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American college football season
The 1887 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1887 college football season. In its third and final year under head coach Frank Dole, the team compiled a 6–7 record. Penn lost five games to the Big Three (Princeton, Harvard, and Yale) by a combined score of 291 to 0.[1]
Schedule[edit]
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October 8 | Graduates | Philadelphia, PA | W 14–6 |
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October 12 | Tioga | Philadelphia, PA | W 46–0 |
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October 15 | Graduates | Philadelphia, PA | W 18–0 |
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October 19 | Princeton | Philadelphia, PA (rivalry) | L 0–57 |
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October 22 | at Princeton | Princeton, NJ | L 0–42 |
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October 29 | Yale | - University Grounds
- Philadelphia, PA
| L 0–50 | [2]
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November 2 | Rutgers | Philadelphia, PA | W 13–10 |
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November 5 | Princeton | Philadelphia, PA | L 0–95 |
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November 9 | Haverford | Philadelphia, PA | W 36–0 |
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November 12 | Lehigh | Philadelphia, PA | W 6–4 |
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November 16 | Lafayette | Philadelphia, PA | L 0–20 |
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November 19 | at Harvard | | L 0–42 |
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November 24 | vs. Wesleyan | New York, NY | L 4–10 |
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