1970 Penn Quakers football team

American college football season

1970 Ivy League football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 14 Dartmouth $	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Yale	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Harvard	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Cornell	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Princeton	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Penn	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Brown	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1970 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Lehigh*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 24-0	10,406	^[1]
October 3	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 17-9	12,400	^[2]
October 10	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 31-32	14,000	^[3]
October 17	Lafayette*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 31-20	7,993	^[4]
October 24	Princeton	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 16-22	36,478	^[5]
October 31	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 23-28	12,000	^[6]
November 7	Yale	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 22-32	30,104	^[7]
November 14	Columbia	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 21-14	37,035	^[8]
November 21	No. 16 Dartmouth	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0-28	42,329	^[9]
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

1970 Penn Quakers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OT		Doug Karr	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ Dell, John (September 27, 1970). "Solow Runs 84 for TD as Penn Rips Lehigh". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. sect. 3, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Harvin, Al (October 4, 1970). "Penn Vanquishes Brown Team, 17-9". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S5.
^ Harvin, Al (October 11, 1970). "Dartmouth, Yale and Cornell Triumph; Penn 32-31 Loser". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Dell, John (October 18, 1970). "Penn Clips Lafayette; Odell Gets Game Ball". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. sect. 3, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Chass, Murray (October 25, 1970). "Tigers Turn Back Penn Team, 22-16". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Monahan, Bob (November 1, 1970). "Harvard Gives Penn Slip, 38-23". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 81 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Strauss, Michael (November 8, 1970). "Yale Tops Penn, 32-22; Quaker Rally Is Checked". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Werden, Lincoln A. (November 15, 1970). "Penn Triumphs over Columbia; Late Score Wins, 21-14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Keese, Parton (November 22, 1970). "Dartmouth Scores over Penn, 28 to 0, to Win Ivy Crown". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.

v t e Penn Quakers football
Venues	Franklin Field (1895–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1917 Rose Bowl Cornell Harvard Princeton
Culture & lore	The Penn Quaker "Fight on, Pennsylvania!" Marching band 1922 Alabama game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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