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Football
Penn grad Brandon Copeland signs with New England Patriots
The 2013 Wharton alum, a linebacker and special teams player, has joined the six-time Super Bowl champions.
Former Quaker Greg Van Roten signs with New York Jets
Van Roten was an All-Ivy offensive lineman for the Quakers from 2008-11 and a part of two Ivy League championship teams.
NY Jets linebacker, a Penn alum, awarded NFLPA’s highest honor
Brandon Copeland has been recognized for his community service work, and positively impacting his team’s city and communities across the country.
Penn alum named head coach of Cleveland Browns
Kevin Stefanski, a 2004 graduate and former offensive coordinator of the Minnesota Vikings, has been hired to coach the NFL franchise.
Prince of the Quakers
The senior defensive lineman discusses his playing days as a Quaker, becoming a smarter football player, his favorite memories, and his ultimate goal of becoming a doctor.
Karekin Brooks, a career retrospective
The senior running back on the football team ends his career with stats that place him high in the Penn record books.
Quakers outdo Harvard in duel
The football team beat Harvard on Saturday in Massachusetts, the first time Penn has ever won three straight at Harvard Stadium.
Two players receive ‘Super Bowl Surprise’ from Roger Goodell and the NFL
The NFL commissioner surprised Anthony Lotti and Sam Philippi with tickets to Super Bowl LIV in recognition of their generosity in donating bone marrow through the Be The Match donor registry.
‘Fight On, Pennsylvania’ celebrates a century
One hundred years ago two Penn freshmen got together in a Quad dorm room and wrote the music and lyrics to a song they named “Fight On, Pennsylvania.” The University’s official fight song became a tradition at football games, and today is played thousands of times a year.
Showstopper O’Neill named Ivy Defensive Player of the Week
The junior linebacker had two sacks, two picks, a fumble recovery, and a touchdown against Brown.
In the News
She graduated from Penn in 2023. Now, she’s the Quakers’ director of football operations
Jordyn Hall is Penn’s director of football operations, a role she’s had since last spring when she was a fourth-year student.
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Penn hires former Johns Hopkins head coach Greg Chimera as offensive coordinator
Chimera arrives at Penn after guiding Johns Hopkins to one of its best seasons in program history. The team finished with 12-1 and a quarterfinal run in the NCAA Division III playoffs.
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Seasoned Penn football team picked to finish third in the Ivy League
Penn was tabbed to finish third in an Ivy League football preseason poll of the media, behind Yale in first and Princeton in second.
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Former Penn football coach Al Bagnoli announces retirement
Al Bagnoli coached 23 seasons at Penn, where he’s the all-time winningest coach in program history, before taking the helm at Columbia in 2015.
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Apple TV wants Pac 12 broadcast rights despite loss of UCLA and USC
Karen Weaver of the Graduate School of Education says that the Big Ten were forward thinking when they created their own network from offerings for all their athletic programs.
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Historic moment: Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes serve as inspiration to Black youth
Kenneth Shropshire of the Wharton School says that there was a time when Black athletes were considered to lack the skills and critical thinking needed for a leadership role.
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