1891 Penn Quakers football team

1891 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Independent
1891 record	11–2
Head coach	Woody Wagenhorst (4th season)
Captain	Ted Church
Seasons

1891 college football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					13	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					13	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					12	–	1	–	0
Trinity			–					3	–	0	–	0
Wake Forest			–					1	–	0	–	0
Penn			–					11	–	2	–	0
Illinois			–					5	–	1	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	1	–	0
Army			–					4	–	1	–	1
Stanford			–					3	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt			–					3	–	1	–	0
Wisconsin			–					3	–	1	–	1
Navy			–					5	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					7	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					8	–	6	–	0
Geneva			–					4	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					4	–	2	–	0
Virginia			–					2	–	1	–	2
Delaware			–					5	–	3	–	1
Dartmouth			–					2	–	2	–	1
Georgetown			–					2	–	2	–	0
Washington			–					1	–	1	–	0
Doane			–					1	–	2	–	0
Sewanee			–					1	–	2	–	0
USC			–					1	–	2	–	0
Michigan			–					4	–	5	–	0
Ohio State			–					2	–	3	–	0
Colorado			–					1	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	0
Indiana			–					1	–	5	–	0
California			–					0	–	1	–	0
Central			–					0	–	1	–	0
Furman			–					0	–	1	–	0
West Virginia			–					0	–	1	–	0
North Carolina			–					0	–	2	–	0

The 1891 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1891 college football season. The Quakers finished with an 11–2 record in their fourth year under head coach E. O. Wagenhorst. Significant games included victories over Rutgers (32–6), Lafayette (15–6 and 12–10), and Lehigh (42–0 and 32–0), and losses to Princeton (0–24) and undefeated national champion Yale (0–48). The 1891 Penn team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 267 to 109. Penn center John Adams was selected by Caspar Whitney as a first-team player on the 1891 College Football All-America Team.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	Penn graduates	University grounds Philadelphia	T 4–4	400
October 8	Schuylkill Navy	University grounds Philadelphia	W 24–0
October 10	[[{{{school}}}|Haverford]]	University grounds Philadelphia	W 34–0
October 17	at Orange Athletic Club	Orange Oval Orange, NJ	W 26–0	1,000
October 21	Rutgers	University grounds Philadelphia	W 32–6	500
October 24	at Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA	W 42–0	2,000
October 28	Lafayette	Philadelphia	W 15–6
October 31	Trinity	University grounds Philadelphia	W 28–5	1,500
November 7	Princeton	Philadelphia (rivalry)	L 0–24	4,000
November 14	vs. Yale (rivalry)	Manhattan Field New York, NY	L 0–48	5,000
November 18	at Lafayette	Easton, PA	W 12–10
November 21	Lehigh	Philadelphia	W 32–0
November 25	vs. Wesleyan	Manhattan Field New York, NY	W 18–10	2,500