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Football
Football team to play in China in 2019
In March, the Quakers will hold their first spring practices of the 2019 season, as well as clinics for youths and young adults, and sightsee, before the Penn-China Global Ambassadors Bowl.
Football rumbles to 30-10 win over Lehigh
Junior running back Karekin Brooks had 16 carries for 163 yards and 3 touchdowns.
Good foot garners Soslow Ivy Special Teams Player of the Week
The senior placekicker connected on two long field goals in Penn’s season-opening victory over Bucknell.
Penn football opens season against Bucknell
The Quakers begin their quest for their 19th Ivy League championship on Saturday, Sept. 15, at Franklin Field.
Linebacker Nick Miller named Second-Team Preseason All-American
The New Market, Md., native led the conference in tackles last season, and was a finalist for Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year.
Spring Game kicks off quest for 19th Ivy chip
The 18-time Ivy League Champion Penn football team played its annual Spring Game on April 6.
New York Jets sign Penn alum
Brandon Copeland, a defensive lineman on the Penn football team from 2009-12, recently signed with the Jets.
Justin Watson shows his skills on Pro Day
The All-American wide receiver performed in front of scouts from more than 20 NFL teams on Monday, March 19.
Franklin Field played host to the Eagles’ last NFL title
In 1960, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Green Bay Packers in the NFL Championship Game at Franklin Field.
For the Record: The 7-time national champion Penn Quakers football team
The Penn football team has won seven national championships, tied with Michigan and Oklahoma for seventh all-time.
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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