1937 Penn Quakers football team

The 1937 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1937 college football season. In its seventh and final season under head coach Harvey Harman, the team compiled a 2–5–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 129 to 75.^[1] The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

1937 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–5–1
Head coach	Harvey Harman (7th season)
Captain	Bob McNamara
Home stadium	Franklin Field
Seasons ← 1936 1938 →

1937 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Pittsburgh			–					9	–	0	–	1
No. 6 Villanova			–					8	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Fordham			–					7	–	0	–	1
No. 7 Dartmouth			–					7	–	0	–	2
No. T–14 Holy Cross			–					8	–	0	–	2
St. Thomas (PA)			–					6	–	1	–	1
No. 12 Yale			–					6	–	1	–	1
Army			–					7	–	2	–	0
Boston University			–					6	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	2	–	1
CCNY			–					5	–	2	–	0
No. 12 Manhattan			–					6	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Duquesne			–					6	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	4
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	3	–	2
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	5	–	2
Hofstra			–					2	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	5	–	1
Penn			–					2	–	5	–	1
Providence			–					2	–	6	–	0
Vermont			–					2	–	6	–	0
La Salle			–					2	–	7	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					1	–	7	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Maryland	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 28–21	30,000	^[2]
October 9	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 7–27
October 16	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	L 6–26	28,000	^[3]
October 23	Georgetown	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	T 0–0	25,000	^[4]
October 30	Navy	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 14–7
November 6	Penn State	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–7	50,000
November 13	Michigan	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–7	18,476
November 25	Cornell	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 20–34

References

1. "1937 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
2. "Quaker passes defeat Maryland before 30,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 3, 1937. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Daley, Arthur J. (October 17, 1937). "Luckman in Stellar Role as Columbia Scores, 26-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
4. Perry Lewis (October 24, 1937). "Penn Blunders, Georgetown Gets 0-0 Tie: Quaker 'Boner' on Field Goal Amazes 25,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.