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1907 Pennsylvania

11–⁠1.

Schedule and results

Pennsylvania in 1907, game by game: won vs. North Carolina 37–0; won vs. Villanova 16–0; won vs. Bucknell 29–2; won vs. Franklin & Marshall 57–0; won vs. Swarthmore 16–8; won vs. Gettysburg 23–0; won vs. Brown 11–0; lost vs. Carlisle 6–26; won vs. Lafayette 15–0; won vs. Penn State 28–0; won at Michigan 6–0; won vs. Cornell 12–4+57−20Won 37–0 vs. North Carolina+37North CarolinaWon 16–0 vs. Villanova+16VillanovaWon 29–2 vs. Bucknell+27BucknellWon 57–0 vs. Franklin & Marshall+57Franklin & Mars…Won 16–8 vs. Swarthmore+8SwarthmoreWon 23–0 vs. Gettysburg+23GettysburgWon 11–0 vs. Brown+11BrownLost 6–26 vs. Carlisle-20CarlisleWon 15–0 vs. Lafayette+15LafayetteWon 28–0 vs. Penn State+28Penn StateWon 6–0 at Michigan+6MichiganWon 12–4 vs. Cornell+8Cornell
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsNorth CarolinaW 37–⁠074%
Oct 2vsVillanovaW 16–⁠083%
Oct 5vsBucknellW 29–⁠279%
Oct 9vsFranklin & MarshallW 57–⁠096%
Oct 12vsSwarthmoreW 16–⁠867%
Oct 16vsGettysburgW 23–⁠094%
Oct 19vsBrownW 11–⁠071%
Oct 26vsCarlisleL 6–⁠2657%
Nov 2vsLafayetteW 15–⁠068%
Nov 9vsPenn StateW 28–⁠065%
Nov 16atMichiganW 6–⁠044%
Nov 28vsCornellW 12–⁠465%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Cornell 12–⁠4.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Photographs from 1907

Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1907.

2 consensus All-AmericansDexter Draper, OT; Gus Ziegler, OG

Record
11–⁠1
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
256–⁠40
Coach
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Elo
1717 +113 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
22.9 No. 5 of 68 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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