1982 Penn Quakers football team

The 1982 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Penn was one of three co-champions of the Ivy League.

1982 Penn Quakers football
Ivy League co-champion
ConferenceIvy League
Record7–3 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Michael Christiani
  • Chris DiMaria
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1981
1983 →
1982 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard + 5 2 0 7 3 0
Penn + 5 2 0 7 3 0
Dartmouth + 5 2 0 5 5 0
Princeton 3 4 0 3 7 0
Yale 3 4 0 4 6 0
Brown 3 4 0 5 5 0
Cornell 3 4 0 4 6 0
Columbia 1 6 0 1 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

In their second year under head coach Jerry Berndt, the Quakers compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents 221 to 192.[1] Tom Roland and Boris Radisic were the team captains.[2]

Penn's 5–2 conference put it in a three-way tie atop the Ivy League standings. The Quakers outscored Ivy opponents 160 to 127.[3] Penn won the head-to-head matchups with its co-champions, defeating Dartmouth in the first week of the season and beating Harvard in the second-to-last. Some argue this placed them at the top of the league.

This was Penn's first year in Division I-AA, after having competed in the top-level Division I-A and its predecessors since 1876.

After starting the year with three wins, the Quakers made several appearances in the weekly Division I-AA top 20 rankings. They were ranked No. 17 for the last week of the Ivy League season, but were unranked in the final rankings, which were released after their season-ending loss to Cornell.

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

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18 at Dartmouth W 21–0 8,500 [4]
September 25 Lehigh*
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–17 11,154 [5]
October 2 Columbia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 51–31 13,563 [6]
October 9 at Brown No. 16 W 24–21 6,500 [7]
October 16 at Lafayette* No. 10 L 20–35 10,000 [8]
October 23 Yale No. 17
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 27–14 32,175 [9]
October 30 at Princeton No. 14 L 14–17 20,249 [10]
November 6 No. 12 Colgate*
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 21–13 12,212 [11]
November 13 Harvard
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 23–21 34,746 [12]
November 20 at Cornell No. 17 L 0–23 9,500 [13]

References

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  1. ^ "Football Fact Book: All-Time Year-by-Year". Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania. p. 158. 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. p. 30. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  4. ^ Reinert, Bob (September 19, 1982). "Penn Shuts Off Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Newman, Chuck (September 26, 1982). "Penn's 3d-Quarter Rally Topples Lehigh, 20-17". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-E – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Livingston, Bill (October 3, 1982). "Penn Stays Unbeaten, Whips Columbia, 51-31". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-E – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Concannon, Joe (October 10, 1982). "Brown Lets Penn Slip Home". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 39 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Livingston, Bill (October 17, 1982). "Penn Streak Halted, 35-20, by Lafayette". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-E – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ O'Connell, Mike (October 24, 1982). "Rubin, Penn Trip Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 83 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Logan, Joe (October 31, 1982). "Late FG by Princeton Gives Penn 1st Ivy Loss". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 1-E, 14-E – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Newman, Chuck (November 7, 1982). "Quakers Steal a 21-13 Victory from Colgate". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 9-E, 14-E – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Logan, Joe (November 14, 1982). "Penn Trips Harvard, Clinches Tie for Title". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-E – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Logan, Joe (November 21, 1982). "Penn Falls to Cornell, Settles for Third of Title". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-E – via Newspapers.com.