Penn Quakers

The Penn Quakers are the athletic teams of the University of Pennsylvania. The school sponsors 33 varsity sports. The school has won three NCAA national championships in men's fencing and one in women's fencing.

Penn Quakers
UniversityUniversity of Pennsylvania
ConferenceIvy League
Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges
NCAADivision I
Athletic directorGrace Calhoun
LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Varsity teams33 teams [1]
Football stadiumFranklin Field
Basketball arenaPalestra
Ice hockey arenaClass of 1923 Arena
Baseball stadiumMeiklejohn Stadium
Soccer stadiumRhodes Field
Lacrosse stadiumFranklin Field
NatatoriumSheerr Pool
NicknameQuakers, The Red and the Blue
Fight songFight on, Pennsylvania! and The Red and the Blue
ColorsPenn Red and Penn Blue[2]
   
Websitewww.pennathletics.com
Penn cheerleaders at a football game in 2019
The Quaker mascot in 2019

Men's varsity sports

Baseball
See also: Meiklejohn Stadium and College baseball

Mark DeRosa played varsity baseball for the Penn Quakers from 1994 to 1996.

Men's basketball
Main article: Penn Quakers men's basketball

Men's crew
Main article: College Boat Club
See also: College rowing (United States), Dad Vail Regatta, Boathouse Row, and Intercollegiate sports team champions § Rowing

Men's fencing
See also: NCAA Fencing team championship and Penn Quakers fencing

Football
Main article: Penn Quakers football

The football team has competed since 1876. It has won eighteen national championships when the school competed in what is now known as the FBS. Since the formation of the Ivy League in 1956, Penn has won 17 Ivy League Football Championships.(1959, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015). Penn has been outright Ivy Football Champion 13 times and been undefeated 8 times.[3] Eighteen former players have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

In addition to the varsity squad, the Penn Quakers are a charter member of the Collegiate Sprint Football League, having played the sport since 1934.

Men's lacrosse
Main article: Penn Quakers men's lacrosse
See also: Ivy League men's lacrosse and College lacrosse and Lacrosse in Pennsylvania

Men's soccer
Main article: Penn Quakers men's soccer

Before the NCAA began its tournament in 1959, the annual national champion was declared by the Intercollegiate Association Football League (IAFL) — from 1911 to 1926 — and then the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association (ISFA), from 1927 to 1958. From 1911 to 1958, Penn won ten national championships.

Men's squash
Main article: Penn Quakers men's squash

The University of Pennsylvania features one of the fastest rising men's squash programs in the nation, reaching new heights in 2020 by finishing as national runners up. The feat marked the first such occasion in program history.

Men's swimming

The Penn men's swimming team was founded in 1894. They have won the Ivy League championships five times: in 1940; 1964–65; 1967–68; 1969–70; and 1970-71. Penn's swim team practices and competes at Sheerr Pool in the Pottruck fitness facility.

Wrestling

Penn Quaker Wrestling dates back to 1905, where the first intercollegiate wrestling championship was held in Weightman Hall Gym located on University of Penn campus. Princeton, Yale and Columbia joined Penn in founding the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA), which the team currently competes in. Coached by Hall of Fame coach and Penn alumnus Roger Reina C'84. The Penn Quaker Wrestling team currently competes in the historic Palestra Arena.

Women's varsity sports

Women's basketball
Main article: Penn Quakers women's basketball

Penn has won the Ivy League title in 2001, 2004, 2014, 2016, and 2017.

Women's crew
Main article: College Boat Club
See also: College rowing (United States), Dad Vail Regatta, Boathouse Row, and Intercollegiate sports team champions § Rowing

Women's fencing
See also: NCAA Fencing team championship

Championships

NCAA team championships

Penn has 4 NCAA team national championships.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Athletics & Recreation | Penn Admissions". admissions.upenn.edu.
  2. "Logo & Branding Standards". University of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on July 23, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  3. Early American Football Style College Champions: 1882/83 - 1890/91. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
  4. "Stats" (PDF). fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
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