1943 Penn Quakers football team

The 1943 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1943 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record, was ranked No. 20 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 247 to 88 points.^[1]

1943 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 20
Record	6–2–1
Head coach	George Munger (6th season)
Home stadium	Franklin Field
Seasons ← 1942 1944 →

1943 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Boston College			–					4	–	0	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					7	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	1	–	0
Rochester			–					6	–	1	–	0
No. 11 Army			–					7	–	2	–	1
Holy Cross			–					6	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					6	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Penn			–					6	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					5	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Cornell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					2	–	2	–	1
Yale			–					4	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	5	–	0
Temple			–					2	–	6	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	3	–	1
Princeton			–					1	–	6	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					0	–	4	–	1
Columbia			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Penn ranked 19th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 97.0.^[2]

The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25		Princeton		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 47–9	30,000	[3]
October 2		Yale		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 41–7	30,000	[4]
October 9		No. 14 Dartmouth	No. 6	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 7–6	45,000	[5]
October 16	2:00 p.m.	Lakehurst NAS	No. 4	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 74–6	25,000	[6][7]
October 23		at Columbia	No. 5	New York, NY	W 33–0	15,000	[8]
October 30		No. 2 Army	No. 6	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	T 13–13	72,000	[9]
November 6		No. 7 Navy	No. 5	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 7–24	73,000	[10]
November 13		North Carolina	No. 10	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–9	30,000	[11]
November 25		Cornell	No. T–18	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 20–14	60,000	[12]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

See also: 1943 NCAA football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	6 (1)	4 (1)	5 (4)	6	5 (2)	10	19	18т	20

References

1. "1943 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
2. Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
3. Art Morrow (September 26, 1943). "30,000 See Penn's Power Surprise Princeton, 47-9". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
4. Art Morrow (October 3, 1943). "Powerful Penn Eleven Routs Tricky Yale, 41-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
5. Art Morrow (October 10, 1943). "Penn Beats Dartmouth, Halts Foe at 1-Foot Line". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
6. Morrow, Art (October 16, 1943). "Lakehurst Blimps, Penn Clash Today". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 14. Retrieved April 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
7. Art Morrow (October 17, 1943). "Scoring Parade By Penn: Quaker Power Brings Rout Of Lakehurst". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. S1, S3 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Effrat, Louis (October 24, 1943). "Penn Tops Columbia, 33-0; Quakers Triumph". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
9. Art Morrow (October 31, 1943). "Penn Ties Army in Upset On 70-Yard Pass Play". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
10. Art Morrow (November 7, 1943). "Outmanned Penn Beaten By Navy Before 73,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
11. Art Morrow (November 14, 1943). "North Carolina Fells Penn On Safety, Rodgers' Dash". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
12. Danzig, Allison (November 26, 1943). "60,000 See Favored Penn Defeat Cornell After Trailing for Three Quarters". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 30.