1886 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–7–1
Head coach
1886 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale    9 0 1
Princeton    7 0 1
Harvard    12 2 0
Lafayette    10 2 0
Williams    5 1 1
Massachusetts    2 1 0
Penn    9 7 1
Lehigh    4 3 1
Dartmouth    2 2 0
Amherst    3 4 0
Rutgers    1 3 0
Wesleyan    2 6 0
MIT    2 6 1
Vermont    0 1 0
Stevens    0 7 1
Tufts    0 8 0
NYU    0 3 0
Swarthmore       
Trinity (CT)       

The 1886 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1886 college football season. In its second year under head coach Frank Dole, the team compiled a 9–7–1 record.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Falls of SchuylkillPhiladelphia, PAW 64–0
October 2TiogaPhiladelphia, PAW 18–0
October 9LehighPhiladelphia, PAW 26–4
October 13GraduatesPhiladelphia, PAW 4–0
October 16at PrincetonPrinceton, NJ (rivalry)L 0–30[2]
October 18All-PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PAT 6–6
October 20at LafayetteEaston, PAL 0–12
October 233:40 p.m.Princeton
  • University Athletic Grounds
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 9–55[3][4]
October 27WesleyanPhiladelphia, PAW 14–0
October 30LafayettePhiladelphia, PAW 20–10
November 3HaverfordPhiladelphia, PAW 16–4
November 63:10 p.m.Princeton
  • University Athletic Grounds
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–281,500[5]
November 10RutgersPhiladelphia, PAW 65–0[6]
November 13at YaleL 0–75[7]
November 15VinelandPhiladelphia, PAW 96–6
November 18at LehighBethlehem, PAL 0–28
November 25at Harvard
L 0–28[8]

References

  1. "2019 Penn Football Fact Book" (PDF). University of Pennsylvania. 2018. p. 152. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  2. "Victories At Football". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 17, 1886. p. 1. Retrieved March 24, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. "College Foot-Ball". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 23, 1886. p. 2. Retrieved March 24, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. "Princeton Wins Easily". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 24, 1886. p. 7. Retrieved March 24, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. "Good Foot-Ball". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 7, 1886. p. 2. Retrieved March 24, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. "The Foot-Ball Players: Pennsylvania Defeats Rutgers College by a Score of 65 to 0". The Times (Philadelphia). November 11, 1886. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Yale Defeats Pennsylvania". The New York Times. November 14, 1886. p. 7 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Harvard's Easy Victory". The Times (Philadelphia). November 26, 1886. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
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