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American college football season
The 1900 Penn Quakers football team represented the
University of Pennsylvania in the
1900 college football season. The Quakers finished with a 12–1 record in their ninth year under head coach and
College Football Hall of Fame inductee,
George Washington Woodruff. Significant games included victories over
Penn State (17–5),
Chicago (41–0),
Carlisle (16–6), and
Navy (28–6), and a loss to
Harvard (17–5). The 1900 Penn team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 335 to 45.
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[2] Four Penn players received recognition on the
1900 College Football All-America Team: guard
Truxtun Hare (consensus 1st-team All-American);
[3] tackle
Blondy Wallace (
Walter Camp, 2nd team); guard John Teas (Camp, 3rd team); and fullback
Josiah McCracken (Camp, 3rd team).
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Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 29 |
Lehigh | | W 27–6 | |
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October 3 |
Franklin & Marshall | - Franklin Field
- Philadelphia, PA
| W 47–0 | |
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October 6 |
Haverford | - Franklin Field
- Philadelphia, PA
| W 38–0 | |
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October 10 |
Dickinson | - Franklin Field
- Philadelphia, PA
| W 35–0 | |
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October 13 |
Brown | - Franklin Field
- Philadelphia, PA
| W 12–0 | |
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October 17 |
Penn State | - Franklin Field
- Philadelphia, PA
| W 17–5 | |
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October 20 |
Columbia | - Franklin Field
- Philadelphia, PA
| W 30–0 | |
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October 27 |
Chicago | - Franklin Field
- Philadelphia, PA
| W 41–0 | |
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November 3 | at
Harvard | | L 5–17 | 17,000 |
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November 10 |
Lafayette | - Franklin Field
- Philadelphia, PA
| W 12–5 | |
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November 17 |
Carlisle | - Franklin Field
- Philadelphia, PA
| W 16–6 | |
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November 21 | at
Navy | | W 28–6 | |
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November 29 |
Cornell | - Franklin Field
- Philadelphia, PA (
rivalry)
| W 27–0 | |
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"1900 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
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"Pennsylvania Yearly Results (1900-1904)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from
the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
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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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^ "Walter Camp's 1900 All America Selections". Capital Times. November 23, 1930.
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"Pennsy Keeps Brown On The Defensive During Both Halves, Winning By 12 To 0".
The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 14, 1900. p. 14. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
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"Details of Harvard Victory: U. of P.'s "Guards Back" Easily Broken, The Result Was Never in Doubt". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1900. p. 24 – via
NewspaperARCHIVE.
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