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2008 Pennsylvania

6–⁠4 (5–⁠2 Ivy League).

Schedule and results

Pennsylvania in 2008, game by game: lost vs. Villanova 14–20; lost at Lafayette 17–24; won vs. Dartmouth 23–10; won at Georgetown 27–7; won vs. Columbia 15–10; won at Yale 9–7; lost vs. Brown 27–34; won at Princeton 14–9; lost vs. Harvard 21–24; won at Cornell 23–6+20−7Lost 14–20 vs. Villanova-6VillanovaLost 17–24 at Lafayette-7LafayetteWon 23–10 vs. Dartmouth+13DartmouthWon 27–7 at Georgetown+20GeorgetownWon 15–10 vs. Columbia+5ColumbiaWon 9–7 at Yale+2YaleLost 27–34 vs. Brown-7BrownWon 14–9 at Princeton+5PrincetonLost 21–24 vs. Harvard-3HarvardWon 23–6 at Cornell+17Cornell
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsVillanovaL 14–⁠2048%
Sep 27atLafayetteL 17–⁠2432%
Oct 4vsDartmouthW 23–⁠1069%
Oct 11atGeorgetownW 27–⁠765%
Oct 18vsColumbiaW 15–⁠1081%
Oct 25atYaleW 9–⁠730%
Nov 1vsBrownL 27–⁠3458%
Nov 7atPrincetonW 14–⁠949%
Nov 15vsHarvardL 21–⁠2435%
Nov 22atCornellW 23–⁠659%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Cornell 23–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Ivy League.

In program history: The 102nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠2 3rd in Ivy League
AP final
Unranked
Points
190–⁠151
Coach
—
Elo
1352 +34 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−23.9 No. 38 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—

2008 Ivy League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Harvard6–⁠19–⁠1
Brown6–⁠17–⁠3
Pennsylvania5–⁠26–⁠4
Yale4–⁠36–⁠4
Princeton3–⁠44–⁠6
Cornell2–⁠54–⁠6
Columbia2–⁠52–⁠8
Dartmouth0–⁠70–⁠10

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