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1937 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5–1
Head coach
CaptainBob McNamara
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Pittsburgh   –   9 – 0 – 1
No. 6 Villanova   –   8 – 0 – 1
No. 3 Fordham   –   7 – 0 – 1
No. 7 Dartmouth   –   7 – 0 – 2
No. T–14 Holy Cross   –   8 – 0 – 2
St. Thomas (PA)   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 12 Yale   –   6 – 1 – 1
Army   –   7 – 2 – 0
Boston University   –   6 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   5 – 2 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 2 – 1
CCNY   –   5 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Manhattan   –   6 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Duquesne   –   6 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 4
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 3 – 2
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
Princeton   –   4 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 5 – 2
Hofstra   –   2 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 5 – 1
Penn   –   2 – 5 – 1
Providence   –   2 – 6 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 6 – 0
La Salle   –   2 – 7 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   1 – 7 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1937 college football season. In its seventh and final season under head coach Harvey Harman, the team compiled a 2–5–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 129 to 75.[1] The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2Maryland
W 28–2130,000[2]
October 9at Yale
L 7–27
October 16at Columbia
L 6–2628,000[3]
October 23Georgetown
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 0–025,000[4]
October 30Navy
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–7
November 6Penn State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–750,000
November 13Michigan
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–718,476
November 25Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 20–34

References

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  1. ^ "1937 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "Quaker passes defeat Maryland before 30,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 3, 1937. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Daley, Arthur J. (October 17, 1937). "Luckman in Stellar Role as Columbia Scores, 26-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. ^ Perry Lewis (October 24, 1937). "Penn Blunders, Georgetown Gets 0-0 Tie: Quaker 'Boner' on Field Goal Amazes 25,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
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