1938 Penn Quakers football team

1938 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–2–3
Head coach	George Munger (1st season)
Captain	Walter Shinn
Home stadium	Franklin Field

1938 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Worcester Tech			–					6	–	0	–	0
No. 18 Villanova			–					8	–	0	–	1
No. 9 Holy Cross			–					8	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 12 Cornell			–					5	–	1	–	1
Army			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Dartmouth			–					7	–	2	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	0
CCNY			–					4	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					3	–	2	–	3
Manhattan			–					5	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
La Salle			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston University			–					3	–	4	–	1
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					3	–	4	–	1
Hofstra			–					2	–	3	–	1
Duquesne			–					4	–	6	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	6	–	1
Providence			–					3	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					3	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					3	–	6	–	0
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	0
Buffalo			–					2	–	6	–	0
Yale			–					2	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					1	–	6	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In its first season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 3–2–3 record and was outscored by a total of 89 to 58.^[1] The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 1	Lafayette	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 34–6
October 8	Yale	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 21–0
October 15	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 0–13
October 22	Columbia	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 14–13	60,000	[2]
October 29	Navy	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	T 0–0
November 5	at No. 16 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 13–19	31,292	[3]
November 12	Penn State	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	T 7–7	50,000
November 24	No. 10 Cornell	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	T 0–0
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1938 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
2. Kelley, Robert F. (October 23, 1938). "Penn Defeats Columbia; Lions Bow, 14 to 13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
3. "Penn's Last Period Touchdowns Unavailing as Michigan Captures Thriller: Michigan Scores at Ann Arbor, 19-13". The New York Times. November 6, 1938.