1928 Penn Quakers Football Team
The 1928 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1928 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Lou Young, the Quakers compiled an 8–1 record, shut out six of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 271 to 26. The team was ranked No. 11 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1928. The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. Schedule References {{Penn Quakers football navbox Penn Penn Quakers football seasons Penn Quakers football The Penn Quakers football program is the college football team at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The Penn Quakers have competed in the Ivy League since its inaugural season of 1956, and are a Division I Football Championshi ...

Lou Young (American Football Coach)
Louis Alonzo Young (February 19, 1893 – July 19, 1948) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Pennsylvania from 1923 to 1929, compiling a record of 49–15–2. Young played college football at Penn from 1912 to 1914, captaining the team in 1913. He died at the age of 56 on July 19, 1948 in Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc .... Head coaching record References External links * 1893 births 1948 deaths American football ends American football halfbacks Penn Quakers football coaches Penn Quakers football players Players of American football from Philadelphia {{Amfoot-bio-stub ...
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Stagg Field
Amos Alonzo Stagg Field is the name of two successive football fields for the University of Chicago. Beyond sports, the first Stagg Field (1893–1957) is remembered for its role in a landmark scientific achievement of Enrico Fermi and the Metallurgical Laboratory during the Manhattan Project. The site of the first artificial nuclear chain reaction, which occurred within the field's west viewing-stands structure, received designation as a National Historic Landmark on February 18, 1965. On October 15, 1966, which is the day that the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 was enacted creating the National Register of Historic Places, it was added to that as well. The site was named a Chicago Landmark on October 27, 1971. A Henry Moore sculpture, ''Nuclear Energy'', in a small quadrangle commemorates the location of the nuclear experiment.
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Cornell–Penn Football Rivalry
The Cornell–Penn football rivalry is an American college football College rivalry, rivalry between the Cornell Big Red football, Cornell Big Red and Penn Quakers football, Penn Quakers. Traditionally, the game was played on Thanksgiving (United States), Thanksgiving Day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but now alternates between Philadelphia and Ithaca, New York, Ithaca, New York (state), New York. The game was often played as the last game of the regular season for both teams. Beginning in 2018, Cornell has faced Columbia in the last game of the regular season, while Penn plays Princeton in the last game of the regular season. The game was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, marking the first cancellation after an uninterrupted streak of 101 games going back to 1919. In the 127 meetings since 1893 (interrupted in 1918 and 2020), Penn leads the series 76–47–5, with Penn forfeiting the game in 1997 (because of the participation of an academically ineligible playe ...
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1928 Cornell Big Red Football Team
The 1928 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1928 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Gil Dobie, the Big Red compiled a 3–3–2 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 86 to 72. Schedule References {{Cornell Big Red football navbox Cornell Cornell Big Red football seasons Cornell Big Red football The Cornell Big Red football team represents Cornell University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) college football competition as a member of the Ivy League. It is one of the ol ...

1928 Columbia Lions Football Team
The 1928 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1928 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Charles Crowley, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored opponents The team played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan. Schedule References {{Columbia Lions football navbox Columbia Columbia Lions football seasons Columbia Lions football The Columbia Lions football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Columbia University. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Ivy League. The Columbia football ...

Harvard–Penn Football Rivalry
The Harvard–Penn football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Harvard Crimson and Penn Quakers. The first game was played in 1881. In the first 18 games played in this 88 game series, Harvard won 13 and Penn won 5. In 1958 Penn pulled even with 14 games won by each school. There was 1 tie (1940). From 1959 through 1981 Harvard dominated the series winning 20 games to Penn's winning 2 games (1963, 1972). There was 1 tie (1965). However, in recent years the Harvard–Penn football game in mid-November has usually had Ivy League Football Championship connotations. Since 1982 Harvard and Penn have won 29 Ivy League Football Championships between them. Penn has won 17 and Harvard has won 12. Penn has been undefeated 8 times in the Ivy League and Harvard has been undefeated 6 times in the Ivy League during this time span. Since 1982 Penn has defeated Harvard 23 times and Harvard has defeated Penn 17 times. Game results See also * List of NCAA college f ...
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Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most populous city in the country. The city boundaries encompass an area of about and a population of 675,647 as of 2020. It is the seat of Suffolk County (although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999). The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA), generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Providence, Rhode Island, is home to approximately 8.2 million people, making it the sixth most populous in the United States. Boston is one of the oldest ...
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Harvard Stadium
Harvard Stadium is a U-shaped college football stadium in the northeast United States, located in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The stadium is owned and operated by Harvard University and is home to the Harvard Crimson football program. The stadium's seating capacity is 30,323. Built in 1903, it was a pioneering execution of reinforced concrete in the construction of large structures. Because of its early importance in these areas, and its influence on the design of later stadiums, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987. The stadium is the nation's oldest permanent concrete structure dedicated to intercollegiate athletics. It seated up to 57,166 in the past, as permanent steel stands (completing a straight-sided oval) were installed in the stadium's northeast end zone in 1929. They were torn down after the 1951 season, due to deterioration and reduced attendance. Afterward, there were smaller temporary steel bleachers across the stadium's open ...
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1928 Harvard Crimson Football Team
The 1928 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1928 college football season. In its third season under head coach Arnold Horween, Harvard compiled a 5–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 125 to 29. Arthur E. French was the team captain. The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Boston. Schedule References Harvard Harvard Crimson football seasons Harvard Crimson football The Harvard Crimson football program represents Harvard University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA). Harvard's football program is one of the oldest in the world, having begun ... 1920s in Boston {{Boston-sport-stub ...
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Chicago
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1928 Chicago Maroons Football Team
The 1928 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago during the 1928 college football season. In their 37th season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled a 2–7 record, finished last in the Big Ten Conference, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 177 to 70. Fritz Crisler was an assistant coach on the team. Schedule References {{Chicago Maroons football navbox Chicago Chicago Maroons football seasons Chicago Maroons football The Chicago Maroons football team represents the University of Chicago in college football. The Maroons, which play in NCAA Division III, have been a football-only member of the Midwest Conference since 2017. The University of Chicago was a found ...

Paul Scull
Paul Thomas "Butterball" Scull, Sr. (September 4, 1907 – December 11, 1997) was an American football player. Considered a triple-threat man while playing for Penn from 1926 to 1928, he was a consensus first-team All-American halfback in 1928. Early years Born in New Jersey, Scull moved with his family to Lower Merion, Pennsylvania as a boy. He played high school football at Lower Merion High School from 1922 to 1924, helping lead the team to a 26-0-1 record during his three years as a player. Penn Scull played at the halfback and punter positions for the University of Pennsylvania from 1926 to 1928. In November 1927, he was elected to serve as the captain of Penn's 1928 football team. He was a consensus first-team All-American in 1928. He holds Penn's all-time record with 312 all-purpose yards in a game. Scull was a member of the Kappa Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity. In 1929, Scull was selected as the inaugural recipient of Theta Chi Fraternity's Reginald E.F. Colley A ...
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