Pennsylvania Quakers
IvyPhiladelphia, PAFranklin Field
2026: 2–3 (0–2 Ivy). Last: lost to Columbia 28–27 at home. Next: Yale, Friday, Oct 23, 7 p.m. ET.
- W 20–7at Bucknell
- L 7–20Lehigh
- L 10–14at Dartmouth
- W 24–20Howard
- L 27–28Columbia
- Oct 23Yale
- Oct 31at Brown
- Nov 7at Cornell
- Nov 14Harvard
- Nov 21at Princeton
Pennsylvania has played football since at least 1876 and is 750–464–40 in the 1,254 games on record. Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 7, in 1947. They have won 18 Ivy League titles (the last in 2016), counting shared titles. Since 1937, the NFL Draft has taken 20 players from here in its first seven rounds, 2 of them in the first round. The AAFC draft also took five players from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 17 players and 5 coaches from Pennsylvania. George Woodruff (1892–1901) won more games here than any other coach: 124. The most-played rival is Cornell: 110 meetings, Pennsylvania leads 65–40–5. This season, they’re 2–3.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 888–523–42 official; 750–464–40 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–1 matches the official bowl record
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 82 ranked
- Elo now
- 1314
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 74 · Composite No. 56 in FCS, Oct 17; down 18 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 18 last in 2016
- Seasons
- 132 since 1876, 1,254 games
Identity
- Fight song
- Fight on, Pennsylvania!
- Band
- The University of Pennsylvania Band since 1897, 107 members
2026 season 2–3
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | at Bucknell | W 20–7 | 55% |
| Sep 26 | vs Lehigh | L 7–20 | 34% |
| Oct 3 | at Dartmouth | L 10–14 | 41% |
| Oct 10 | vs Howard | W 24–20 | 68% |
| Oct 16 | vs Columbia | L 27–28 | 62% |
| Oct 23 | vs Yale | Preview | 47% |
| Oct 31 | at Brown | Preview | 46% |
| Nov 7 | at Cornell | Preview | 39% |
| Nov 14 | vs Harvard | Preview | 33% |
| Nov 21 | at Princeton | Preview | 37% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Miles Teodecki607 passing yards, 2 TD (leads Pennsylvania in passing yards)
- Zach Darche46 tackles, 1 sack (leads Pennsylvania in tackles)
- Mason Page24 catches, 301 yards, 2 TD (leads Pennsylvania in receiving yards)
- Karson Siqueiros-Lasky600 passing yards, 4 TD (leads Pennsylvania in passing touchdowns)
- Isaac Lee21 catches, 266 yards, 1 TD
- Cole Olsztyn29 tackles
Program greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Pennsylvania.
Chuck BednarikHall of Fame, 1969- Bob OdellHall of Fame, 1992
- Truxtun HareHall of Fame, 1951
- Charles GelbertHall of Fame, 1960
Leroy MercerHall of Fame, 1955
Bill HollenbackHall of Fame, 1951- Charles WhartonHall of Fame, 1963
- John H. OutlandHall of Fame, 2000
- Reds BagnellHall of Fame, 1977
Skip MinisiHall of Fame, 1985- George SavitskyHall of Fame, 1991
- Vince StevensonHall of Fame, 1968
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Program strength since 1876
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Jerry Berndt | 1981 | 1–9 |
| John Stiegman | 1960–1964 | 12–33 |
| George Munger | 1938–1953 | 82–42–10 |
 Harvey Harman | 1931–1937 | 31–23–2 |
 John Heisman | 1920–1922 | 16–10–2 |
| George Brooke | 1913–1915 | 13–12–4 |
 Sol Metzger | 1908 | 11–0–1 |
| George Woodruff | 1892–1901 | 124–15–2 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Cornell
65–40–5 in 110
- 2015 W 34–21
- 2016 W 42–20
- 2017 W 29–22
- 2018 W 20–7
- 2019 W 21–20
- 2021 L 12–15
- 2022 W 28–21
- 2023 W 23–8
- 2024 W 67–49
- 2025 L 17–39
Lost the last one.
Next: Nov 7
- Princeton
31–63–1 in 95
- 2015 W 26–23
- 2016 L 0–28
- 2017 W 38–35
- 2018 L 14–42
- 2019 L 7–28
- 2021 L 14–34
- 2022 W 20–19
- 2023 L 24–31
- 2024 L 17–20
- 2025 W 17–6
Won the last one.
