1920–21 Penn Quakers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1920–21 Penn Quakers Basketball 1920–21 Penn Quakers Basketball Team.png Intercollegiate Champions Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League EIBL 21–2 9–1 Edward McNichol 1st Dan McNichol EIBL ChampionsHelms Foundation National Champions The 1920–21 Penn Quakers men's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1920–21 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Edward McNichol, coaching in his first season with the Quakers. The team finished the season with a 21–2 recordPennsylvania Quakers season-by-season results sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2014 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/pennsylvania/ May 19, 2014 and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation.NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions Rauzulu's Street 2004 http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/basketball/college/helmscollegechampionship.htm May 19, 2014 October 1, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181001213129/http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/basketball/college/helmscollegechampionship.htm dead This was Penn's second consecutive Helms national championship, the previous year's 21–1 team having later been recognized as the Helms (and Premo-Porretta Power Poll)ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game ESPN ESPN Books New York, NY 2009 535 978-0-345-51392-2 national champion as well. Senior Dan McNichol, Edward's younger brother, was named a consensus All-American at the end of the season. Schedule and results no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#011F5B; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season 12/4/1920 yes 1920 men Ursinus Bears Ursinus Philadelphia, PA 42–12 1–0 12/8/1920 yes 1920 men Temple Owls Temple Philadelphia, PA 24–19 2–0 12/11/1920 yes 1920 men Muhlenberg Mules Muhlenberg Philadelphia, PA 36–14 3–0 12/14/1920 yes Drexel Philadelphia, PA Battle of 33rd Street 28–10 4–0 1/8/1921 yes 1920 men Syracuse Orangemen Syracuse Philadelphia, PA 14–8 5–0 1/15/1921 1920 men Columbia Lions Columbia Philadelphia, PA 22–16 6–0 (1–0) 1/19/1921 yes 1920 men Catholic University Cardinals Catholic Philadelphia, PA 19–17 7–0 1/22/1921 1920 men Dartmouth Big Green Dartmouth Philadelphia, PA 26–18 8–0 (2–0) 1/29/1921 yes 1920 men Lafayette Leopards Lafayette Philadelphia, PA 37–12 9–0 2/2/1921 yes 1920 men NYU Violets NYU Philadelphia, PA 24–11 10–0 2/5/1921 yes 1920 men Lehigh Engineers Lehigh Philadelphia, PA 19–10 11–0 2/7/1921 yes 1920 men VMI Keydets VMI Philadelphia, PA 40–15 12–0 2/12/1921 1920 men Cornell Big Red Cornell Philadelphia, PA 19–20 12–1 (2–1) 2/16/1921 1920 men Columbia Lions Columbia Philadelphia, PA 19–18 13–1 (3–1) 2/19/1921 1920 men Cornell Big Red Cornell Philadelphia, PA 22–20 14–1 (4–1) 2/22/1921 1920 men Yale Bulldogs Yale Philadelphia, PA 29–11 15–1 (5–1) 2/26/1921 yes 1920 men Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens Delaware Philadelphia, PA 44–13 16–1 3/2/1921 yes 1920 men Swarthmore Garnet Swarthmore Philadelphia, PA 29–17 17–1 3/5/1921 1920 men Yale Bulldogs Yale Philadelphia, PA 48–13 18–1 (6–1) 3/9/1921 yes 1920 men Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State Philadelphia, PA 19–21 18–2 3/12/1921 1920 men Princeton Tigers Princeton Philadelphia, PA Rivalry 33–22 19–2 (7–1) 3/16/1921 1920 men Dartmouth Big Green Dartmouth Philadelphia, PA 31–16 20–2 (8–1) 3/19/1921 1920 men Princeton Tigers Princeton Philadelphia, PA Rivalry 27–20 21–2 (9–1) Source2008–09 Penn Quakers Men's Basketball Media Guide Yearly Results (p. 121) University of Pennsylvania 2008 http://www.pennathletics.com//pdf4/352745.pdf PDF May 19, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140519185632/http://www.pennathletics.com//pdf4/352745.pdf 2014-05-19 dead References Category:Penn Quakers men's basketball seasons Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons Penn Penn Quakers Men's Basketball Team Penn Quakers Men's Basketball Team Category:1920 in Philadelphia Category:1921 in Philadelphia