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1955 Penn Quakers football team

The 1955 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1955 college football season.[1][2] Led by Steve Sebo in his second year as head coach, the Quakers finished the season with a 0–9 record, matching their 1954 campaign. Penn was outscored 270 to 34 on the season, shut out five times, and scored more than seven points only once, in a 46–14 loss to No. 6 Notre Dame. By the end of the season, Penn had lost 18 consecutive games and had not won in 22 straight contests, dating back to a loss to Michigan on Halloween 1953.

1955 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record0–9 (0–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Yale 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Cornell 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Harvard 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Brown 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Columbia 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Penn 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • The Ivy League did not crown an official champion until 1956 when full league play began.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24VPI
L 0–3312,751[3]
October 1California
L 7–2721,000[4]
October 8Princeton
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 0–724,325[5]
October 15George Washington
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–2513,178[6]
October 22No. 4 Navy
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–3334,543[7]
October 29Penn State
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–2028,206[8]
November 5No. 6 Notre Dame
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 14–4645,226[9]
November 12Army
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–4027,170[10]
November 24Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 7–3925,668[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "1955 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "2018 Penn Football Face Book" (PDF). Penn Athletics.
  3. ^ Good, Herb (September 25, 1955). "Va. Tech Ruins Penn Opener, 33-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Selby, Don (October 2, 1955). "Bears Close Fast, Rip Penn, 27 to 7". San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, Calif. sect. II, p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 9, 1955). "Princeton Trips Penn Eleven, 7-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ Riordan, Leo (October 16, 1955). "GW Rolls to 25-6 Triumph as Penn Loses 13th in Row". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Atwater, Edward C. (October 23, 1955). "Soph Steers Unbeaten Navy in 33-0 Romp over Penn". The Sunday Sun. Baltimore, Md. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Good, Herb (October 30, 1955). "Pa. State Conquers Improved Penn, Scoring Twice in First 9 Minutes". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Doyle, Joe (November 6, 1955). "Surprised Irish Rally to Drub Penn, 46-14". The South Bend Tribune. South Bend, Ind. sect. 3, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Ward, Gene (November 13, 1955). "Army in 40-0 Workout". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 105 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 25, 1955). "Cornell Trounces Penn; Speedy Ithacans Triumph by 39-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 39.
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