| 1906 Penn Quakers football | |
| Conference | Independent |
|---|---|
| 1906 record | 7–2–3 |
| Head coach | Carl S. Williams (5th season) |
| Captain | Edward L. Greene |
| Home stadium | Franklin Field |
Seasons | |
The 1906 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1906 college football season. The Quakers finished with a 7–2–3 record in their fifth year under head coach Carl S. Williams. Significant games included a 24 to 6 loss to the Carlisle Indians, a 17 to 0 victory over Michigan, and a scoreless tie with Cornell The 1906 Penn team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 186 to 58.[1][2]
Eight players on the 1906 Penn team received recognition on the 1906 College Football All-America Team. They are ends Izzy Levene (WC-3; CW-2; NYS-2; CC-2; NYT-2) and Hunter Scarlett (NYM-1), tackle Dexter Draper (WC-2; NYS-1; NYT-2), guard Gus Ziegler (WC-2; CW-1; NYS-2; CC-2; NYM-1; NYT-2), center William Thomas Dunn (WC-1), and halfbacks Bill Hollenback (WC-2; CW-1; NYS-1; NYM-1), Bob Folwell (NYT-1) and Edward Green (NYT-2).[3][4][5][6][7]
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 29 | Lehigh | W 32–6 | |
| October 3 | Gettysburg |
| T 6–6 |
| October 6 | North Carolina |
| W 11–0 |
| October 10 | Franklin & Marshall |
| W 47–6 |
| October 13 | Swarthmore |
| L 0–4 |
| October 17 | Medico-Chirurgical[8] |
| W 31–0 |
| October 20 | Brown (rivalry) |
| W 14–0 |
| October 27 | Carlisle |
| L 6–24 |
| November 10 | Lafayette |
| T 0–0 |
| November 17 | Michigan |
| W 17–0 |
| November 24 | Villanova |
| W 22–12 |
| November 29 | Cornell |
| T 0–0 |
References[]
- ↑ "1906 Pennsylvania Quakers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/pennsylvania/1906.html. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ↑ "Pennsylvania Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/p/pennsylvania/1905-1909_yearly_results.php. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ↑ "Walter Camp Football Foundation". Archived from the original on 2009-03-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20090330065940/http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards. (WC)
- ↑ Caspar Whitney. "The View-Point". Outing: p. 537. https://books.google.com/books?id=Wa9hAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false. (CW)
- ↑ "'Philistine' Is Generous: Sun Accords Syracuse Bank Amid First Sixtten". The Post-Standard. 1906-12-04. (NYS and CC)
- ↑ "New Football Produces Individual Brilliancy: Many Players Merit Places on Fanciful All-American Team" (PDF). The New York Times. 1906-12-09. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1906/12/09/101810947.pdf. (NYT)
- ↑ "untitled". Daily Gazette And Bulletin. 1906-12-05. (NYM)
- ↑ The Medico-Chirugical College of Philadelphia, later absorbed into the University of Pennsylvania.
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