1953 Penn Quakers football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1953

| team = Penn Quakers

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Independent

| record = 3–5–1

| head_coach = George Munger

| hc_year = 15th

| captain =

| stadium = Franklin Field

}}

The 1953 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1953 college football season.{{Cite web|date=2015-09-06|title=Pennsylvania Game by Game Results|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/p/pennsylvania/1950-1954_yearly_results.php|access-date=2020-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906145207/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/p/pennsylvania/1950-1954_yearly_results.php|archive-date=2015-09-06}} In head coach George Munger's final season at Penn, the Quakers compiled a 3–5–1 record and were outscored 152 to 96 by their opponents. Although they finished with a losing record, Penn played a tough schedule, opposing four different ranked teams in a row, and defeating No. 10 Navy, 9–6. Their three losses against ranked teams were by a combined 24 points, including a ten-point loss against Notre Dame.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1953

| poll = AP

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 26

| w/l = w

| opponent = Vanderbilt

| site_stadium = Franklin Field

| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA

| score = 13–7

| attend = 35,000

| source = {{cite news |title=Late Penn Scores Tip VU, 13-7 |first=John |last=Bibb |date=September 27, 1953 |page=1B |newspaper=The Nashville Tennessean |location=Nashville, Tenn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67662283/1953-penn-vandy/ }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 3

| w/l = w

| opponent = Penn State

| site_stadium = Franklin Field

| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA

| score = 13–7

| attend = 51,000

| source = {{cite news |title=Fourth-Quarter Pass Beats Penn State, 13-7 |first=Chester L. |last=Smith |date=October 4, 1953 |at=sect. 4, p. 3 |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press |location=Pittsburgh, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67663968/1953-penn-psu/ }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 10

| w/l = l

| rank = 20

| opponent = California

| site_stadium = Franklin Field

| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA

| score = 0–40

| attend = 52,000

| source = {{cite news |title=Larson, Marks Pace Cal Landslide |first=Prescott |last=Sullivan |date=October 11, 1953 |page=40 |newspaper=San Francisco Examiner |location=San Francisco, Calif.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67721739/1953-penn-cal/ }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 17

| w/l = l

| opponent = Ohio State

| opprank = 17

| site_stadium = Franklin Field

| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA

| score = 6–12

| attend = 44,270

| source = {{cite news |title=Ohio State: One Good Quarter Beats Penn, 12-6 |first=Jim |last=Schlemmer |date=October 18, 1953 |page=1B |newspaper=Akron Beacon Journal |location=Akron, Ohio |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67724239/1953-penn-ohio/}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 24

| w/l = w

| opponent = Navy

| opprank = 10

| site_stadium = Franklin Field

| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA

| score = 9–6

| attend = 52,210

| source = {{cite news |title=Last-Minute Penn Kick Topples Middies, 9-6 |first=Jim |last=McCulley |date=October 25, 1953 |page=101 |newspaper=Sunday News |location=New York, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67727484/1953-penn-navy/ }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 31

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Michigan

| opprank = 16

| site_stadium = Michigan Stadium

| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI

| score = 14–24

| attend = 57,655

| source = {{cite news |title=Penn Rallies to Lead; U-M Rallies to Win |first=Hal |last=Middlesworth |date=November 1, 1952 |page=D1 |newspaper=The Detroit Free Press |location=Detroit, Mich.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67728267/1953-penn-michigan/ }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 7

| w/l = l

| opponent = Notre Dame

| opprank = 1

| site_stadium = Franklin Field

| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA

| score = 20–28

| attend = 69,071

| source = {{cite news |title=Notre Dame, Lattner Subdue Penn, 28-20 |first=Red |last=Smith |date=November 8, 1953 |page=44 |newspaper=The Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67730437/1953-penn-nd/ }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 14

| w/l = l

| opponent = Army

| site_stadium = Franklin Field

| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA

| score = 14–21

| attend = 47,305

| source = {{cite news |title=Army Rolls 75 Yds. in 4th Period to Top Penn, 21-14 |first=Herb |last=Good |date=November 15, 1953 |page=S1 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67732892/1953-penn-army/ }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 26

| w/l = t

| opponent = Cornell

| site_stadium = Franklin Field

| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA

| score = 7–7

| attend = 38,159

| source = {{cite news |title=Penn Ties Cornell as Munger Ends Career as Quakers' Football Coach |first=Allison |last=Danzig |date=November 27, 1953 |page=31 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}

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References

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