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1979 Pennsylvania

0–⁠9 (0–⁠7 Ivy League).

Schedule and results

Pennsylvania in 1979, game by game: lost vs. Cornell 13–52; lost at Lehigh 7–31; lost at Columbia 7–12; lost vs. Brown 18–24; lost vs. Lafayette 7–9; lost at Yale 6–24; lost vs. Princeton 10–38; lost at Harvard 26–41; lost vs. Dartmouth 6–20+7−39Lost 13–52 vs. Cornell-39CornellLost 7–31 at Lehigh-24LehighLost 7–12 at Columbia-5ColumbiaLost 18–24 vs. Brown-6BrownLost 7–9 vs. Lafayette-2LafayetteLost 6–24 at Yale-18YaleLost 10–38 vs. Princeton-28PrincetonLost 26–41 at Harvard-15HarvardLost 6–20 vs. Dartmouth-14Dartmouth
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsCornellL 13–⁠5251%
Sep 29atLehighL 7–⁠3152%
Oct 6atColumbiaL 7–⁠1244%
Oct 13vsBrownL 18–⁠2427%
Oct 19vsLafayetteL 7–⁠971%
Oct 27atYaleL 6–⁠2410%
Nov 3vsPrincetonL 10–⁠3839%
Nov 10atHarvardL 26–⁠4129%
Nov 17vsDartmouthL 6–⁠2026%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Dartmouth 20–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Ivy League.

In program history: The 128th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
0–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Ivy League
AP final
Unranked
Points
100–⁠251
Coach
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Elo
1236 −172 this season
SP+ rating
-19.6 No. 128 of 135; offense No. 116, defense No. 127
SRS
−37.4 No. 139 of 140 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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1979 Ivy League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Yale6–⁠18–⁠1
Brown5–⁠26–⁠3
Princeton5–⁠25–⁠4
Cornell4–⁠35–⁠4
Dartmouth4–⁠34–⁠4–⁠1
Harvard3–⁠43–⁠6
Columbia1–⁠61–⁠8
Pennsylvania0–⁠70–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.