The 1990 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It tied for fourth in the Ivy League.
| 1990 Penn Quakers football | |
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 3–7 (3–4 Ivy) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Dick Maloney (5th season) |
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| Home stadium | Franklin Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Dartmouth + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Penn played its home games at Franklin Field adjacent to the university's campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
History
editIn its second year under head coach Gary Steele, the team compiled a 3–7 record and was outscored 197 to 155.[1] Joe Valerio and Brian Griffin were the team captains.[2]
Penn's 3–4 conference record tied for fourth place in the Ivy League standings. The Quakers were outscored 138 to 123 by Ivy opponents.[3]
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 15 | at Dartmouth | W 16–6 | 8,119 | [4] | |||
| September 22 | Holy Cross* |
| L 3–17 | 12,189 | [5] | ||
| September 29 | at Lafayette* | L 13–20 | 8,214 | [6] | |||
| October 6 | Lehigh* |
| L 16–22 | 17,622 | [7] | ||
| October 13 | Columbia |
| W 21–6 | 10,121 | [8] | ||
| October 20 | at Brown | L 17–24 | 12,600 | [9] | |||
| October 27 | Yale |
| L 10–27 | 32,389 | [10] | ||
| November 3 | at Princeton | L 20–34 | 18,534 | [11] | |||
| November 10 | Harvard |
| W 24–20 | 17,918 | [12] | ||
| November 17 | at Cornell | L 15–21 | 12,000 | [13] | |||
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References
edit- ^ "Football Fact Book: All-Time Year-by-Year". Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania. p. 158. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Football Fact Book: All-Time Team Captains". Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania. p. 98. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 33–34. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ Juliano, Joe (September 16, 1990). "Penn Triumphs in Opener, 16-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-E – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Juliano, Joe (September 23, 1990). "Holy Cross Gets Big Plays for a 17-3 Defeat of Penn". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 12-C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (September 30, 1990). "Lafayette Defense Tough in the Clutch". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (October 7, 1990). "Lehigh Gets on Track in Final Quarter 22-16". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Juliano, Joe (October 14, 1990). "Hensch Leads Quakers Past Columbia, 21-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 10-E – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Juliano, Joe (October 21, 1990). "Quakers Fall Short Again in 24-17 Loss to Brown". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 12-E – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Juliano, Joe (October 28, 1990). "Penn Succumbs to Yale, 27-10". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 12-C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Knobelman, Bob (November 4, 1990). "Tigers Strike Early, Beat Penn". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. E1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Juliano, Joe (November 11, 1990). "Penn Holds Off Crimson Charge for a 24-20 Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 14-E – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Juliano, Joe (November 18, 1990). "Quakers Defeated by Cornell, 21-15, as Late Drive Stalls". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 12-E – via Newspapers.com.