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1950 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Franklin & Marshall   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 6 Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 0
St. Lawrence   –   8 – 0 – 0
Thiel   –   7 – 0 – 0
No. 2 Army   –   8 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   8 – 1 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 1 – 0
Drexel   –   6 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   6 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   6 – 3 – 0
Buffalo   –   5 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 4 – 1
Columbia   –   4 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 5 – 1
Dartmouth   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston University   –   3 – 5 – 0
Duquesne   –   2 – 6 – 1
Hofstra   –   2 – 6 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 5 – 1
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 0
Harvard   –   1 – 7 – 0
Brown   –   1 – 8 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   1 – 8 – 0
Boston College   –   0 – 9 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1950 college football season. In its 13th season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 223 to 95.[1] The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Virginia
W 21–7 40,000 [2]
October 7at No. 9 CaliforniaNo. 20
L 7–14 64,000 [3]
October 14Dartmouth
W 42–2638,000[4]
October 21at Columbia
W 34–030,000[5]
October 28Navy
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 30–7 60,000 [6]
November 4 No. 2 ArmyNo. 15
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 13–28 78,000 [7]
November 11Brown
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 50–045,000[8]
November 18 No. 15 WisconsinNo. 20
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–0 60,000 [9]
November 25CornellNo. 13
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 6–1317,846[10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "1950 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  2. ^ Durden, Chauncey (October 1, 1950). "Penn Strikes Thrice in Third Quarter to Defeat Virginia, 21-7". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Va. p. 1E – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Sullivan, Prescott (October 8, 1950). "Bears Uninspired in Triumph over Penn". San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, Calif. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 15, 1950). "Penn Team Stops Dartmouth, 42-26". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 22, 1950). "Penn Routs Columbia, 34-0; Corbo Quaker Ace". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ Young, Dick (October 29, 1950). "Penn Beaches Navy, 30-7, Holding 3 Times at Goal". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 97 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Ward, Gene (November 5, 1950). "Army Blunts Penn, 28-13; Filipski Star". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 98 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (November 12, 1950). "Penn Overwhelms Brown Team, 50-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ^ McCormick, Henry J. (November 19, 1950). "Penn Whips Tired Badgers, 20-0". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, Wis. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 26, 1950). "Cornell Tops Penn; Big Red Victor, 13-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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