1979 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record0–9 (0–7 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumFranklin Field
1979 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale $ 6 1 08 1 0
Brown 5 2 06 3 0
Princeton 5 2 05 4 0
Cornell 4 3 05 4 0
Dartmouth 4 3 04 4 1
Harvard 3 4 03 6 0
Columbia 1 6 01 8 0
Penn 0 7 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion

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

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 19No. T–8 Lafayette*
  • 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
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the 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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