1916 Penn Quakers football team

1916 Penn Quakers football
Rose Bowl, L 0–14 vs. Oregon
Conference	Independent
Record	7–3–1
Head coach	Bob Folwell (1st season)
Captain	Neil Matthews
Home stadium	Franklin Field

1916 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	0	–	0
Brown			–					8	–	1	–	0
Colgate			–					8	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					8	–	1	–	0
Fordham			–					6	–	1	–	1
Swarthmore			–					6	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					8	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					8	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					6	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					6	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					6	–	2	–	1
Dartmouth			–					5	–	2	–	2
Harvard			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					7	–	3	–	1
Temple			–					3	–	1	–	2
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	2	–	2
NYU			–					4	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	5	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	5	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					3	–	4	–	1
New Hampshire			–					3	–	5	–	2
Geneva			–					2	–	5	–	2
Carlisle			–					1	–	3	–	1
Lafayette			–					2	–	6	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	9	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	2
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	7	–	0
Villanova			–					1	–	8	–	0

The 1916 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1916 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bob Folwell, the Quakers compiled a 7–3–1 record, lost to Oregon in the 1917 Rose Bowl, and outscored opponents by a total of 120 to 57.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	West Virginia	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 3–0		[2]
October 7	Franklin & Marshall	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 27–0
October 14	Swarthmore	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–6
October 21	Penn State	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 15–0
October 28	at Pittsburgh	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–20	27,000–32,000	[3][4]
November 4	Lafayette	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 19–0
November 11	Dartmouth	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	T 7–7
November 18	at Michigan	Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI	W 10–7	25,584
November 25	West Virginia Wesleyan	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 16–0
November 30	Cornell	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 23–3
January 1, 1917	vs. Oregon	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	L 0–14	27,000	[5]

References

1. "1916 Pennsylvania Quakers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
2. "Penn defeats West Virginia by field goal". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 1, 1916. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Red Hastings Scores 14 of the 20 Points Made in a fine Gridiron Contest". The Gazette Times. October 29, 1916. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Davis, Ralph (December 1, 1916). "Pitt's Biggest Season". The Pittsburg Press. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Oregon's Eleven Batters and Baffles The Best That Penn Can Send". Los Angeles Times. January 2, 1917. p. III-1 – via Newspapers.com.