Next: Nov 21
- Columbia
61–22–1 in 84
- 2016 W 35–10
- 2017 L 31–34
- 2018 W 13–10
- 2019 L 6–44
- 2021 L 14–23
- 2022 W 34–14
- 2023 W 20–17
- 2024 L 17–23
- 2025 W 35–21
- 2026 L 27–28
Lost the last one.
| Opponent | Games | PENN record |
|---|---|---|
| Cornell | 110 | 65–40–5 |
| Princeton | 95 | 31–63–1 |
| Columbia | 84 | 61–22–1 |
| Lafayette | 80 | 55–21–4 |
| Harvard | 74 | 25–47–2 |
| Dartmouth | 72 | 34–36–2 |
| Brown | 72 | 50–21–1 |
| Yale | 70 | 24–45–1 |
Rivals the program names: Cornell, Harvard, Princeton.
Every opponent (92)
Every program Pennsylvania has played, A to Z, with Pennsylvania’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Alabama 0–1
- Albright 2–0
- Amherst 1–0
- Army 4–13–2
- Brown 50–21–1
- Bucknell 27–2
- California 0–7
- Carlisle 13–6–2
- Carnegie Mellon 1–0
- Central Connecticut 1–1
- Centre 1–0
- Chicago 6–1–1
- Chicago A.C. 2–0
- Colgate 3–0
- Columbia 61–22–1
- Columbia A.C. 2–0
- Cornell 65–40–5
- Crescent A.C. 7–0
- Dartmouth 34–36–2
- Delaware 3–3
- Dickinson 8–0
- Drexel 1–0
- Duke 1–1
- Duquesne 2–0
- Duquesne A.C. 1–0
- Falls of Schuylkill 1–0
- Fordham 1–3
- Franklin & Marshall 34–1
- George Washington 0–2
- Georgetown 7–0–1
- Georgia 0–1
- Georgia Pre-Flight 0–1
- Georgia Tech 2–1
- Gettysburg 18–0–1
- Harvard 25–47–2
- Haverford 8–0
- Howard 1–0
- Illinois 0–2
- Jacksonville 0–1
- Johns Hopkins 5–0
- Kansas 1–0
- Lafayette 55–21–4
- Lakehurst NAS 1–0
- Lehigh 45–12
- Mansfield 1–0
- Marist 1–0
- Maryland 4–1
- Medico-Chirurgical 1–0
- Michigan 8–11–2
- Navy 22–21–4
- North Carolina 4–2
- Notre Dame 0–5–1
- Ohio State 0–3
- Orange A.C. 1–0
- Oregon 0–1
- Penn State 25–18–4
- Pennsylvania Alumni 6–0–1
- Pennsylvania Military 3–0
- Philadelphia All-Stars 4–0–1
- Philadelphia Naval Yard 0–1
- Pittsburgh 1–10–1
- Princeton 31–63–1
- Richmond 0–1
- Rutgers 10–6
- Sacred Heart 2–0
- San Diego 1–0
- Schuylkill Navy 2–0
- Sewanee 1–0
- St. Joseph’s (Pennsylvania) 1–0
- Stevens 5–0–1
- Stonehill 1–0
- Swarthmore 30–4–1
- Tioga 3–0
- Trinity (CT) 1–0
- Ursinus 8–2
- USS Minnesota 1–0
- Vanderbilt 1–0
- Villanova 6–12
- Vineland 1–0
- Virginia 15–1
- Virginia Tech 1–1
- VMI 1–1
- Volunteer A.C. 1–0
- Washington & Jefferson 1–0
- Washington and Lee 1–0
- Wesleyan (CT) 9–3
- West Virginia 5–0
- West Virginia Wesleyan 1–0
- William & Mary 1–4
- Williams 2–0
- Wisconsin 2–2
- Yale 24–45–1
Conference titles
18, counting shared titlesAs the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1876 and 1878–1955
- Ivy League 1982–2019 and since 2021
Pennsylvania’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).
