The 1947 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1947 college football season.
| 1947 Penn Quakers football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 7 |
| Record | 7–0–1 |
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| Offensive scheme | Single-wing |
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| Home stadium | Franklin Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Penn | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Columbia | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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History
editIn its tenth season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 7–0–1 record, outscored opponents by a total of 219 to 35, and was ranked No. 7 in the final AP Poll. The team's lone setback was a 7–7 tie with Army.[1]
Munger was Penn's head coach for 16 years; he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1976. In addition, three players from the 1947 team were inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: center/linebacker Chuck Bednarik; tackle George Savitsky; and halfback Skip Minisi. Bednarik was a consensus first-team All-American;[2] he also finished seventh in the 1947 voting for the Heisman Trophy.[3]
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 4 | Lafayette | W 59–0 | 51,283 | [4] | ||||
| October 11 | at Dartmouth | No. 7 | W 32–0 | 12,000 | [5] | |||
| October 18 | Columbia | No. 8 |
| W 34–14 | 70,000 | [6] | ||
| October 25 | Navy | No. 8 |
| W 21–0 | 80,000 | [7] | ||
| November 1 | at Princeton | No. 4 | W 26–7 | 49,000 | [8] | |||
| November 8 | No. 10 Virginia | No. 4 |
| W 19–7 | 79,000 | [9] | ||
| November 15 | No. 13 Army | No. 3 |
| T 7–7 | 80,000 | [10] | ||
| November 27 | Cornell | No. 8 |
| W 21–0 | 80,000 | [11] | ||
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Rankings
edit| Week | ||||||||||
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| AP | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 (11) | 4 (8) | 3 (7) | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
References
edit- ^ "1947 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
- ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 8. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- ^ "1947 Heisman Trophy Voting". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
- ^ Art Morrow (October 5, 1947). "Penn Crushes Lafayette, 59-0; 51,283 See Luongo Score Four". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 4S – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Art Morrow (October 12, 1947). "Penn's Fourth-Period Drives Crush Dartmouth Eleven, 32-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Art Morrow (October 19, 1947). "Penn Downs Columbia, 34-14, Before 70,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Art Morrow (October 26, 1947). "80,000 Watch Penn Win, 21-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Art Morrow (November 2, 1947). "Penn Beats Princeton for 5th Straight, 26-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Art Morrow (November 9, 1947). "Penn Beats Virginia, 19-7, on Deuber's Runs". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Art Morrow (November 16, 1947). "Unbeaten Penn Ties Army, 7-7, Before 80,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Oliver H. Crawford (November 28, 1947). "Whole City Gives Thanks; 80,000 See Penn Triumph". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1–2 – via Newspapers.com.