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American college football season
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 .
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[4]
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 28 at
Swarthmore
Swarthmore, PA W 22–0
[5]
October 1
Penn State
Philadelphia, PA W 20–0
[6]
October 5
Haverford Philadelphia, PA W 56–0
[7]
October 11 at
Virginia
Charlottesville, VA W 32–0
[8]
October 12 at
Navy W 16–0
[9]
October 15 at
Crescent Athletic Club W 23–0
[10]
October 19
Dickinson Philadelphia, PA W 78–0
[11]
October 21
Williams University grounds Philadelphia, PA W 50–03,000
[12]
October 22
Franklin & Marshall University grounds Philadelphia, PA W 34–0
[13]
October 26 at
Lafayette
Easton, PA W 8–6
[14]
October 29
Chicago Athletic Association University grounds Philadelphia, PA W 12–10> 3,000
[15]
November 5
Princeton W 6–415,000
[17]
November 8
Lehigh University grounds Philadelphia, PA W 4–0
November 12 vs.
Yale L 0–28> 8,000
[18]
November 16 Lafayette University grounds Philadelphia, PA W 10–4
[19]
November 24
Wesleyan Philadelphia, PA W 34–0
[20]
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"1892 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015 .
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"Pennsylvania Yearly Results (1890-1894)" . College Football Data Warehouse . David DeLassus. Archived from
the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2015 .
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"Walter Camp Football Foundation" . Archived from
the original on March 30, 2009.
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"2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF) . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Archived from
the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2014 .
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"Opening of the Football Season" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . September 29, 1892. p. 3 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"College Players Kick the Leather" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . October 2, 1892. p. 7 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"University vs. Haverford" . The Times (Philadelphia) . October 6, 1892. p. 6 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"University Kickers Win: Pennsylvania Defeats the Virginia Collegians at Football by Thirty-Two Points to Nothing" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . October 12, 1892. p. 3 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Foot-Ball at Annapolis: Pennsylvanians Defeat the Naval Cadets by 16 to 0" . The Times (Philadelphia) . October 13, 1892. p. 6 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Played Good Foot Ball: Pennsylvania 'Varsity Team's Excellent Showing" . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . October 16, 1892. p. 8 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Another Victory for Red and Blue: University Defeats Dickinson at Football Seventy-eight Points to Nothing" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . October 20, 1892. p. 3 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Inter-University Foot-Ball: Pennsylvania Defeats Williams by a Score of 50 to 0" . The Times (Philadelphia) . October 22, 1892. p. 8 – via
Newspapers.com .
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" 'Varsity Wins Again: The Red and Blue Easily Downs Franklin and Marshall" . The Times (Philadelphia) . October 23, 1892. p. 14 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Pennsylvania Has a Very Close Call" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . October 27, 1892. p. 3 – via
Newspapers.com .
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" 'Varsity Victorious: The Chicago Eleven Defeated in a Hard Game" . The Times (Philadelphia) . October 30, 1892. p. 15 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Some sources, including SR/College Football, refer to the game having been played at
Manheim, Pennsylvania , some 80 miles west of Philadelphia. However, the contemporaneous account in The Times clearly states that the game was played at the Germantown Cricket Club which was located on Manheim Street in the Germantown section of Philadelphia.
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"The Tigers Downed: The Red and Blue Waves Above the Orange and Black" . The Times (Philadelphia) . November 6, 1892. p. 1 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Yale Colors Still Wave Triumphant" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . November 13, 1882. p. 1 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Pennsylvania 10 Lafayette 4" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . November 17, 1892. p. 3 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Wesleyan Was Easy: The Red and Blue Triumphs Over the Red and Black" . The Times (Philadelphia) . November 25, 1892. p. 3 – via
Newspapers.com .
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