1888 Penn Quakers football team

1888 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Independent
Record	9–7
Head coach	Woody Wagenhorst (1st season)
Captain	Tom Hulme
Seasons ← 1887 1889 →

1888 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Yale		–		13	–	0	–	0
Harvard		–		12	–	1	–	0
Princeton		–		11	–	1	–	0
Lehigh		–		10	–	2	–	0
Trinity (CT)		–		5	–	1	–	1
Lafayette		–		6	–	3	–	0
Cornell		–		4	–	2	–	0
Penn		–		9	–	7	–	0
Bucknell		–		2	–	3	–	0
Fordham		–		1	–	2	–	0
Massachusetts		–		2	–	4	–	0
Wesleyan		–		2	–	7	–	0
Worcester Tech		–		1	–	4	–	0
Rutgers		–		1	–	6	–	1
Penn State		–		0	–	2	–	1
Swarthmore		–		0	–	5	–	0

The 1888 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1888 college football season. In its first season under head coach Woody Wagenhorst, the team compiled a 9–7 record and outscored opponents by a total of to .^[1] Halfback Tom Hulme was the team captain. The team played its home games at the University Athletic Grounds located at 37th and Spruce Streets.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 3	Penn alumni	University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA	W 20–6	^[3]
October 6	Stevens	University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA	W 48–0	^[2]
October 10	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 0–63	^[4]
October 13	Yale	37th & Spruce Streets grounds Philadelphia, PA	L 0–34
October 17	at Swarthmore	Swarthmore, PA	W 44–6
October 20	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–38
October 24	Tioga	Philadelphia, PA	W 12–4
October 27	at Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA	W 36–0
November 3	at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–54
November 7	Lafayette	Philadelphia, PA	L 6–12
November 10	Princeton	University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 0–4
November 19	Harvard	Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 0–48	^[5]^[6]
November 21	at Lafayette	Easton, PA	W 50–0
November 27	vs. Wesleyan	New York, NY	W 18–6
November 30	at Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, MD	W 24–10
December 1	at Navy	Annapolis, MD	W 20–9

References

^ "2019 Penn Football Fact Book" (PDF). University of Pennsylvania. 2018. p. 152. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "First Foot-Ball Match: The University of Pennsylvania Defeats Stevens Institute 48 to 0". The Times (Philadelphia). October 7, 1888. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Lively Football: The University Eleven Play a Good Game With and Defeat a Team Made Up of Graduates". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 4, 1888. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Princeton Wins Again at Football". The New York Times. October 11, 1888. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Harvard Wins At Foot-Ball". The Times (Philadelphia). November 20, 1888. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Crimson Wins: "Unies" Knocked Out at Philadelphia". The Boston Globe. November 20, 1888. p. 5 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.

v t e Penn Quakers football
Venues	Franklin Field (1895–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1917 Rose Bowl Cornell Harvard Princeton
Culture & lore	The Penn Quaker "Fight on, Pennsylvania!" Marching band 1922 Alabama game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
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