80 miles west of Philadelphia. However, the contemporaneous account in The Times clearly states that the game was played at the Germantown Cricket Club which was located on Manheim Street in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. W 6–4 15,000 The Tigers Downed: The Red and Blue Waves Above the Orange and Black The Times (Philadelphia) November 6, 1892 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16514622/the_tigers_downed_the_red_and_blue/ Newspapers.com November 8 Lehigh University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA W 4-0 November 12 vs Yale Manhattan Field New York, NY L 0-28 > 8,000 Yale Colors Still Wave Triumphant The Philadelphia Inquirer November 13, 1882 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16815917/yales_colors_still_wave_triumphant/ Newspapers.com November 16 Lafayette University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA W 10-4 Pennsylvania 10 Lafayette 4 The Philadelphia Inquirer November 17, 1892 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16816094/pennsylvania_10_lafayette_4/ Newspapers.com November 24 1892 Wesleyan Methodists Wesleyan Philadelphia, PA W 34-0 Wesleyan Was Easy: The Red and Blue Triumphs Over the Red and Black The Times (Philadelphia) November 25, 1892 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16816114/wesleyan_was_easy_the_red_and_blue/ Newspapers.com 1892 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/pennsylvania/1892-schedule.html College Football at Sports-Reference.com Sports Reference June 14, 2026 2025 Penn Football Factbook https://pennathletics.com/documents/2025/9/16/2025_Penn_Football_Fact_Book_web_V2.pdf Penn Athletics 138 June 14, 2026 References Penn Category:Penn Quakers football seasons Penn Quakers football