1888 Penn Quakers football team

1888 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–7
Head coach
CaptainTom Hulme
1888 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale    13 0 0
Harvard    12 1 0
Princeton    11 1 0
Lehigh    10 2 0
Trinity (CT)    5 1 1
Lafayette    6 3 0
Cornell    4 2 0
Penn    9 7 0
Bucknell    2 3 0
Fordham    1 2 0
Massachusetts    2 4 0
Wesleyan    2 7 0
Worcester Tech    1 4 0
Rutgers    1 6 1
Penn State    0 2 1
Swarthmore    0 5 0

The 1888 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1888 college football season. In its first season under head coach Woody Wagenhorst, the team compiled a 9–7 record and was outscored by a total of 294 to 278. Halfback Tom Hulme was the team captain. The team played its home games at the University Athletic Grounds located at 37th and Spruce Streets.