1973 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–3 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorOtto Kneidinger (3rd season)
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1972
1974 →
1973 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth $ 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Harvard 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Penn 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Yale 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Brown 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 1
Cornell 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Columbia 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
Princeton 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1973 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Lafayette*
L 14-1610,000[1]
October 6Brown
W 28-2010,991[2]
October 13at Dartmouth
W 22-1617,800[3]
October 19Lehigh*
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 27-2017,800[4]
October 26at Princeton
W 24-021,000[5]
November 3Harvard
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 30-3437,167[6]
November 10at Yale
L 21-2423,458[7]
November 17at Columbia
W 42-85,330[8]
November 24Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 31-2224,559[9]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ^ Dell, John (September 30, 1973). "Lafayette Stuns Penn on Thaw FG, 16-14". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-B – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Penn Makes Mistakes, but Tops Brown, 28-20". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 7, 1973. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Keese, Parton (October 14, 1973). "Penn Tops Dartmouth, 22-16". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S10.
  4. ^ McGowen, Deane (October 20, 1973). "Penn Downs Lehigh, 27-20, for 34th Time in a Row". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 68.
  5. ^ Keese, Parton (October 28, 1973). "Penn Drubs Princeton and Leads Ivy League". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S3.
  6. ^ Strauss, Michael (November 4, 1973). "Harvard Conquers Penn with a Late Pass, 34-30". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ "Yale Wins as a Pass Fools Penn". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 11, 1973. p. S4.
  8. ^ Strauss, Michael (November 18, 1973). "Yale and Penn Triumph; Columbia Routed, 42-8". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ^ McGowen, Deane (November 25, 1973). "Penn Wins, 31-22; Quakers Down Cornell". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S4.
  10. ^ "1973 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
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