1908 Penn Quakers football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1908 Penn Quakers football Independent 11–0–1 Sol Metzger 1st Bill Hollenback Franklin Field National champion (Helms, Houlgate, Davis)Co-national champion (NCF) The 1908 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1908 college football season. In their first season under head coach Sol Metzger, the Quakers compiled an 11–0–1 record, shut out seven of twelve opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 215 to 28. There was no contemporaneous system in 1908 for determining a national champion. However, Penn was retroactively named as the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and Parke H. Davis, and as a co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation.http://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 Two Penn players, halfback Bill Hollenback and end Hunter Scarlett, were consensus picks on the 1908 All-America college football team.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf Both were later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, Hollenback in 1951 and Scarlett in 1970.Bill Hollenback National Football Foundation March 29, 2022 https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1246Hunter Scarlett National Football Foundation March 29, 2022 https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1247 Other notable players included quarterback Allie Miller and tackle Dexter Draper. Schedule September 26 w West Virginia Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA 6–0 Penn Is Victor by Slim Margin The Philadelphia Inquirer September 27, 1908 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98685849/penn-is-victor-by-slim-margin/ Newspapers.com September 30 w 1908 Ursinus Ursinus Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA 30–0 Penn Rolls Up 30-Point Score The Philadelphia Inquirer October 1, 1908 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98685991/penn-rolls-up-30-point-score/ Newspapers.com October 3 w Bucknell Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA 16–0 Penn Won From Bucknell 16-0 The Philadelphia Inquirer October 4, 1908 10b https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98686128/penn-won-from-bucknell-16-0/ Newspapers.com October 7 w Villanova Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA 11–0 Villa Nova Is Beaten by Penn The Philadelphia Inquirer October 8, 1908 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98686201/villa-nova-is-beaten-by-penn/ Newspapers.com October 10 w Penn State Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA 6–0 7,000 Penn State Holds U.P. To 6-0 Score The Scranton Republican October 11, 1908 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98687792/penn-state-holds-up-to-6-0-score/ Newspapers.com October 14 w 1908 Gettysburg Gettysburg Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA 23–4 Penn Scored on by Gettysburg The Philadelphia Inquirer October 15, 1908 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98687879/penn-scored-on-by-gettysburg/ Newspapers.com October 17 w Brown Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA 12–0 10,000 Penn Has an Easy Victory: Brown Is Beaten by Penn 12 to 0 The Philadelphia Inquirer October 18, 1908 10b https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98687967/penn-has-an-easy-victory-brown-is/ Newspapers.com October 24 t Carlisle Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA 6–6 25,000 Indians Tie Old Penn in Grueling Football Battle The Philadelphia Inquirer October 25, 1908 13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98686668/indians-tie-old-penn-in-grueling/ Newspapers.com October 31 w y Carnegie Tech Tech Park Pittsburgh, PA 25–10 6,500 Penn Rolls Up 25 Points on Carnegie Tech. Philadelphia Inquirer November 1, 1908 10b https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98688191/penn-rolls-up-25-points-on-carnegie/ Newspapers.comTech Plays Well Against Heavy Opponents The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania November 1, 1908 1 November 7 w Lafayette Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA 34–4 Lafayette Simply Given a Beating by Penn, 34-4 The Philadelphia Inquirer November 8, 1908 Sports 1, 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98686791/lafayette-simply-given-a-beating-by/ Newspapers.com November 14 w y Michigan Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI 29–0 Michigan's Worst Defeat of the Yost Regime Detroit Free Press November 15, 1908 17, 20 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98686918/michigans-worst-defeat-of-the-yost/ Newspapers.com November 26 w Cornell Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA rivalry 17–4 Penn Defeats Cornell in Grandly Played Game by Score of 17 to 4 The Philadelphia Inquirer November 27, 1908 1, 12 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98688091/penn-defeats-cornell-in-grandly-played/ Newspapers.com 1908 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR College Football March 29, 2022 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/pennsylvania/1908-schedule.html References Penn Category:Penn Quakers football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Penn Quakers football