1975 Penn Quakers football team

1975 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record3–6 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorOtto Kneidinger (5th season)
Captains
  • Ron Kellogg
  • Jeff Koury
  • John Wixted
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1974
1976 →
1975 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard $ 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Brown 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Yale 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Princeton 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Penn 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Columbia 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Cornell 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1975 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania as a member of the Ivy League during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their fifth year under head coach Harry Gamble, the Quakers compiled an overall record of 3–6 with a mark of 2–5 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the Ivy League. Ron Kellogg, Jeff Koury, and John Wixted were the team captains. Penn played home games at Franklin Field, adjacent to the university's campus in Philadelphia.

Schedule

[edit]
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Lehigh*
L 23–3414,000[1]
October 4Brown
L 8–1714,275[2]
October 11at Dartmouth
L 14–1912,600[3]
October 17Lafayette*
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 13–03,127–3,176[4][5]
October 25at Princeton
W 24–2012,500[6]
November 1Harvarddagger
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 3–2117,256[7]
November 8at Yale
L 14–2418,740[8]
November 15at Columbia
L 25–284,125[9]
November 22Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 27–2121,112[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Dell, John (September 28, 1975). "Lehigh Beats Penn 1st Time in 87 Years". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1E – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ McGowen, Deane (October 5, 1975). "Princeton and Brown Victors; Bruins Top Penn for 6th in Row, 17-8". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  3. ^ McGowen, Deane (October 12, 1975). "Dartmouth Victor; Big Green Rushing Beats Penn, 19-14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S6.
  4. ^ Dell, John (October 18, 1975). "Penn Cashes In on the Breaks". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-C – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Final 1975 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Lafayette)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  6. ^ Wallace, William N. (October 26, 1975). "Penn Upsets Tigers; Quakers Win in 2d Half, 24-20". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S8.
  7. ^ McGowen, Deane (November 2, 1975). "Brown and Harvard Triumph; Crimson Sets Back Penn, 21 to 3". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ Dell, John (November 9, 1975). "Wixted Hurt Again in Penn Loss". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-E – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ McGowen, Deane (November 16, 1975). "Columbia Subdues Penn Eleven, 28-25". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S8.
  10. ^ Dell, John (November 23, 1975). "Penn Stops Cornell as Graustein Stars". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 8D – via Newspapers.com.


Stub icon

This college football 1970s season article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1975_Penn_Quakers_football_team&oldid=1240712919"