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2006 Pennsylvania

5–⁠4 (3–⁠3 Ivy League).

Schedule and results

Pennsylvania in 2006, game by game: won at Lafayette 21–11; lost vs. Villanova 20–27; won vs. Dartmouth 17–10; won at Bucknell 34–24; won vs. Columbia 16–0; lost vs. Brown 27–30; lost at Princeton 30–31; won vs. Harvard 22–13; lost at Cornell 27–28+16−7Won 21–11 at Lafayette+10LafayetteLost 20–27 vs. Villanova-7VillanovaWon 17–10 vs. Dartmouth+7DartmouthWon 34–24 at Bucknell+10BucknellWon 16–0 vs. Columbia+16ColumbiaLost 27–30 vs. Brown-3BrownLost 30–31 at Princeton-1PrincetonWon 22–13 vs. Harvard+9HarvardLost 27–28 at Cornell-1Cornell
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16atLafayetteW 21–⁠1131%
Sep 23vsVillanovaL 20–⁠2774%
Sep 30vsDartmouthW 17–⁠1078%
Oct 7atBucknellW 34–⁠2453%
Oct 14vsColumbiaW 16–⁠076%
Oct 28vsBrownL 27–⁠3067%
Nov 4atPrincetonL 30–⁠3135%
Nov 11vsHarvardW 22–⁠1336%
Nov 18atCornellL 27–⁠2854%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Cornell 28–⁠27; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Ivy League.

In program history: The 96th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Pennsylvania’s 2006 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Oct 21atYaleL 14–⁠17Yale’s article
Record
5–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 4th in Ivy League
AP final
Unranked
Points
214–⁠174
Coach
—
Elo
1377 +43 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−24.3 No. 49 of 120 in FCS
Recruiting class
—

2006 Ivy League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Princeton5–⁠18–⁠1
Yale5–⁠17–⁠2
Harvard4–⁠27–⁠2
Pennsylvania3–⁠35–⁠4
Cornell3–⁠35–⁠4
Columbia2–⁠45–⁠4
Brown1–⁠52–⁠8
Dartmouth1–⁠51–⁠8

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