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1924 Penn Quakers football
National champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
1924 record9–1–1
Head coach
CaptainRea McGraw
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1923
1925 →
1924 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Dartmouth –   7–0–1
Yale –   6–0–2
Penn –   9–1–1
Rutgers –   7–1–1
Bucknell –   8–2–0
Lafayette –   7–2–0
Holy Cross –   7–1–1
Army –   5–1–2
Syracuse –   8–2–1
Fordham –   6–2–0
Lehigh –   4–1–3
Boston College –   6–3–0
Penn State –   6–3–1
Princeton –   4–2–1
Columbia –   5–3–1
Pittsburgh –   5–3–1
NYU –   4–3–1
Brown –   5–4–0
Carnegie Tech –   5–4–0
Colgate –   5–4–0
Cornell –   4–4–0
Harvard –   4–4–0
Tufts –   3–4–2
Franklin & Marshall –   3–5–1
Villanova –   2–5–1
Drexel –   2–7–0
Temple –   1–4–0

The 1924 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1924 college football season. The team was finished with a 9–1–1 record and was retroactively named as the 1924 national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1] They outscored their opponents 203 to 31.[2]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 27Ursinus
W 34–0
October 1Drexel
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 52–0
October 4Franklin & Marshall
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 26–0
October 11Swarthmore
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 25–7
October 18Columbia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 10–7
October 25Virginia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 27–0
November 1Lafayette
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 6–3
November 8Georgetown
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 3–034,000
November 15Penn State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 0–0
November 27Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 20–0
January 1, 1925at California
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 0–14

References[edit]

  1. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  2. ^ 1924 University of Pennsylvania football scores and results Archived October 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 8, 2013.