National award winners
All awards| 1950 | Reds Bagnell RB | Maxwell |
| 1948 | Chuck Bednarik C/LB | Maxwell |
| 1943 | Bob Odell RB | Maxwell |
Consensus All-Americans 47
Led the nation 1
| 1947 | Skip Minisi kickoff return average (28.8) |
The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.
Heisman runners-up and finalists
The votes| 1950 | Reds Bagnell RB | 3rd |
| 1948 | Chuck Bednarik C | 3rd |
| 1943 | Bob Odell RB | 2nd |
Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 17
- Coaches
- 5
| 2000 | John H. Outland OT/RB |
| 1992 | Bob Odell RB |
| 1991 | George Savitsky OT |
| 1991 | Hunter Scarlett E |
| 1985 | Skip Minisi RB |
| 1981 | Harvey Harman coach here, 1931–1937 |
| 1979 | Ed McGinley OT |
| 1977 | Reds Bagnell RB |
| 1976 | George Munger coach here, 1938–1953 |
| 1971 | Robert Torrey OG |
| 1970 | Winchester Osgood RB |
| 1969 | Chuck Bednarik C/LB |
| 1968 | Vince Stevenson QB |
| 1963 | Charles Wharton OG |
| 1963 | George Washington Woodruff coach here, 1892–1901 |
| 1962 | John Minds FB |
| 1960 | Charles Gelbert E |
| 1955 | Leroy Mercer FB |
| 1954 | John Heisman coach here, 1920–1922 |
| 1951 | Andy Smith coach, career 1909–1925 |
| 1951 | Bill Hollenback FB/E |
| 1951 | Truxtun Hare OG |
In the draft
By college- NFL picks, rounds 1–7
- 20 since 1937
- First-round picks
- 2
- AAFC picks
- 5 1947–49
| 1949 | Chuck Bednarik C | No. 1, Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1948 | Skip Minisi RB | No. 2, New York Giants |
| 1948 | Tony Minisi B | No. 1, Chicago Rockets (AAFC) |
The school
University of Pennsylvania- Enrollment
- 29,109 11,478 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Public or private
- Private nonprofit; Research 1
- Founded
- 1740
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $111,371 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Old photographs
Norman Barr, Penn.Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication 
Jamison, Penn.Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication 
Dutton, Penn.Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication 
Fenner, Penn.Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication 
Harrington (Penn)Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication
From the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. The records don’t give these a season; those they date are on their seasons’ pages.
On the newsreel
- PRINCETON "EDGES" PENN (51-0)
- DARTMOUTH DOWNS PENN 24 to 19
- RUTGERS REMAINS UNDEFEATED
- PENN-NAVY
- PRINCETON-PENN
- FOOTBALL! — PRINCETON-PENN
- CALIFORNIA-PENN
- ARMY TOPPLES PENN
- CALIFORNIA TOPS PENN
- FOOTBALL!— ARMY EDGES PENN (ARMY 14, PENN 13
And 19 more
- FOOTBALL—PENN "SINKS" NAVY, 28-7
- ARMY OVERTAKES PENN
- PENN STATE TOPPLES PENN
- PENN TOPS COLUMBIA, 20-14
- PENN 26, DARTMOUTH 13
- ARMY AND PENN TIE
- PENN
- PENN DEFEATS PRINCETON
- PENN DOWNS NAVY, 21-0
