1983 Penn Quakers football team

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]

1983 Penn Quakers football
Ivy League co-champion
ConferenceIvy League
1983 record6–3–1 (5–1–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Marc Hembrough
  • Bill Lista
Home stadiumFranklin Field
1983 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Harvard + 5 –1 –1  6 –2 –2
Penn + 5 –1 –1  6 –3 –1
Brown 4 –2 –1  4 –5 –1
Dartmouth 4 –2 –1  4 –5 –1
Cornell 3 –3 –1  3 –6 –1
Princeton 2 –5 –0  4 –6 –0
Columbia 1 –5 –1  1 –7 –2
Yale 1 –6 –0  1 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

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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