1894 Penn Quakers football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1894 Penn Quakers football 285 Independent 12–0 George Washington Woodruff 3rd University Athletic Grounds Alden Knipe Co-national champion (Davis) The 1894 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1894 college football season. In their third season under head coach George Washington Woodruff, the Quakers compiled a 12–0 record, shut out nine of twelve opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 366 to 20. One of the largest crowds to see a game at Penn's Athletic Grounds was on November 29, 1894; temporary stands were erected and 20,000 fans filled the ballpark to see Penn defeat Harvard 18–4.October 5, 1895 College Base Ball Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 5 There was no contemporaneous system in 1894 for determining a national champion. However, Penn was retroactively named as the co-national champion by one selector, Parke H. Davis. Other selectors chose Princeton or Yale as the 1894 national championhttp://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2020/FBS.pdf 2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records The National Collegiate Athletic Association 112–114 July 2020 Indianapolis January 12, 2021 November 1, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201101032438/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2020/FBS.pdf live Penn defeated Princeton and Harvard in head-to-head competition. Four Penn players were named to 1894 All-America college football team: halfback Alden Knipe (chosen by Walter Camp, Caspar Whitney, and Leslie's Weekly); halfback George Brooke (chosen by Camp, Whitney, and Leslie's Weekly); end Charles Gelbert (chosen by Camp, Whitney, and Leslie's Weekly); and guard Charles Wharton (chosen by Leslie's Weekly).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 All-America Addendum College Football Historical Society Newsletter February 2001 http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv14/CFHSNv14n2f.pdf March 5, 2010 June 13, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100613011304/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv14/CFHSNv14n2f.pdf deadFootball Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf Three individuals from the 1894 Penn team were later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: Gelbert (inducted 1960); coach Woodruff (inducted 1963); and Brooke (inducted 1969).Charlie Gelbert National Football Foundation March 29, 2022 https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=2101George Brooke National Football Foundation March 29, 2022 https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=2098George Woodruff National Football Foundation March 29, 2022 https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=2104 Schedule October 3 w y 1894 Franklin & Marshall Franklin & Marshall Lancaster, PA 34–0 800 Pennsylvania's First Victory https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77060408/the-times/ The Times Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 4, 1894 3 May 4, 2021 Newspapers.com October 6 w Swarthmore Philadelphia, PA 66–0 October 10 w Crescent Athletic Club Philadelphia, PA 22–0 1,500 Pennsylvania Downs Crescent The Philadelphia Times October 11, 1894 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51648440/pennsylvania-downs-crescent/ Newspapers.com October 13 w Georgetown University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA 46–0 October 17 w Lehigh Philadelphia, PA 30–0 October 20 w y Crescent Athletic Club Eastern Park Brooklyn, NY 18–10 Shook Them Up: Crescent Kickers Surprise University of Pa. Players The Brooklyn Citizen October 21, 1894 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51649039/shook-them-up/ Newspapers.comThe Crescent-Pennsy Game The Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 21, 1894 24 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51649134/the-crescent-pennsy-game/ Newspapers.com October 26 w y Virginia National Park Washington, DC 14–6 2,500 Gave The Quakers A Shock https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85310712/the-washington-times/ The Washington Times Washington, D.C. October 27, 1894 3 September 14, 2021 Newspapers.com October 27 w y Navy Worden Field Annapolis, MD 12–0 October 31 w Lafayette Philadelphia, PA 26–0 November 10 w y Princeton State Fair Grounds Trenton, NJ rivalry 12–0 Pennsylvania 12; Tigers 0 https://www.nytimes.com/1894/11/11/archives/pennsylvania-12-tigers-0-the-champion-princetons-defeated-by-the.html The New York Times November 11, 1894 3 August 1, 2020 November 17 w Cornell rivalry Philadelphia, PA 6–0 November 29 w Harvard University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA rivalry 18–4 23,000 Penn's Glorious Finish: Harvard's Football Hope Crushed Out, 18 to 4 Boston Post November 30, 1894 1 https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-post-nov-30-1894-p-1/ NewspaperArchive 1894 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/pennsylvania/1894-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 thumb|left|Pennsylvania-Harvard at University Athletic Grounds (November 29, 1894) References Penn Category:Penn Quakers football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Penn Quakers football