1979 Penn Quakers football team

American college football season

1979 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	0–9 (0–7 Ivy)
Head coach	Harry Gamble (8th season)
Home stadium	Franklin Field
Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

1979 Ivy League football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		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

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	Cornell	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 13–52	5,671	^[1]
September 29	at Lehigh*	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 7–31	10,500	^[2]
October 6	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	L 7–12	7,850	^[3]
October 13	Brown	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 18–24	5,651	^[4]
October 19	No. T–8 Lafayette*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 7–9	9,074	^[5]
October 27	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 6–24	19,852	^[6]
November 3	Princeton	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 10–38	13,604	^[7]
November 10	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 26–41	7,500	^[8]
November 17	Dartmouth	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6-20	10,397	^[9]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

^ "Cornell Clobbers Penn in Season Opener, 52-13". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. United Press International. September 23, 1979. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Simmons, Bill (October 14, 1979). "Brown Outlasts Stubborn Penn". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 8D – via Newspapers.com.
^ Shister, Gail (October 20, 1979). "Penn Drops a 9-7 Heartbreaker". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
^ 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.
^ "Penn Blasted by Princeton". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 4, 1979. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Concannon, Joe (November 11, 1979). "Harvard Wins ... at Last". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 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.
^ "1979 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 6, 2019.

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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