1979 Penn Quakers football team

The 1979 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.

1979 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	0–9 (0–7 Ivy)
Head coach	Harry Gamble (8th season)
Home stadium	Franklin Field

1979 Ivy League football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale $	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Brown	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Princeton	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Cornell	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Dartmouth	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Harvard	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
Penn	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	Cornell	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 13–52	5,671
September 29	at Lehigh*	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 7–31	10,500
October 6	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	L 7–12	7,850
October 13	Brown	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 18–24	5,651
October 19	No. T–8 Lafayette*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 7–9	9,074
October 27	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 6–24	19,852
November 3	Princeton	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 10–38	13,604
November 10	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 26–41	7,500
November 17	Dartmouth	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6-20	10,397
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game