1998 Penn Quakers football team

The 1998 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. A year after having to forfeit all of its Ivy League wins, Penn won the conference championship in 1998.

1998 Penn Quakers football
Ivy League champion
ConferenceIvy League
1998 record8–2 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Jim Finn
  • Joe Piela
Home stadiumFranklin Field
1998 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Penn $  6 –1     8 –2  
Brown  5 –2     7 –3  
Yale  5 –2     6 –4  
Princeton  4 –3     5 –5  
Columbia  3 –4     4 –6  
Harvard  3 –4     4 –6  
Cornell  1 –6     4 –6  
Dartmouth  1 –6     2 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion

In their seventh year under head coach Al Bagnoli, the Quakers compiled an 8–2 record and outscored opponents 297 to 212.[1] Jim Finn and Joe Piela were the team captains.[2]

Penn's 6–1 conference record topped the Ivy League standings. The Quakers outscored Ivy opponents 225 to 137 by Ivy opponents.[3]

Penn played its home games at Franklin Field adjacent to the university's campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19 at Dartmouth
W 17–14 8,519 [4]
September 26 Richmond*
L 18–34 5,309 [5]
October 3 Bucknell*
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–10 10,809 [6]
October 10 at Fordham*
W 34–31 3,424 [7]
October 17 Columbia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–0 8,108 [8]
October 24 at Brown
L 51–58 4,438 [9]
October 31 Yale
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 34–21 20,875 [10]
November 7 at Princeton
W 27–14 20,230 [11]
November 14 Harvard
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 41–10 14,909 [12]
November 21 at Cornell
W 35–21 4,633 [13]
  • *Non-conference game

References
  1. "Football Fact Book: All-Time Year-by-Year". Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania. p. 159. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "Football Fact Book: All-Time Team Captains". Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania. p. 98. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 37–38. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  4. Monahan, Bob (September 20, 1998). "Penn, Finn Slip Past Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D17 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Smith, Marcia C. (September 27, 1998). "Turnovers and Breakdowns Cost Penn in Loss to Richmond". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C11 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Juliano, Joe (October 4, 1998). "Picture-Perfect Runback Propels Penn". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Penn Holds Off Fordham for Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. October 11, 1998. p. C6 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Juliano, Joe (October 18, 1998). "Quakers Keep Columbia Quiet". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C8 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Finn Gets 6 TDs in Penn Loss". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. October 25, 1998. p. C6 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Juliano, Joe (November 1, 1998). "Penn's Defense Rebounds, Leads Way in Win Over Yale". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C10 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Finnegan, Tara (November 8, 1998). "Season Disappears in Five Minutes". Home News Tribune. New Brunswick, N.J. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Juliano, Joe (November 15, 1998). "Quakers Crush Crimson, Clinch Tie for Ivy Crown". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C9 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. Juliano, Joe (November 22, 1998). "Quakers Top Big Red, Stand Alone as Ivy League Champions". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com.
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