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2017 Penn Quakers football team

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2017 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–4 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJohn Reagan (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorBob Benson (3rd season)
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 24 Yale $   6 1     9 1  
Columbia   5 2     8 2  
Dartmouth   5 2     8 2  
Penn   4 3     6 4  
Harvard   3 4     5 5  
Cornell   3 4     3 7  
Princeton   2 5     5 5  
Brown   0 7     2 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Ray Priore. They played their home games at Franklin Field. They are a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 6–4 overall and 4–3 in Ivy League play to place fourth . Penn averaged 5,274 fans per game.

Schedule

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The 2017 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Quakers hosted Ivy League foes Dartmouth, Yale, Princeton, and Cornell, and traveled to Columbia, Brown, and Harvard. Homecoming coincided with the game against Princeton on November 4.[1]

In 2017, Penn's non-conference opponents were Ohio Dominican of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (Division II), Lehigh of the Patriot League and Central Connecticut of the Northeast Conference.[2]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 161:00 p.m.Ohio Dominican*CSN-PW 42–243,009
September 2312:30 p.m.at Lehigh*SE2W 65–475,060
September 297:00 p.m.DartmouthNBCSNL 13–164,023
October 71:00 p.m.at Central Connecticut*NECFRL 21–424,917
October 141:30 p.m.at ColumbiaELVNL 31–34 OT13,081
October 211:00 p.m.Yale
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
NBCS PH+L 19–246,408
October 2812:30 p.m.at BrownELVNW 17–72,008
November 41:00 p.m.Princetondagger
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
NBCS PHW 38–359,073
November 11Noonat HarvardNESN+W 23–610,122
November 181:30 p.m.Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
ELVNW 29–223,861

Game summaries

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Ohio Dominican

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Ohio Dominican vs. Penn – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ohio Dominican 7 3 7724
Penn 0 7 211442

at Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA

  • Date: September 16
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 84 °F (29 °C); clear, sunny
  • Game attendance: 3,009
  • Referee: J. Gensiejewski
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Lehigh

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Penn vs. Lehigh – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Penn 14 21 141665
Lehigh 14 14 71247

at Goodman StadiumBethlehem, PA

  • Date: September 23
  • Game time: 12:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 83 °F (28 °C); sunny, hot
  • Game attendance: 5,060
  • Referee: W. Boyd
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Dartmouth

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Dartmouth vs. Penn – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Dartmouth 0 10 0616
Penn 0 7 3313

at Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA

  • Date: September 30
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 4,023
  • Box Score
Game information
Second quarter
  • DART – Hunter Hagdorn, 12 yard pass from Jack Heneghan (David Smith XP good), 13:06 (DART 7–0)
  • PENN – Justin Watson, 6 yard pass from Fischer-Colbrie (Jack Soslow XP good), 1:20 (TIE 7–7)
  • DART – Smith, 43 yard field goal, 0:00 (DART 10–7)
Third quarter
  • PENN – Soslow, 31 yard field goal, 0:30 (TIE 10–10)
Fourth quarter
  • PENN – Soslow, 27 yard field goal, 5:37 (PENN 13–10)
  • DART – Jared Gerbino, 1 yard run, 0:00 (DART 16–13)

Central Connecticut

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Penn vs. Central Connecticut – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Penn 0 21 0021
Central Connecticut 14 14 7742

at Arute FieldNew Britain, CT

  • Date: October 7
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 75 °F (24 °C); overcast, humid
  • Game attendance: 4,917
  • Referee: C. Vaccaro
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Columbia

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Penn vs. Columbia – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34OTTotal
Penn 7 7 77331
Columbia 0 7 021634

at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien StadiumNew York City, NY

  • Date: October 14
  • Game time: 1:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 69 °F (21 °C); mix of clouds and sun
  • Game attendance: 13,081
  • Referee: M. Sechrist
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Yale

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Yale vs. Penn – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Yale 7 11 0624
Penn 7 3 0919

at Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA

  • Date: October 21
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C); sunny
  • Game attendance: 6,408
  • Referee: T. Marcella
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Brown

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Penn vs. Brown – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Penn 14 3 0017
Brown 7 0 007

at Brown StadiumProvidence, RI

  • Date: October 28
  • Game time: 12:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C); partly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 2,008
  • Referee: M. Overton
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Princeton

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Princeton vs. Penn – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Princeton 7 0 141435
Penn 7 10 71438

at Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA

  • Date: November 4
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: About 55 °F (13 °C); brisk fall day
  • Game attendance: 9,073
  • Referee: C. Jebran
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Harvard

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Penn vs. Harvard – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Penn 7 3 10323
Harvard 0 3 306

at Harvard StadiumBoston, MA

  • Date: November 11
  • Game time: Noon
  • Game weather: 38 °F (3 °C); sunny, breezy
  • Game attendance: 10,122
  • Referee: W. Boyd
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Cornell

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Cornell vs. Penn – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Cornell 10 0 6622
Penn 7 14 0829

at Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA

  • Date: November 18
  • Game time: 1:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 51 °F (11 °C); overcast
  • Game attendance: 3,861
  • Referee: H. Wimber
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
  • COR – Nickolas Null, 32 yard field goal, 9:39 (COR 3–0)
  • PENN – Karekin Brooks, 38 yard run (Jack Soslow XP good), 5:37 (PENN 7–3)
  • COR – Collin Shaw, 35 yard pass from Dalton Banks (Null XP good), 2:08 (COR 10–7)
Second quarter
  • PENN – Brooks, 6 yard run (Soslow XP good), 11:14 (PENN 14–10)
  • PENN – Justin Watson, 22 yard pass from Fischer-Colbrie (Soslow XP good), 0:24 (PENN 21–10)
Third quarter
  • COR – Mac Pope, 3 yard run (2-pt. conversion failed), 4:37 (PENN 21–16)
Fourth quarter
  • COR – Banks, 1 yard run (2-pt. conversion failed), 13:46 (COR 22–21)
  • PENN – Tre Solomon, 3 yard run (2-pt. conversion good), 2:06 (PENN 29–22)

2018 NFL Draft

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Player Team Round Pick # Position
Justin Watson Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5th 144 WR

References

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  1. ^ "Penn Alumni - Homecoming". University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  2. ^ "Penn Quakers Scores and Schedules". Penn Athletics. Archived from the original on 27 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.