1928 Penn Quakers football team

The 1928 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1928 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Lou Young, the Quakers compiled an 8–1 record, shut out six of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 271 to 26.^[1] The team was ranked No. 11 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1928.^[2] The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

1928 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–1
Head coach	Lou Young (6th season)
Captain	Paul Scull
Home stadium	Franklin Field
Seasons ← 1927 1929 →

1928 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Boston College			–					9	–	0	–	0
West Chester			–					8	–	0	–	0
Villanova			–					7	–	0	–	1
Brown			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 11 Penn			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Army			–					8	–	2	–	0
Drexel			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 10 NYU			–					8	–	2	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	1	–	2
Lafayette			–					6	–	1	–	2
Princeton			–					5	–	1	–	2
CCNY			–					4	–	1	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	2	–	1
Tufts			–					5	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					6	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	2	–	3
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	1
Boston University			–					3	–	3	–	2
Cornell			–					3	–	3	–	2
Syracuse			–					4	–	4	–	1
Yale			–					4	–	4	–	0
Fordham			–					4	–	5	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					4	–	5	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	5	–	1
Lehigh			–					3	–	6	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					2	–	5	–	2
Providence			–					1	–	5	–	3
Vermont			–					1	–	7	–	2
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Ursinus	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 34–0
October 6	Franklin & Marshall	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 46–0
October 13	Swarthmore	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 67–0
October 20	Penn State	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 14–0	65,000
October 27	Navy	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–6
November 3	at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL	W 20–13
November 10	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 7–0
November 17	Columbia	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 34–7	45,000	[3]
November 29	Cornell	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 49–0