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1943 Penn Quakers football team

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1943 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 20
Record6–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1942
1944 →
1943 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Boston College     4 0 1
Franklin & Marshall     7 1 0
Dartmouth     6 1 0
Rochester     6 1 0
No. 11 Army     7 2 1
Holy Cross     6 2 0
Tufts     6 2 0
No. 20 Penn     6 2 1
Brown     5 3 0
Villanova     5 3 0
Colgate     5 3 1
Penn State     5 3 1
Bucknell     6 4 0
Cornell     6 4 0
Harvard     2 2 1
Yale     4 5 0
Pittsburgh     3 5 0
Temple     2 6 0
CCNY     1 3 1
Princeton     1 6 0
Carnegie Tech     0 4 1
Columbia     0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1943 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record, was ranked No. 20 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 247 to 88 points.[1]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Penn ranked 19th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 97.0.[2]

The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25PrincetonW 47–930,000[3]
October 2Yale
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 41–730,000[4]
October 9 No. 14 DartmouthNo. 6
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 7–645,000[5]
October 162:00 p.m.Lakehurst NASNo. 4
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 74–625,000[6][7]
October 23at ColumbiaNo. 5New York, NYW 33–015,000[8]
October 30 No. 2 ArmyNo. 6
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 13–1372,000[9]
November 6 No. 7 NavyNo. 5
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–2473,000[10]
November 13North CarolinaNo. 10
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–930,000[11]
November 25CornellNo. T–18
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 20–1460,000[12]

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP6 (1)4 (1)5 (4)65 (2)101918т20

References

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  1. ^ "1943 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  2. ^ Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ Art Morrow (September 26, 1943). "30,000 See Penn's Power Surprise Princeton, 47-9". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Art Morrow (October 3, 1943). "Powerful Penn Eleven Routs Tricky Yale, 41-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Art Morrow (October 10, 1943). "Penn Beats Dartmouth, Halts Foe at 1-Foot Line". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Morrow, Art (October 16, 1943). "Lakehurst Blimps, Penn Clash Today". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 14. Retrieved April 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ Art Morrow (October 17, 1943). "Scoring Parade By Penn: Quaker Power Brings Rout Of Lakehurst". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. S1, S3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Effrat, Louis (October 24, 1943). "Penn Tops Columbia, 33-0; Quakers Triumph". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ^ Art Morrow (October 31, 1943). "Penn Ties Army in Upset On 70-Yard Pass Play". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Art Morrow (November 7, 1943). "Outmanned Penn Beaten By Navy Before 73,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Art Morrow (November 14, 1943). "North Carolina Fells Penn On Safety, Rodgers' Dash". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 26, 1943). "60,000 See Favored Penn Defeat Cornell After Trailing for Three Quarters". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 30.