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1883 Penn Quakers football team

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1883 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainAlexander Gray
Seasons
← 1882
1884 →
1883 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     9 0 0
Gallaudet     2 0 0
Carleton     1 0 0
Johns Hopkins     1 0 0
NYU     1 0 0
Harvard     8 2 0
Princeton     7 1 0
Penn     6 2 1
Stevens     6 4 1
Massachusetts     1 1 0
Minnesota     1 1 0
Wesleyan     3 3 0
Williams     1 1 0
Fordham     4 5 0
Michigan     2 3 0
Lafayette     2 4 0
Johns Hopkins     1 2 0
Columbia     1 3 0
Rutgers     1 6 0
Amherst     0 1 0
Dartmouth     0 1 0
Hamline     0 1 0
Lewisburg     0 1 0
Navy     0 1 0
CCNY     0 2 0
Columbian University     0 2 0
Georgetown     0 2 0

The 1883 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1883 college football season. Penn finished with a 6–2–1 record.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 13at HarvardL 0–4[1]
October 20Johns HopkinsPhiladelphia, PAW 26–6
October 27LafayettePhiladelphia, PAW 44–4
November 3at PrincetonL 6–41[2]
November 10Johns HopkinsPhiladelphia, PAW 30–0
November 14Columbia
W 35–1[3]
November 17at RutgersNew Brunswick, NJW 18–0[4]
November 24Penn alumniPhiladelphia, PAW 39–7
November 29at StevensHoboken, NJT 6–6

References

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  1. ^ "Foot-Ball at Cambridge: The Match Between Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania". The New York Times. October 14, 1883. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Football Between Pennsylvania and Princeton". The Times (Philadelphia). November 4, 1883. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Victory for the 'Varsity: Columbia's Eleven Beaten, 35 to 1". The Times (Philadelphia). November 15, 1883. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Pennsylvania And Rutgers". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 18, 1883. p. 1. Retrieved August 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.