1947 Penn Quakers football team

The 1947 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1947 college football season.

1947 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 7
Record	7–0–1
Head coach	George Munger (10th season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Captains	Jerry McCarthy Bill Luongo
Home stadium	Franklin Field
Seasons ← 1946 1948 →

1947 Ivy Group football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Penn	4	–	0	–	0			7	–	0	–	1
Princeton	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Yale	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
No. 20 Columbia	2	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Harvard	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Brown	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Cornell	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

History

In its tenth season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 7–0–1 record, outscored opponents by a total of 219 to 35, and was ranked No. 7 in the final AP Poll. The team's lone setback was a 7–7 tie with Army.^[1]

Munger was Penn's head coach for 16 years; he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1976. In addition, three players from the 1947 team were inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: center/linebacker Chuck Bednarik; tackle George Savitsky; and halfback Skip Minisi. Bednarik was a consensus first-team All-American;^[2] he also finished seventh in the 1947 voting for the Heisman Trophy.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Lafayette		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 59–0	51,283	[4]
October 11	at Dartmouth	No. 7	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 32–0	12,000	[5]
October 18	Columbia	No. 8	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 34–14	70,000	[6]
October 25	Navy	No. 8	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 21–0	80,000	[7]
November 1	at Princeton	No. 4	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 26–7	49,000	[8]
November 8	No. 10 Virginia	No. 4	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 19–7	79,000	[9]
November 15	No. 13 Army	No. 3	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	T 7–7	80,000	[10]
November 27	Cornell	No. 8	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 21–0	80,000	[11]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1947 NCAA football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
AP	7	8	8	4 (11)	4 (8)	3 (7)	6	8	8	7

References

1. "1947 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
2. "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 8. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
3. "1947 Heisman Trophy Voting". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
4. Art Morrow (October 5, 1947). "Penn Crushes Lafayette, 59-0; 51,283 See Luongo Score Four". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 4S – via Newspapers.com.
5. Art Morrow (October 12, 1947). "Penn's Fourth-Period Drives Crush Dartmouth Eleven, 32-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
6. Art Morrow (October 19, 1947). "Penn Downs Columbia, 34-14, Before 70,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
7. Art Morrow (October 26, 1947). "80,000 Watch Penn Win, 21-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
8. Art Morrow (November 2, 1947). "Penn Beats Princeton for 5th Straight, 26-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Art Morrow (November 9, 1947). "Penn Beats Virginia, 19-7, on Deuber's Runs". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
10. Art Morrow (November 16, 1947). "Unbeaten Penn Ties Army, 7-7, Before 80,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
11. Oliver H. Crawford (November 28, 1947). "Whole City Gives Thanks; 80,000 See Penn Triumph". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1–2 – via Newspapers.com.