1888 Penn Quakers football team

1888 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Independent
Record	9–7
Head coach	Woody Wagenhorst (1st season)
Captain	Tom Hulme

1888 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					13	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					12	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					11	–	1	–	0
Lehigh			–					10	–	2	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					5	–	1	–	1
Lafayette			–					6	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					4	–	2	–	0
Penn			–					9	–	7	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					1	–	2	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	4	–	0
Wesleyan			–					2	–	7	–	0
Worcester Tech			–					1	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	6	–	1
Penn State			–					0	–	2	–	1
Swarthmore			–					0	–	5	–	0

The 1888 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1888 college football season. In its first season under head coach Woody Wagenhorst, the team compiled a 9–7 record and was outscored by a total of 294 to 278.^[1] Halfback Tom Hulme was the team captain. The team played its home games at the University Athletic Grounds located at 37th and Spruce Streets.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 3	Penn alumni	University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA	W 20–6	[3]
October 6	Stevens	University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA	W 48–0	[2]
October 10	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 0–63	[4]
October 13	Yale	37th & Spruce Streets grounds Philadelphia, PA	L 0–34
October 17	at Swarthmore	Swarthmore, PA	W 44–6
October 20	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–38
October 24	Tioga	Philadelphia, PA	W 12–4
October 27	at Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA	W 36–0
November 3	at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–54
November 7	Lafayette	Philadelphia, PA	L 6–12
November 10	Princeton	University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 0–4
November 19	Harvard	Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 0–48	[5][6]
November 21	at Lafayette	Easton, PA	W 50–0
November 27	vs. Wesleyan	New York, NY	W 18–6
November 30	at Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, MD	W 24–10
December 1	at Navy	Annapolis, MD	W 20–9

References

1. "2019 Penn Football Fact Book" (PDF). University of Pennsylvania. 2018. p. 152. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
2. "First Foot-Ball Match: The University of Pennsylvania Defeats Stevens Institute 48 to 0". The Times (Philadelphia). October 7, 1888. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Lively Football: The University Eleven Play a Good Game With and Defeat a Team Made Up of Graduates". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 4, 1888. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Princeton Wins Again at Football". The New York Times. October 11, 1888. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Harvard Wins At Foot-Ball". The Times (Philadelphia). November 20, 1888. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Crimson Wins: "Unies" Knocked Out at Philadelphia". The Boston Globe. November 20, 1888. p. 5 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.