1909 Penn Quakers football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1909 Penn Quakers football Independent 7–1–2 Andy Smith 1st Allie Miller Franklin Field The 1909 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1909 college football season. The Quakers finished with a 7–1–2 record in their first year under head coach and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, Andy Smith. Their only loss was to Michigan by a 12 to 6 score, a game that snapped Penn's 23-game winning streak and marked the first time a Western team had defeated one of the "Big Four" (Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Penn).Michigan 12; Pennsylvania 6 1910 The Michigan Alumnus 130–132 https://books.google.com/books?id=Pw_OAAAAMAAJ Other significant games included a 12 to 0 victory over West Virginia, a 3-3 tie with Penn State, a 29 to 6 victory over Carlisle, and a 17 to 6 victory over Cornell. They outscored their opponents by a combined total of 146 to 38. End Harry Braddock was the only Penn player to receive All-America honors in 1909, receiving second-team honors from Walter Camp.Six Yale Men on Camp's First Team The New York Times December 19, 1909 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1909/12/17/101909173.pdf Schedule y y September 25 1909 Gettysburg Gettysburg Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 20-0 September 29 Ursinus Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 22-0 Penn Defeated Ursinus 22-0 The Philadelphia Inquirer September 30, 1909 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85518593/penn-defeated-ursinus-22-0/ Newspapers.com October 2 Dickinson Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 18-0 October 9 West Virginia Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 12-0 October 16 Brown Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 13-5 October 23 Penn State Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA T 3-3 12,000 State College Ties With Pennsylvania, Each Scoring From Filed https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer/181063790/ The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 2, 1909 25, 35 September 14, 2025 Newspapers.com October 30 Carlisle Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 29-6 November 6 Lafayette Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA T 6-6 Tie Score Best Penn and Lafayette Can Do in One Hour's Battle https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88527134/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 7, 1909 13 November 7, 2021 Newspapers.com Pennsylvania Manages to Stave Off Defeat in Game With Lafayette (continued) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88527134/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 7, 1909 21 November 7, 2021 Newspapers.com November 13 Michigan Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA L 6-12 November 25 Cornell Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry) W 17-6 20,000 In Mud and Slush Penn Beats Cornell 17-6: Penn Rises To Occasion and Beats Cornell The Philadelphia Inquirer November 26, 1909 1, 13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120887072/in-mud-and-slush-penn-beats-cornell/ Newspapers.com 1909 Pennsylvania Quakers Stats Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football November 23, 2015 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/pennsylvania/1909.html References Penn Category:Penn Quakers football seasons Penn Quakers football