1952 Penn Quakers football team

Summary

The 1952 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1952 college football season.[1][2] In George Munger's 14th season as head coach, the Quakers compiled a 4–3–2 record, and outscored their opponents 122 to 107. They achieved a 1–0–1 record against ranked teams, knocking off top-ten Princeton and tying a Notre Dame team that would finish ranked third nationally.

1952 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–2
Head coach
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rochester     8 0 0
Hofstra     8 1 0
No. 19 Princeton     8 1 0
Franklin & Marshall     7 1 0
Villanova     7 1 1
Holy Cross     8 2 0
Yale     7 2 0
Penn State     7 2 1
No. 14 Syracuse     7 3 0
Bucknell     6 3 0
Colgate     6 3 0
Pittsburgh     6 3 0
Carnegie Tech     4 3 0
Harvard     5 4 0
Boston University     5 4 1
Penn     4 3 2
Army     4 4 1
Boston College     4 4 1
Tufts     3 4 1
Drexel     3 4 0
Fordham     2 5 1
NYU     2 5 1
Columbia     2 6 1
Brown     2 7 0
Cornell     2 7 0
Dartmouth     2 7 0
Temple     2 7 1
Buffalo     1 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27No. 10 Notre DameNo. 12T 7–774,518[3]
October 4Dartmouth
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 7–035,000[4]
October 11at No. 10 PrincetonW 13–740,000[5]
October 18at ColumbiaNo. 14W 27–1720,000[6]
October 25NavyNo. 11
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 7–766,000[7]
November 1Penn StateNo. 17
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–1467,000[8]
November 8Georgia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 27–3445,000[9]
November 15Army
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 13–1440,000[10]
November 27Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–740,000[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References edit

  1. ^ "Pennsylvania Game by Game Results". September 6, 2015. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "1952 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  3. ^ Ward, Arch (September 28, 1952). "Penn Ties Notre Dame, 7-7". Chicago Sunday Tribune. Chicago, Ill. sect. 2, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 5, 1952). "Quaker Pass in 3d Quarter Subdues Dartmouth by 7-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 12, 1952). "Penn Halts Princeton, 13-7; Tiger Streak Ends". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ Effrat, Louis (October 19, 1952). "Penn Defeats Columbia, 27-17; Quakers in Rally". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ Ward, Gene (October 26, 1952). "Navy Shackles Penn, 7-7, with 2d Half Comeback". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 101 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Hughes, Carl (November 2, 1952). "Nittany Lions Continue Mastery over Penn on Defensive Skill, 14-7". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Morrow, Art (November 9, 1952). "Georgia Passes Turn Back Penn, 34-27". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Morrow, Art (November 16, 1952). "Army Upsets Penn, 14-13, with TD in Last 44 Secs". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 28, 1952). "Penn Takes Ivy Honors by Halting Stubborn Cornell". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 29.