2008 Penn Quakers football team
American college football season
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 6–4 (5–2 Ivy) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Ray Priore (11th season) |
| Home stadium | Franklin Field |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Harvard + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown + | 6 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 5 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2008 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was the 132nd season of play for the Quakers. The team was led by Al Bagnoli, in his 17th season as head coach. The Quakers played their home games at historic Franklin Field on the university campus in Philadelphia. Penn averaged 11,284 fans per game.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 20 | 3:30 pm | No. 19 Villanova* | Comcast | L 14–20 OT | 14,758 | [1] | |
| September 27 | 6:00 pm | at Lafayette* | WBPH | L 17–24 | 7,561 | [2] | |
| October 4 | Noon | Dartmouth |
| Comcast | W 23–10 | 12,433 | [3] |
| October 11 | 2:00 pm | at Georgetown* | W 27–7 | 3,135 | [4] | ||
| October 18 | 1:00 pm | Columbia |
| W 15–10 | 6,821 | [5] | |
| October 25 | 12:30 pm | at Yale | YES | W 9–7 | 10,490 | [6] | |
| November 1 | Noon | Brown |
| Versus | L 27–34 | 15,056 | [7] |
| November 7 | 7:00 pm | at Princeton | ESPNU | W 14–9 | 8,966 | [8] | |
| November 15 | Noon | No. 19 Harvard |
| Comcast | L 21–24 | 7,352 | [9] |
| November 22 | 1:00 pm | at Cornell | W 23–6 | 2,437 | [10] | ||
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References
- ^ Juliano, Joe (September 21, 2008). "'Nova Switches QBs, Gets by Penn in OT". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. E5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Todres, Andrew (September 28, 2008). "Down by 24 Points, Penn Rallies, but Loses to Lafayette". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Juliano, Joe (October 5, 2008). "Quakers Labor Early but Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. E12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wynn and Hamscher Lift Quakers Over Hoyas". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. October 12, 2008. p. E13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Tannenwald, Jonathan (October 19, 2008). "Quakers Get Scare but Overcome Columbia". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. E9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Tannenwald, Jonathan (October 26, 2008). "Samson Hits 3 Field Goals in 2d Half to Lift Penn to Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. E3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Juliano, Joe (November 2, 2008). "Mistakes Hurt Penn in Loss". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Angel, Sebastian (November 8, 2008). "Penn QB Emerges to Top Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Denman, Elliott (November 16, 2008). "Crimson Escape with a Chance to Win Ivy". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Scurria, Andrew (November 23, 2008). "Quakers Finish by Stopping Cornell". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. E5 – via Newspapers.com.
