Penn Quakers

The Penn Quakers are the athletic teams of the University of Pennsylvania. The school sponsors 27 varsity sports. The school has won three NCAA national championships in men's fencing and one in women's fencing.

Men's varsity sports

Baseball

Men's basketball

Men's crew

Men's fencing

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 16 Ivy League Football Championships.(1959, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012). 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

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.

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Harvard Women’s Lacrosse Stuns No. 14 Penn on Home Turf

The Harvard Crimson 06 Apr 2025
14 Penn Quakers ... The victory marks Harvard’s third win over a ranked opponent, and its first triumph over the Quakers since 2022 ... Harvard’s offense, on the other hand, had a very successful first quarter and was able to outshoot the Quakers 8-6.

College Wrap: Tiroly, Poliey help Rider baseball take 2 of 3 from Mount St. Mary’s

The Trentonian 05 Apr 2025
The Broncs (18-9, 10-5) are tied for second in the MAAC ... Penn 7, Princeton 6. PHILADELPHIARyan Taylor singled in the winning run in the bottom of the 12th and the Quakers (13-12, 7-2) completed a three-game sweep of the Tigers (7-22, 4-5) ... Softball.

What Parents of Any Faith—Or None—Can Learn From Quakers

The Atlantic 03 Apr 2025
Early Quaker epistles inveigh against permissiveness, and a 1939 text, Children & Quakerism, quotes William Penn, the Quaker who founded Pennsylvania, saying, “If God give you children, love them with ...

No. 8 Maryland women’s lacrosse rallies past Arizona State | ROUNDUP

Baltimore Sun 03 Apr 2025
14 Penn 13, No ... After trailing by as many as four goals, the visiting Terps tied the score twice in the fourth quarter on Monday, but Keeley Block scored the go-ahead goal with 24 seconds left for the Quakers (6-3).

College basketball coaching changes: Maryland quickly hires Buzz Williams after Kevin Willard's messy exit

CBS Sports 02 Apr 2025
DeChellis was also a head coach previously at East Tennessee State and Penn State, totaling for 29 seasons and 415 wins, making him one of just seven coaches active this past season with at least 100 wins at three schools ... Penn .

Caroline Mullahy Sets Ivy League Assist Record as Harvard Women’s Lacrosse Falls to No. 21 Brown

The Harvard Crimson 30 Mar 2025
15 University of Pennsylvania Quakers, who are currently undefeated in the Ivy League after dominating Columbia 18-7 on Saturday ... Penn also beat No ... Harvard faces off against the the Penn Quakers at Jordan Field at noon on Apr.

High school basketball: Lehigh Valley Senior All-Star Classic salutes great players, great teams

The Morning Call 30 Mar 2025
Hall of Fame honorees ... She went on to score 1,000 points at Penn, where she helped the Quakers win Big 5 and Ivy League titles and received numerous team honors including defensive player of the year, impact player of the year and Miss Intangible ... .

Welcome home: Fran McCaffery tabbed as coach at Penn

Carrollton Leader 28 Mar 2025
McCaffery, 65, played for the Quakers from 1979-82 and served as an assistant coach for the program for one season after graduating from Penn's Wharton School ... Donahue owned a 131-130 record during his nine seasons with the Quakers.

College Basketball: Fran McCaffery returns to alma mater as head coach

The Record 28 Mar 2025
McCaffery replaces Delaware County native Steve Donahue, who was fired March 10 after nine seasons in charge of the Quakers ... The Quakers went 36-6 in the Ivy League and 54-30 overall in his time at Penn.

Penn hires ex-Iowa coach McCaffery

Calhoun Times 28 Mar 2025
Penn turned to former Quakers player Fran McCaffery as its coach, two weeks after he was fired at Iowa in a season where the Hawkeyes won their fewest games and had their lowest Big Ten regular-season finish in seven years ....

Report: Penn set to hire former Iowa coach Fran McCaffery

Knoxville Daily Sun 27 Mar 2025
McCaffery, who is a Penn alum and played for the Quakers from 1979-82, spent the past 15 seasons at Iowa and is the winningest coach in the history of the program, with 297 wins ... Penn's Wharton School.

Penn hires former Iowa coach Fran McCaffery to lift fallen program back into Ivy contention

Baltimore Sun 27 Mar 2025
Penn fired Steve Donahue earlier this month after the Quakers went 8-19 in his ninth season on the job. McCaffery played three seasons with the Quakers and led the Ivy League in assists (105) and steals (51) as a senior in 1981-82.

Ex-Iowa basketball coach returning to Ivy League to lead alma mater

Michigan Live 27 Mar 2025
McCaffery was fired by Iowa after 15 seasons on March 14 while Penn fired Steve Donahue earlier this month after the Quakers went 8-19 in his ninth season on the job ... His coaching career also began at Penn, where he served as an assistant in 1983.

Penn hires former Iowa basketball coach Fran McCaffery

Des Moines Register 27 Mar 2025
IOWA CITYPenn has hired former Iowa basketball coach Fran McCaffery as its next head coach, it was announced Thursday. McCaffery is a graduate of Penn ... McCaffery, 65, has found that opportunity at Penn.

Penn hires Fran McCaffery: Ex-Iowa coach returns to alma mater in splashy Ivy League coaching move

CBS Sports 27 Mar 2025
Penn is hiring former Iowa coach Fran McCaffery as its next basketball coach, the school announced Thursday. McCaffery, 65, graduated from Penn in 1982 and began his coaching career there as an assistant.
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