1879 Pennsylvania Military Academy football team

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The 1879 Pennsylvania Military Academy football team represented Pennsylvania Military Academy during the 1879 college football season. The team played Swarthmore, Penn, and as one cadet put it, “whoever we could inveigle into coming to us.”{{cite web| url = http://digitalwolfgram.widener.edu/digital/collection/p16069coll2/id/567/| title = CONTENTdm}}{{cite news |title=Straws From the Barracks |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85367400/delaware-county-daily-times/ |work=Delaware County Daily Times |date=November 13, 1879 |access-date=December 1, 2020 }}

The game against the Crescents Football Club was reported to be first game played at the Military Academy.{{cite web| url = https://issuu.com/dcrudele11/docs/10fbguidenet| title = Widener 2010 Football Media Guide by Derek Crudele - Issuu}} The result of the contest with Swarthmore is not known.{{cite web| url = http://articles.philly.com/1987-09-09/sports/26209469_1_widener-university-schools-chester| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160827090403/http://articles.philly.com/1987-09-09/sports/26209469_1_widener-university-schools-chester| url-status = dead| archive-date = August 27, 2016| title = Inquirer.com: Philadelphia local news, sports, jobs, cars, homes}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| timezone = Eastern

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 25

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| w/l = t

| opponent = Crescents

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Chester, PA

| score = 0–0

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Football at the P. M. A. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98657123/delaware-county-daily-times/ |newspaper=Delaware County Daily Times |location=Chester, Pennsylvania |date=October 27, 1879 |page=3 |access-date=March 29, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 1

| w/l = Unknown

| opponent = Swarthmore

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Chester, PA

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 8

| w/l = l

| opponent = Penn

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Chester, PA

| score = 0–6

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Football |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98656600/delaware-county-daily-times/ |newspaper=Delaware County Daily Times |location=Chester, Pennsylvania |date=November 10, 1879 |page=3 |access-date=March 29, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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References

Pennsylvania Military Academy

Category:Widener Pride football seasons

Category:College football winless seasons

Pennsylvania Military Academy football