1955 Penn Quakers football team

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1955 Penn Quakers football team - Wikipedia

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1955 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	0–9 (0–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Steve Sebo (2nd season)
Home stadium	Franklin Field
Seasons ← 1954 1956 →

1955 Ivy League football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Princeton	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Yale	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth	3	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Cornell	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Harvard	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	4	–	1
Brown	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Columbia	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Penn	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	8	–	0

The Ivy League did not crown an official champion until 1956 when full league play began.

The 1955 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1955 college football season.^[1]^[2] Led by Steve Sebo in his second year as head coach, the Quakers finished the season with a 0–9 record, matching their 1954 campaign. Penn was outscored 270 to 34 on the season, shut out five times, and scored more than seven points only once, in a 46–14 loss to No. 6 Notre Dame. By the end of the season, Penn had lost 18 consecutive games and had not won in 22 straight contests, dating back to a loss to Michigan on Halloween 1953.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	VPI	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–33	12,751	^[3]
October 1	California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 7–27	21,000	^[4]
October 8	Princeton	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 0–7	24,325	^[5]
October 15	George Washington	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–25	13,178	^[6]
October 22	No. 4 Navy	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–33	34,543	^[7]
October 29	Penn State	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–20	28,206	^[8]
November 5	No. 6 Notre Dame	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 14–46	45,226	^[9]
November 12	Army	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–40	27,170	^[10]
November 24	Cornell	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 7–39	25,668	^[11]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

^ "1955 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
^ "2018 Penn Football Face Book" (PDF). Penn Athletics.
^ Good, Herb (September 25, 1955). "Va. Tech Ruins Penn Opener, 33-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Selby, Don (October 2, 1955). "Bears Close Fast, Rip Penn, 27 to 7". San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, Calif. sect. II, p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 9, 1955). "Princeton Trips Penn Eleven, 7-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Riordan, Leo (October 16, 1955). "GW Rolls to 25-6 Triumph as Penn Loses 13th in Row". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Atwater, Edward C. (October 23, 1955). "Soph Steers Unbeaten Navy in 33-0 Romp over Penn". The Sunday Sun. Baltimore, Md. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
^ Good, Herb (October 30, 1955). "Pa. State Conquers Improved Penn, Scoring Twice in First 9 Minutes". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Doyle, Joe (November 6, 1955). "Surprised Irish Rally to Drub Penn, 46-14". The South Bend Tribune. South Bend, Ind. sect. 3, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Ward, Gene (November 13, 1955). "Army in 40-0 Workout". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 105 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Danzig, Allison (November 25, 1955). "Cornell Trounces Penn; Speedy Ithacans Triumph by 39-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 39.

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 2024
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