2004 Penn Quakers football team

The 2004 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It was the 128th season of play for the Quakers. They were led by 13th-year head coach Al Bagnoli and played their home games at Franklin Field. They finished the season 8–2 overall and 6–1 in conference play, placing second in the Ivy League.

2004 Ivy League football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 13 Harvard $	7	–	0	10	–	0
No. 21 Penn	6	–	1	8	–	2
Cornell	4	–	3	4	–	6
Brown	3	–	4	6	–	4
Princeton	3	–	4	5	–	5
Yale	3	–	4	5	–	5
Dartmouth	1	–	6	1	–	9
Columbia	1	–	6	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	4:00 p.m.	at San Diego*	No. 23	Torero Stadium San Diego, CA		W 61–18	4,012	^[1]
September 25	7:00 p.m.	No. 11 Villanova*	No. 22	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	CN8	L 13–16	16,572	^[2]
October 2	Noon	Dartmouth		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	YES, DirecTV	W 35–0	8,419	^[3]
October 9	Noon	at Bucknell*		Mathewson Stadium Lewisburg, PA		W 32–25 ^2OT	10,602	^[4]
October 16	1:00 p.m.	Columbia	No. 25	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA		W 14–3	13,422	^[5]
October 23	1:00 p.m.	at Yale	No. 21	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	CN8	W 17–7	17,737	^[6]
October 30	1:00 p.m.	Brown	No. 22	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA		W 20–16	12,314	^[7]
November 6	1:00 p.m.	at Princeton	No. 20	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	CSTV, DirecTV	W 16–15	15,891	^[8]
November 13	1:00 p.m.	No. 15 Harvard	No. 17	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	CN8	L 10–31	15,123	^[9]
November 20	Noon	at Cornell	No. 22	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	YES, DirecTV	W 20–14	4,242	^[10]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ Reid, Ron (September 19, 2004). "Penn Bombards San Diego". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D12 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Reid, Ron (September 26, 2004). "Villanova Holds Off Late Rally by Penn". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Reid, Ron (October 3, 2004). "Penn Steamrolls Past Dartmouth". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D10 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Reid, Ron (October 10, 2004). "Penn Pulls Out Win in Double Overtime". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D9 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Reid, Ron (October 17, 2004). "Penn Does Just Enough to Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D16 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Reid, Ron (October 24, 2004). "Penn's Ivy Streak Hits 18 with Win Over Yale". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D8 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Reid, Ron (October 31, 2004). "Streak Intact as Penn Eludes Upset by Brown". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D6 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Reid, Ron (November 7, 2004). "Quakers Grab Victory from Jaws of Defeat". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Reid, Ron (November 14, 2004). "Penn's Ivy Streak Snapped by Harvard". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D20 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Reid, Ron (November 21, 2004). "Another Tricky Win for Penn". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D3 – via Newspapers.com.