1983 Penn Quakers football
Ivy League co-champion
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–3–1 (5–1–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Marc Hembrough
  • Bill Lista
Home stadiumFranklin Field
1983 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard + 5 –1 –16 –2 –2
Penn + 5 –1 –16 –3 –1
Brown 4 –2 –14 –5 –1
Dartmouth 4 –2 –14 –5 –1
Cornell 3 –3 –13 –6 –1
Princeton 2 –5 –04 –6 –0
Columbia 1 –5 –11 –7 –2
Yale 1 –6 –01 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1983 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They finished with a 6–3–1 record and were the Ivy League co-champions with Harvard,[1] whom they defeated in the next-to-last week of the season.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17Cornell
W 28–721,003[2]
September 24at Delaware*
L 7–4017,568[3]
October 1vs. Columbia
W 35–107,221[4]
October 8Brown
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 24–2414,576[5]
October 15No. 17 Lafayette*
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 28–206,038[6]
October 22at Yale
W 17–014,424[7]
October 29Princeton
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 28–2736,579[8]
November 5No. T–18 Colgate*No. 16
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 20–346,921[9]
November 12at Harvard
L 0–2812,000[10]
November 19Dartmouth
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 38–1428,416[11]

References

  1. ↑ 1983 University of Pennsylvania football scores and results Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on February 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ Newman, Chuck (September 18, 1983). "Penn Steamrolls over Cornell, 28-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-E – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Newman, Chuck (September 25, 1983). "Delaware Starts Fast and Wallops Penn, 40-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 11-E – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Newman, Chuck (October 1, 1983). "Hall's Three TDs Help Penn Whip Columbia". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-D – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ O'Connell, Mike (October 9, 1983). "Brown Gets Snappy Tie". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 55 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Bruton, Mike (October 16, 1983). "Penn Tops Lafayette, 28-20, to Defend the Ivies' Honor". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 9-E, 12-E – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Newman, Chuck (October 23, 1983). "Penn Rolls, 17-0, by Winless Yale Despite Mistakes". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 11-E, 12-E – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Bruton, Mike (October 30, 1983). "Penn Recovers in Time to Top Princeton, 28-27". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-D – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Bruton, Mike (November 6, 1983). "Penn Turnovers Help Colgate Win, 34-20". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 9-G, 13-G – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Concannon, Joe (November 13, 1983). "Harvard Rips Penn, Ties Up Ivy League". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 66 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Roberts, Ernie (November 20, 1983). "Penn Gains Tie for Ivy Crown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 55 – via Newspapers.com.
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