1953 Penn Quakers football team

1953 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Westminster (PA)   –   8 – 0 – 0
Juniata   –   7 – 0 – 0
No. 14 Army   –   7 – 1 – 1
Harvard   –   6 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 2 – 0
Hofstra   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   5 – 2 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   5 – 3 – 1
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 1
Princeton   –   5 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   4 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   4 – 3 – 2
Holy Cross   –   5 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 4 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 4 – 2
Columbia   –   4 – 5 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 6 – 0
Drexel   –   2 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   3 – 5 – 1
Penn   –   3 – 5 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 5 – 1
Dartmouth   –   2 – 7 – 0
Buffalo   –   1 – 5 – 1
Bucknell   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1953 college football season.[1] In head coach George Munger's final season at Penn, the Quakers compiled a 3–5–1 record and were outscored 152 to 96 by their opponents. Although they finished with a losing record, Penn played a tough schedule, opposing four different ranked teams in a row, and defeating No. 10 Navy, 9–6. Their three losses against ranked teams were by a combined 24 points, including a ten-point loss against Notre Dame.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Vanderbilt
W 13–735,000[2]
October 3Penn State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 13–751,000[3]
October 10CaliforniaNo. 20
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–4052,000[4]
October 17No. 17 Ohio State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–1244,270[5]
October 24No. 10 Navy
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 9–652,210[6]
October 31at No. 16 Michigan
L 14–2457,655[7]
November 7No. 1 Notre Dame
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 20–2869,071[8]
November 14Army
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 14–2147,305[9]
November 26Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 7–738,159[10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "Pennsylvania Game by Game Results". September 6, 2015. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  2. ^ Bibb, John (September 27, 1953). "Late Penn Scores Tip VU, 13-7". The Nashville Tennessean. Nashville, Tenn. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Smith, Chester L. (October 4, 1953). "Fourth-Quarter Pass Beats Penn State, 13-7". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. sect. 4, p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Sullivan, Prescott (October 11, 1953). "Larson, Marks Pace Cal Landslide". San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, Calif. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Schlemmer, Jim (October 18, 1953). "Ohio State: One Good Quarter Beats Penn, 12-6". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ McCulley, Jim (October 25, 1953). "Last-Minute Penn Kick Topples Middies, 9-6". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 101 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Middlesworth, Hal (November 1, 1952). "Penn Rallies to Lead; U-M Rallies to Win". The Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Mich. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Smith, Red (November 8, 1953). "Notre Dame, Lattner Subdue Penn, 28-20". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Good, Herb (November 15, 1953). "Army Rolls 75 Yds. in 4th Period to Top Penn, 21-14". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 27, 1953). "Penn Ties Cornell as Munger Ends Career as Quakers' Football Coach". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 31.


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