- ARMY AND NOTRE DAME IN GRID TRIUMPHS
- PENN ROUTS DARTMOUTH
- NAVY 14, PENN 7
- PENN OVERTAKES CORNELL, 22-20
- PENN "BLITZES" THE ARMY, 48-0
- MICHIGAN CONQUERS PENN, 14-0
- GRIDIRON THRILLS OF THE WEEK
- NEW STARS RISE IN GRID SKY
- PRINCETON NOSES OUT PENN
- NOTRE DAME SINKS PENNSYLVANIA IN 60-20 PIGSKIN ROUT
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1314 | ||||
| 2025 | 6–4 | 4–3 | 1331 | ||||
| 2024 | 4–6 | 2–5 | 1323 | ||||
| 2023 | 6–4 | 3–4 | 1365 | ||||
| 2022 | 8–2 | 5–2 | 1366 | ||||
| 2021 | 3–7 | 1–6 | 1232 | ||||
| 2019 | 5–5 | 3–4 | 1293 | ||||
| 2018 | 6–4 | 3–4 | 1333 | ||||
| 2017 | 5–4 | 4–3 | 1391 | ||||
| 2016 | 7–3 | 6–1 | 1421 | ||||
| 2015 | 7–3 | 6–1 | 1399 | ||||
| 2014 | 2–8 | 2–5 | 1203 | ||||
| 2013 | 4–6 | 3–4 | 1277 | ||||
| 2012 | 6–4 | 6–1 | 1349 | ||||
| 2011 | 5–5 | 4–3 | 1340 | ||||
| 2010 | 9–1 | 7–0 | 1511 | ||||
| 2009 | 8–2 | 7–0 | 1455 | ||||
| 2008 | 6–4 | 5–2 | 1352 | ||||
| 2007 | 4–6 | 3–4 | 1328 | ||||
| 2006 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 1377 | ||||
| 2005 | 5–5 | 3–4 | 1351 | ||||
| 2004 | 8–2 | 6–1 | 1462 | ||||
| 2003 | 10–0 | 7–0 | 1471 | ||||
| 1987 | 0–1 | 1277 | |||||
| 1986 | 1–0 | 1311 |
Every season back to 1876 (107 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 0–1 | 1272 | |||||
| 1984 | 0–1 | 1282 | |||||
| 1981 | 1–9 | 1–6 | Jerry Berndt | 1197 | -22.2 | ||
| 1980 | 1–9 | 1–6 | 1214 | -20.8 | |||
| 1979 | 0–9 | 0–7 | 1236 | -19.6 | |||
| 1978 | 2–6–1 | 1–5–1 | 1362 | -12.4 | |||
| 1977 | 5–4 | 4–3 | 1416 | -4.0 | |||
| 1976 | 3–6 | 2–5 | 1341 | -10.0 | |||
| 1975 | 3–6 | 2–5 | 1420 | -2.9 | |||
| 1974 | 6–2–1 | 4–2–1 | 1527 | -4.7 | |||
| 1973 | 6–3 | 5–2 | 1542 | 12.8 | |||
| 1972 | 6–3 | 4–3 | 1475 | 6.5 | |||
| 1971 | 2–7 | 1–6 | 1342 | -13.0 | |||
| 1970 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 1410 | 2.4 | |||
| 1969 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 1397 | ||||
| 1968 | 7–2 | 5–2 | 1469 | ||||
| 1967 | 3–6 | 2–5 | 1353 | ||||
| 1966 | 2–7 | 1–6 | 1316 | ||||
| 1965 | 4–4–1 | 2–4–1 | 1349 | ||||
| 1964 | 1–8 | 0–7 | John Stiegman | 1261 | |||
| 1963 | 3–6 | 1–6 | John Stiegman | 1296 | |||
| 1962 | 3–6 | 2–5 | John Stiegman | 1302 | |||
| 1961 | 2–7 | 1–6 | John Stiegman | 1288 | |||
| 1960 | 3–6 | 2–5 | John Stiegman | 1420 | |||
| 1959 | 7–1–1 | 6–1 | 1560 | ||||
| 1958 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 1441 | ||||
| 1957 | 3–6 | 3–4 | 1410 | ||||
| 1956 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 1342 | ||||
| 1955 | 0–9 | 1252 | |||||
| 1954 | 0–9 | 1319 | |||||
| 1953 | 3–5–1 | George Munger | 1470 | ||||
| 1952 | 4–3–2 | 12 | George Munger | 1551 | |||
| 1951 | 5–4 | 19 | George Munger | 1564 | |||
| 1950 | 6–3 | George Munger | 1607 | ||||
| 1949 | 4–4 | 20 | George Munger | 1550 | |||
| 1948 | 5–3 | 12 | George Munger | 1589 | |||
| 1947 | 7–0–1 | 7 | 7 | George Munger | 1678 | ||
