2006 Penn Quakers football team

The 2006 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was the 130th season of play for the Quakers. They were led by 15th-year head coach Al Bagnoli and played their home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. The Quakers tied for fourth in the Ivy League. They finished the season 5–5 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play.

2006 Ivy League football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 18 Princeton +	6	–	1	9	–	1
No. 25 Yale +	6	–	1	8	–	2
Harvard	4	–	3	7	–	3
Penn	3	–	4	5	–	5
Cornell	3	–	4	5	–	5
Dartmouth	2	–	5	2	–	8
Columbia	2	–	5	5	–	5
Brown	2	–	5	3	–	7

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	1:00 p.m.	at No. 22 Lafayette*	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	RCN4/WBPH-60	W 21–11	9,251	^[1]
September 23	7:00 p.m.	Villanova*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	CN8	L 20–27	22,499	^[2]
September 30	1:00 p.m.	Dartmouth	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA		W 17–10	9,420
October 7	1:00 p.m.	at Bucknell*	Mathewson Stadium Lewisburg, PA		W 34–24	6,250	^[3]
October 14	1:00 p.m.	Columbia	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA		W 16–0	9,189	^[4]
October 21	12:30 p.m.	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	CN8	L 14–17 ^OT	21,709	^[5]
October 28	Noon	Brown	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	CSTV	L 27–30 ^OT	11,177	^[6]
November 4	1:00 p.m.	at No. 23 Princeton	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	CN8	L 17–22 ^2OT	14,385	^[7]
November 11	1:00 p.m.	No. 17 Harvard	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	CN8	W 22–13	7,819	^[8]
November 18	1:00 p.m.	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)		L 27–28	2,809	^[9]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ Parrillo, Ray (September 17, 2006). "Sophomore QB Leads Quakers Over Lafayette". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D18 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Parrillo, Ray (September 24, 2006). "Villanova Continues Its Mastery Over Penn". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Irvin's Air Show Propels Penn". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. October 8, 2006. p. D8 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Ryan, Shannon (October 15, 2006). "Quakers Tame Lions with Shutout". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D11 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Tannenwald, Jonathan (October 22, 2006). "Quakers Fall Short in Overtime". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Vito, Christopher A. (October 29, 2006). "Quakers Suffer 2d Heartbreaker in Loss to Brown". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Tannenwald, Jonathan (November 5, 2006). "Penn Loses Again in OT". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D8 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Vito, Christopher A. (November 12, 2006). "Quakers Surprise No. 17 Crimson". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D9 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Feaver, Christopher (November 20, 2006). "Cornell Ends Season with Bizzare [sic] Win". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Cornell 28, Penn 27". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. November 19, 2006. p. C15.