1897 Penn Quakers football team

The 1897 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1897 college football season. They finished with a 15–0 record and were retroactively named national champions by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis. They outscored their opponents 463 to 20.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 22	at Bucknell*	Lewisburg, PA	W 17–0
September 25	Franklin & Marshall*	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 33–0
September 29	Washington & Jefferson*	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 18–4
October 2	Bucknell*	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 33–0
October 6	Gettysburg*	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 57–0
October 9	Lehigh*	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 58–0
October 13	Virginia*	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 42–0
October 16	Dartmouth*	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 34–0
October 16	Penn State*	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 24–0
October 23	Lafayette*	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 46–0
October 30	at Brown*	Providence, RI	W 40–0
November 6	Carlisle*	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 20–10
November 13	Wesleyan*	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 22–0
November 20	Harvard*	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 15–6
November 25	Cornell*	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 4–0
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

1897 Penn Quakers football—national champions

Truxton Hare Josiah McCracken John Minds John H. Outland Pete Overfield David Weeks Head coach George Washington Woodruff

Penn Quakers football

Venues	Franklin Field (1895–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games

Culture & lore	The Penn Quaker "Fight on, Pennsylvania!" The University of Pennsylvania Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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