1892 Penn Quakers football team explained

Year:1892
Team:Penn Quakers
Sport:football
Conference:Independent
Record:15–1
Head Coach:George Washington Woodruff
Hc Year:1st
Captain:Charles Schoff

The 1892 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1892 college football season. The Quakers finished with a 15–1 record in their first year under head coach and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, George Washington Woodruff. Significant games included victories over Penn State (20–0), Navy (16–0), Lafayette (8–6 and 10–4), and Princeton (6–4), and its sole loss to undefeated national champion Yale (28–0). The 1892 Penn team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 405 to 52.[1] [2] Penn halfback Harry Thayer was selected by both Walter Camp and Caspar Whitney as a first-team player on the 1892 College Football All-America Team.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1892 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results. Sports Reference LLC. SR/College Football. November 23, 2015.
  2. Web site: Pennsylvania Yearly Results (1890-1894). David DeLassus. College Football Data Warehouse. November 23, 2015. September 6, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150906033208/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/p/pennsylvania/1890-1894_yearly_results.php. dead.
  3. Web site: Walter Camp Football Foundation . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090330065940/http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards . March 30, 2009 .
  4. Web site: 2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. August 16, 2014. 4. November 26, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181126094941/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/awards.pdf. dead.