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1973 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–3 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorOtto Kneidinger (3rd season)
Captains
  • Jim Bumgardner
  • Glenn Casey
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons← 19721974 →
1973 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth $ 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Harvard 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Penn 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Yale 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Brown 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 1
Cornell 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Columbia 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
Princeton 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1973 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania as a member of the Ivy League during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. In their third year under head coach Harry Gamble, the Quakers compiled an overall record of 6–3 with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for second in the Ivy League. Jim Bumgardner and Glenn Casey were the team captains. Penn played home games at Franklin Field, adjacent to the university's campus in Philadelphia.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Lafayette*L 14–1610,000
October 6BrownW 28–2010,991
October 13at DartmouthW 22–1617,800
October 19Lehigh*
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 27–2015,500–17,800
October 26at PrincetonW 24–021,000
November 3Harvard
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 30–3437,167
November 10at YaleL 21–2423,458
November 17at ColumbiaW 42–85,330
November 24Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 31–2224,559
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. Dell, John (September 30, 1973). "Lafayette Stuns Penn on Thaw FG, 16-14". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-B – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Penn Makes Mistakes, but Tops Brown, 28-20". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 7, 1973. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Keese, Parton (October 14, 1973). "Penn Tops Dartmouth, 22-16". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S10.
  4. McGowen, Deane (October 20, 1973). "Penn Downs Lehigh, 27-20, for 34th Time in a Row". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 68.
  5. "Final 1973 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Lehigh)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  6. Keese, Parton (October 28, 1973). "Penn Drubs Princeton and Leads Ivy League". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S3.
  7. Strauss, Michael (November 4, 1973). "Harvard Conquers Penn with a Late Pass, 34-30". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. "Yale Wins as a Pass Fools Penn". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 11, 1973. p. S4.
  9. Strauss, Michael (November 18, 1973). "Yale and Penn Triumph; Columbia Routed, 42-8". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. McGowen, Deane (November 25, 1973). "Penn Wins, 31-22; Quakers Down Cornell". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S4.
  11. "1973 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
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