1979 Penn Quakers football team

The 1979 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.

1979 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIvy League
1979 record0–9 (0–7 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumFranklin Field
1979 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale $ 6 –1 –0  8 –1 –0
Brown 5 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Princeton 5 –2 –0  5 –4 –0
Cornell 4 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Dartmouth 4 –3 –0  4 –4 –1
Harvard 3 –4 –0  3 –6 –0
Columbia 1 –6 –0  1 –8 –0
Penn 0 –7 –0  0 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22CornellL 13–525,671[1]
September 29at Lehigh*L 7–3110,500[2]
October 6at ColumbiaL 7–127,850[3]
October 13Brown
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 18–245,651[4]
October 19Lafayette*
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–99,074[5]
October 27at YaleL 6–2419,852[6]
November 3Princeton
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 10–3813,604[7]
November 10at HarvardL 26–417,500[8]
November 17Dartmouth
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6-2010,397[9]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "Cornell Clobbers Penn in Season Opener, 52-13". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. United Press International. September 23, 1979. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Larimer, Terry (September 30, 1979). "Lehigh and Lafayette Turn Back Ivy League Foes; Engineers Play Ball-Control in Handing Penn 31-7 Pasting". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Newman, Chuck (October 7, 1979). "Failure to Make 'Big Plays' Dooms Quakers, 12-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 8-D – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Simmons, Bill (October 14, 1979). "Brown Outlasts Stubborn Penn". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 8D – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Shister, Gail (October 20, 1979). "Penn Drops a 9-7 Heartbreaker". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Shister, Gail (October 28, 1979). "Quakers Try a 'Surprise,' but Yale Enjoys the Party". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 9-D – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Penn Blasted by Princeton". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 4, 1979. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Concannon, Joe (November 11, 1979). "Harvard Wins ... at Last". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Shister, Gail (November 18, 1979). "It's Over; Penn Bows to Dartmouth, Ends Its Season Winless". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 10-D – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "1979 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
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