Looking to improve on the modest success the team found last year, the program first had to search for a new head coach.

[4] To make matters worse, Penn lost their center, Wanamaker, to a deep cut on the leg that would heal, but not enough before their rematch with Yale.

[5] Even with Yale missing their own star player, the Bulldogs avenged their earlier loss with a 8–3 dissection of the Quakers.

[8] Despite the slide, the arrival of Winters for the next game against Lafayette reignited the embers of hope and the team responded with a rousing triumph.

[10] After the season, Frank Winters decided that travelling from Cleveland to Philadelphia was an untenable proposition and would not return as head coach.