1919–20 Penn Quakers men's basketball team

1919–20 Penn Quakers men's basketball
1919–20 Penn Quakers men's basketball
EIBL champions; Helms Foundation national champions; Premo-Porretta national champions
Conference	Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
Record	21–1 (10–0 EIBL)
Head coach	Lon Jourdet (6th season);
Captain	Hubert Peck
	Seasons ← 1918–19 1920–21 →

1919–20 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Penn	10	–	0	1.000	22	–	1	.957
Princeton	6	–	4	.600	16	–	6	.727
Yale	6	–	4	.600	16	–	9	.640
Cornell	4	–	6	.400	14	–	6	.700
Columbia	3	–	7	.300	4	–	10	.286
Dartmouth	1	–	9	.100	5	–	20	.200

The 1919–20 Penn Quakers men's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1919–20 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Lon Jourdet, coaching in his sixth season with the Quakers. The team finished the season with a 21–1 record^[1] and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.^[2]^[3]

Penn defeated the University of Chicago two games to zero in a best-of-three tournament at the end of the season to determine the national champion.^[4] Senior Hubert Peck was named a consensus All-American for the second time in his career (he was also selected in 1918).

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
12/6/1919*	Ursinus	W 46–13	1–0	Philadelphia, PA
12/13/1919*	Muhlenberg	W 34–6	2–0	Philadelphia, PA
12/29/1919*	at Navy	W 30–17	3–0	Annapolis, MD
1/10/1920*	Lehigh	W 36–23	4–0	Philadelphia, PA
1/17/1920*	Lafayette	W 36–10	5–0	Philadelphia, PA
1/22/1920*	Washington & Jefferson	W 44–16	6–0	Philadelphia, PA
1/24/1920*	Swarthmore	W 29–25	7–0	Philadelphia, PA
1/28/1920	at Princeton Rivalry	W 27–21	8–0 (1–0)	University Gymnasium Princeton, NJ
1/31/1920	Yale	W 32–16	9–0 (2–0)	Philadelphia, PA
2/4/1920*	Penn State	W 21–18	10–0	Philadelphia, PA
2/12/1920	at Columbia	W 37–18	11–0 (3–0)	University Heights Gymnasium Manhattan, NY
2/14/1920	at Dartmouth	W 41–14	12–0 (4–0)	Alumni Gym Hanover, NH
2/18/1920*	Delaware	W 27–21	13–0	Philadelphia, PA
2/21/1920	Cornell	W 23–13	14–0 (5–0)	Philadelphia, PA
2/25/1920	Columbia	W 32–10	15–0 (6–0)	Philadelphia, PA
2/28/1920	Dartmouth	W 45–10	16–0 (7–0)	Philadelphia, PA
3/5/1920	at Cornell	W 20–15	17–0 (8–0)	Barton Hall Ithaca, NY
3/10/1920	at Yale	W 44–16	18–0 (9–0)	New Haven, CT
3/13/1920	Princeton Rivalry	W 26–23 ^4OT	19–0 (10–0)	Philadelphia, PA
3/22/1920*	at Chicago	L 24–28	19–1	Chicago, IL
3/25/1920*	Chicago	W 29–18	20–1	Philadelphia, PA
3/27/1920*	vs. Chicago Rivalry	W 23–21	21–1	University Gymnasium Princeton, NJ
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[4]

References

^ "Pennsylvania Quakers season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
^ "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 535. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
^ ^a ^b "2008–09 Penn Quakers Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Yearly Results (p. 121). University of Pennsylvania. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014.

[SR-1] "Pennsylvania Quakers season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014.

[2] "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved May 19, 2014.

[3] ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 535. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[MGUIDE-4] "2008–09 Penn Quakers Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Yearly Results (p. 121). University of Pennsylvania. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014.

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v t e Penn Quakers men's basketball
Venues	The Palestra (1927–present)
Rivalries	Drexel Princeton
Culture & lore	"Fight on, Pennsylvania!" City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 (Robert V. Geasey Trophy) Penn Pep Band
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1896–97 1897–98 1898–1902 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics