By Darin Hayes October 6, 1902 – George Pfann was a legendary quarterback from Cornell University.
How many college quarterbacks in college history can claim that they were never beaten and never tied? According to the National Football Foundation’s website, not many, but George Pfann did achieve this feat. Pfann, along with Big Red backfield mate Hall of Famer Eddie Kaw, helped Cornell dispatch every opposing team they faced in 1921 through the 1923 seasons.
The Cornell teams of this period outscored opponents by a whopping margin of 1051-81! The box scores of these games showed finals such as 110-0, 55-0, 59-0, and even more lopsided contests. During the 1923 season, George scored 15 touchdowns in just 8 games! After graduating from Cornell, Pfann became a Rhodes Scholar by completing additional studies at Oxford University in England, and then returned to the United States to coach briefly at Cornell and Swarthmore College. He also served as a U.S. Attorney in New York State and, during World War II, was on the staff of General George S. Patton as a lieutenant colonel! The National Football Foundation enshrined him in the College Football Hall of Fame in 1957.
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