The 1885 Penn Quakers football team was an

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team that represented the

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during the

1885 college football season The 1885 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Princeton as having been selected national champions National champions are corporations which are technically privat ...

. In its first year under head coach

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, the team compiled a 8–5 record. Paul Thompson was the team captain.

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Penn Penn Quakers football seasons

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