1988 Penn Quakers football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1988 Penn Quakers football Ivy League Ivy 9–1 6–1 Ivy League co-champion Ed Zubrow 3rd Dick Maloney 3rd Dan Bauer Tom Gizzi Franklin Field The 1988 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Penn won a share of the Ivy League championship, its fifth of the past six years. Background During its third and final year under head coach Ed Zubrow, the Quakers compiled a 9–1 record and outscored opponents 269 to 208.Football Fact Book: All-Time Year-by-Year University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pa. 158 June 20, 2020 https://pennathletics.com/sports/2019/8/25/football-fact-book.aspx Dan Bauer and Tom Gizzi were the team captains.Football Fact Book: All-Time Team Captains University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pa. 98 June 20, 2020 https://pennathletics.com/sports/2019/8/25/football-fact-book.aspx Penn's 6–1 conference record tied with Cornell atop the Ivy League standings. The Quakers outscored Ivy opponents 182 to 75.https://ivyleague.com/documents/2017/8/23/3_Year_By_Year_History_2017.pdf?id=2998 Ivy League Football Media Guide Year-by-Year History Ivy League Princeton, N.J. 2017 July 10, 2020 32–33 Penn's only loss was to its co-champion, Cornell, in the last week of the year. Before its last two games, Penn appeared in the weekly top 20 national rankings, at No. 19 in the poll released November 8 and at No. 14 in the poll of November 15. Following the loss to Cornell, Penn dropped out of the rankings, and was not ranked at season's end. Penn played its home games at Franklin Field adjacent to the university's campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Schedule y y y the latest NCAA Division I-AA poll released prior to the game September 17 @ Dartmouth Memorial Field Hanover, NH W 33 27 7,917 Penn Gives Dartmouth the Slip, 33-27 Bob Reinert September 18, 1988 55 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57450940/1988-dartmouth-penn/ September 24 Bucknell<ncg> Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 38 35 9,456 Quakers Outlast Bucknell, 38-35 M.G. Missanelli September 25, 1988 9-D The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57452520/1988-bucknell-penn/ October 1 Columbia Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 24 10 11,640 Penn Extends Columbia's Streak of Defeats to 44 M.G. Missanelli October 2, 1988 13-E The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57460439/1988-columbia-penn/ October 8 @ Brown Brown Stadium Providence, RI W 10 0 1,400 Defense Does Its Part as Penn Smothers Brown, 10-0 Joe Juliano October 9, 1988 11-E The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57468579/1988-brown-penn/ October 15 Colgate<ncg> Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 33 22 9,700 Penn Survives Colgate Rally and Wins, 33-22 Joe Juliano October 16, 1988 1-E The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57482987/1988-colgate-penn/ October 22 Yale Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 10 3 28,279 Defense Carries Quakers; Penn Sends Yale to a 10-3 Defeat Joe Juliano October 23, 1988 1-C The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57485095/1988-penn-yale/ October 29 @ Princeton Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry) W 31 23 24,500 Penn Cracks Tigers Bob Knobelman October 30, 1988 F1 The Home News New Brunswick, N.J. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57487321/1988-penn-princeton/ November 5 @ #18 Lafayette<ncg> Fisher Field Easton, PA W 31 17 3,500 Slide Continues for Lafayette with a 31-17 Defeat by Penn Terry Larimer November 6, 1988 C3 The Morning Call Allentown, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57502318/1988-lafayette-penn/ November 12 Harvard Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry) W 52 13 37,612 Harvard Punished by Penn Joe Concannon November 13, 1988 81 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57503804/1988-harvard-penn/ November 19 @ Cornell Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry) L 6 19 18,000 Penn Is Denied a Perfect Ending Joe Juliano November 20, 1988 1-D The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57504692/1988-cornell-penn/ References Penn Category:Penn Quakers football seasons Category:Ivy League football champion seasons Penn Quakers football