The 1902 Penn Quakers football team represented the
University of Pennsylvania in the
1902 college football season
The 1902 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Michigan and Yale as having been selected national champions.
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. The Quakers finished with a 9–4 record in their first year under head coach
Carl S. Williams. Significant games included victories over
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(17–0),
Columbia
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(17–0), and
Cornell (12–11), and losses to
Navy (10–6),
Harvard
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(11–0), and
Carlisle
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(5–9). The 1902 Penn team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 157 to 68.
Three Penn players received recognition on the
1902 College Football All-America Team
The 1902 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various individuals who chose College Football All-America Teams for the 1902 college football season. The only two individu ...
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Sol Metzger (
Walter Camp, 3rd team); tackle
Robert Torrey (
Caspar Whitney, 2nd team); and center James F. McCabe (Camp, 3rd team).
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