| 1946 | 6–2 | 7 | 13 | George Munger | 1617 | ||
| 1945 | 6–2 | 11 | 8 | George Munger | 1594 | ||
| 1944 | 5–3 | 9 | George Munger | 1554 | |||
| 1943 | 6–2–1 | 6 | 20 | George Munger | 1566 | ||
| 1942 | 5–3–1 | 8 | George Munger | 1589 | |||
| 1941 | 7–1 | 11 | 15 | George Munger | 1653 | ||
| 1940 | 6–1–1 | 9 | 14 | George Munger | 1594 | ||
| 1939 | 4–4 | George Munger | 1483 | ||||
| 1938 | 3–2–3 | George Munger | 1484 | ||||
| 1937 | 2–5–1 | Harvey Harman | 1452 | ||||
| 1936 | 7–1 | 10 | Harvey Harman | 1599 | |||
| 1935 | 4–4 | Harvey Harman | 1519 | ||||
| 1934 | 4–4 | Harvey Harman | 1482 | ||||
| 1933 | 2–4–1 | Harvey Harman | 1441 | ||||
| 1932 | 6–2 | Harvey Harman | 1535 | ||||
| 1931 | 6–3 | Harvey Harman | 1496 | ||||
| 1930 | 5–4 | 1502 | |||||
| 1929 | 7–2 | 1587 | |||||
| 1928 | 8–1 | 1613 | |||||
| 1927 | 6–4 | 1541 | |||||
| 1926 | 7–1–1 | 1595 | |||||
| 1925 | 7–2 | 1572 | |||||
| 1924 | 9–1–1 | 1590 | |||||
| 1923 | 5–4 | 1512 | |||||
| 1922 | 6–3 | John Heisman | 1516 | ||||
| 1921 | 4–3–2 | John Heisman | 1451 | ||||
| 1920 | 6–4 | John Heisman | 1510 | ||||
| 1919 | 6–2–1 | 1533 | |||||
| 1918 | 5–3 | 1517 | |||||
| 1917 | 9–2 | 1604 | |||||
| 1916 | 7–3–1 | 1525 | |||||
| 1915 | 3–5–2 | George Brooke | 1399 | ||||
| 1914 | 4–4–1 | George Brooke | 1445 | ||||
| 1913 | 6–3–1 | George Brooke | 1512 | ||||
| 1912 | 7–4 | 1554 | |||||
| 1911 | 7–4 | 1601 | |||||
| 1910 | 9–1–1 | 1705 | |||||
| 1909 | 7–1–2 | 1692 | |||||
| 1908 | 11–0–1 | Sol Metzger | 1760 | ||||
| 1907 | 11–1 | 1717 | |||||
| 1906 | 7–2–3 | 1656 | |||||
| 1905 | 12–0–1 | 1740 | |||||
| 1904 | 12–0 | 1721 | |||||
| 1903 | 9–3 | 1591 | |||||
| 1902 | 9–4 | 1536 | |||||
| 1901 | 10–5 | George Woodruff | 1578 | ||||
| 1900 | 12–1 | George Woodruff | 1743 | ||||
| 1899 | 8–3–2 | George Woodruff | 1658 | ||||
| 1898 | 12–1 | George Woodruff | 1750 | ||||
| 1897 | 15–0 | George Woodruff | 1788 | ||||
| 1896 | 14–1 | George Woodruff | 1745 | ||||
| 1895 | 14–0 | George Woodruff | 1762 | ||||
| 1894 | 12–0 | George Woodruff | 1745 | ||||
| 1893 | 12–3 | George Woodruff | 1662 | ||||
| 1892 | 15–1 | George Woodruff | 1672 | ||||
| 1891 | 11–2 | 1605 | |||||
| 1890 | 11–3 | 1582 | |||||
| 1889 | 7–6 | 1468 | |||||
| 1888 | 9–7 | 1520 | |||||
| 1887 | 6–7 | 1363 | |||||
| 1886 | 9–7–1 | 1402 | |||||
| 1885 | 8–5 | 1474 | |||||
| 1884 | 5–1–1 | 1531 | |||||
| 1883 | 6–2–1 | 1511 | |||||
| 1882 | 2–4 | 1424 | |||||
| 1881 | 0–5 | 1430 | |||||
| 1880 | 3–2 | 1478 | |||||
| 1879few games on file | 2–2 | 1470 | |||||
| 1878few games on file | 1–2–1 | 1470 | |||||
| 1876few games on file | 1–2 | 1471 |
Officially 888–523–42 since 1876 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 750–464–40 (1,254 of its 1,453 games are on file). Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1877, 1982–83, 1988–2002, 2020: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.