The 1905 Penn Quakers football team represented the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

in the

1905 college football season The 1905 college football season had the Chicago Maroons retroactively named as national champion by the Billingsley Report, the Helms Athletic Foundation, the National Championship Foundation, and the Houlgate System, while Yale was named champ ...

. The Quakers finished with an undefeated 12–0–1 record in their fourth year under head coach

Carl S. Williams Carl Sheldon "Cap" Williams (May 16, 1872 – November 8, 1960) was an American football player, coach, and ophthalmologist. He played college football at Oberlin College and the University of Pennsylvania during the 1890s. He returned to P ...

. Significant games included a 6 to 0 victory over the

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, a 12 to 6 victory over Harvard, a 23 to 0 victory over Columbia, a 6 to 5 victory over

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, and a 6–6 tie with

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. The 1905 Penn team outscored its opponents by a combined total of 259 to 33. Six Penn players received recognition on the

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. They are: end

Izzy Levene Israel George "Izzy" Levene (May 1, 1885 – November 12, 1930) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Tennessee from 1907 to 1909 and at Wake Forest University in 1922, compiling a c ...

(WC-3; NYW; NYG); tackle

Otis Lamson Otis Floyd Lamson (September 13, 1876 – December 11, 1956) was an American football player and coach, and also a surgeon. Early life Lamson was born in Beetown, Wisconsin, in 1876. Football career Lamson served as the head football coach at t ...

(WC-1; CW-1; NYEP; NYW; NYG; NYEP; NYT; NYG); guard F. Hobson (NYEP; NYG); center

Robert Torrey Robert Grant Torrey (July 12, 1878 – January 12, 1941) was an American football player and coach. He played center and was selected as the captain of the University of Pennsylvania's unbeaten teams of 1904 and 1905. When the Quakers went 12–0 ...

(WC-1; CW-1; NYEP; NYT; NYW; NYG); quarterback Vince Stevenson (NYW); and halfback H.W. Sheble (WC-2). (CW)1905 Official NCAA Football Guide (NYEP, NYT, NYW, NYG)

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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 ...