1944 Penn Quakers football team

The 1944 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1944 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 5–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 165 to 149.^[1] The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

1944 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3
Head coach	George Munger (7th season)
Home stadium	Franklin Field
Seasons ← 1943 1945 →

1944 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	0	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	1	–	0
Bucknell			–					7	–	2	–	1
Penn State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					4	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	2	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					4	–	5	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	4	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	4	–	2
Syracuse			–					2	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					1	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					2	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					1	–	4	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	8	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	Duke		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 18–7	40,000	[2]
October 7	Dartmouth		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 20–6	40,000	[3]
October 14	William & Mary	No. 9	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 46–0	32,000	[4]
October 28	No. 12 Navy	No. 7	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–26	73,000	[5]
November 4	No. 10 Michigan		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 19–41	48,000	[6]
November 11	Columbia		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 35–7	40,000	[7]
November 18	No. 1 Army		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 7–62	65,000	[8]
November 25	Cornell		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 20–0	50,000	[9]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1944 college football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	9	7	7т	—	—	—	—	—	—