2017 Penn Quakers football team

The 2017 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Ray Priore. They played their home games at Franklin Field. They are a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 6–4 overall and 4–3 in Ivy League play to place fourth .

2017 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Ivy League
2017 record	6–4 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach	Ray Priore (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	John Reagan (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Benson (3rd season)
Home stadium	Franklin Field (Capacity: 52,958)

2017 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 24 Yale $		6	–	1					9	–	1
Columbia		5	–	2					8	–	2
Dartmouth		5	–	2					8	–	2
Penn		4	–	3					6	–	4
Harvard		3	–	4					5	–	5
Cornell		3	–	4					3	–	7
Princeton		2	–	5					5	–	5
Brown		0	–	7					2	–	8
$ – Conference champion Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

The 2017 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Quakers hosted Ivy League foes Dartmouth, Yale, Princeton, and Cornell, and traveled to Columbia, Brown, and Harvard. Homecoming coincided with the game against Princeton on November 4.[1]

In 2017, Penn's non-conference opponents were Ohio Dominican of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (Division II), Lehigh of the Patriot League and Central Connecticut of the Northeast Conference.[2]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 16	1:00 p.m.	Ohio Dominican*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	CSN-P	W 42–24	3,009
September 23	12:30 p.m.	at Lehigh*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	SE2	W 65–47	5,060
September 29	7:00 p.m.	Dartmouth	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	NBCSN	L 13–16	4,023
October 7	1:00 p.m.	at Central Connecticut*	Arute Field New Britain, CT	NECFR	L 21–42	4,917
October 14	1:30 p.m.	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York, NY	ELVN	L 31–34 ^OT	13,081
October 21	1:00 p.m.	Yale	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	NBCS PH+	L 19–24	6,408
October 28	12:30 p.m.	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	ELVN	W 17–7	2,008
November 4	1:00 p.m.	Princeton	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	NBCS PH	W 38–35	9,073
November 11	Noon	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	NESN+	W 23–6	10,122
November 18	1:30 p.m.	Cornell	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	ELVN	W 29–22	3,861
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Ohio Dominican

See also: Ohio Dominican Panthers

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Ohio Dominican vs. Penn – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio Dominican	7	3	7	7	24
Penn	0	7	21	14	42

at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA

• Date: September 16
• Game time: 1:00 p.m.
• Game weather: 84 °F (29 °C); clear, sunny
• Game attendance: 3,009
• Referee: J. Gensiejewski
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Lehigh

See also: 2017 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
44–15	2016	Lehigh, 49–28

Penn vs. Lehigh – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Penn	14	21	14	16	65
Lehigh	14	14	7	12	47

at Goodman Stadium • Bethlehem, PA

• Date: September 23
• Game time: 12:30 p.m.
• Game weather: 83 °F (28 °C); sunny, hot
• Game attendance: 5,060
• Referee: W. Boyd
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Dartmouth

See also: 2017 Dartmouth Big Green football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
48–34–4	2016	Penn, 37–24

Dartmouth vs. Penn – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dartmouth	0	10	0	6	16
Penn	0	7	3	3	13

at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA

• Date: September 30
• Game time: 7:00 p.m.
• Game attendance: 4,023
• Box Score

Game information

Second quarter DART – Hunter Hagdorn, 12 yard pass from Jack Heneghan (David Smith XP good), 13:06 (DART 7–0) PENN – Justin Watson, 6 yard pass from Fischer-Colbrie (Jack Soslow XP good), 1:20 (TIE 7–7) DART – Smith, 43 yard field goal, 0:00 (DART 10–7) Third quarter PENN – Soslow, 31 yard field goal, 0:30 (TIE 10–10) Fourth quarter PENN – Soslow, 27 yard field goal, 5:37 (PENN 13–10) DART – Jared Gerbino, 1 yard run, 0:00 (DART 16–13)

Central Connecticut

See also: 2017 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2016	Penn, 28–16

Penn vs. Central Connecticut – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Penn	0	21	0	0	21
Central Connecticut	14	14	7	7	42

at Arute Field • New Britain, CT

• Date: October 7
• Game time: 1:00 p.m.
• Game weather: 75 °F (24 °C); overcast, humid
• Game attendance: 4,917
• Referee: C. Vaccaro
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Columbia

See also: 2017 Columbia Lions football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
74–21–1	2016	Penn, 35–10

Penn vs. Columbia – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Penn	7	7	7	7	3	31
Columbia	0	7	0	21	6	34

at Wien Stadium • New York City, NY

• Date: October 14
• Game time: 1:30 p.m.
• Game weather: 69 °F (21 °C); mix of clouds and sun
• Game attendance: 13,081
• Referee: M. Sechrist
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Yale

See also: 2017 Yale Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
36–47–1	2016	Penn, 42–7

Yale vs. Penn – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Yale	7	11	0	6	24
Penn	7	3	0	9	19

at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA

• Date: October 21
• Game time: 1:00 p.m.
• Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C); sunny
• Game attendance: 6,408
• Referee: T. Marcella
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Brown

See also: 2017 Brown Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
59–24–2	2016	Penn, 21–14

Penn vs. Brown – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Penn	14	3	0	0	17
Brown	7	0	0	0	7

at Brown Stadium • Providence, RI

• Date: October 28
• Game time: 12:30 p.m.
• Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C); partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 2,008
• Referee: M. Overton
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Princeton

See also: 2017 Princeton Tigers football team and Penn–Princeton football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
41–66–1	2016	Princeton, 28–0

Princeton vs. Penn – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Princeton	7	0	14	14	35
Penn	7	10	7	14	38

at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA

• Date: November 4
• Game time: 1:00 p.m.
• Game weather: About 55 °F (13 °C); brisk fall day
• Game attendance: 9,073
• Referee: C. Jebran
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Harvard

See also: 2017 Harvard Crimson football team and Harvard–Penn football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
37–48–2	2016	Penn, 27–14

Penn vs. Harvard – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Penn	7	3	10	3	23
Harvard	0	3	3	0	6

at Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA

• Date: November 11
• Game time: Noon
• Game weather: 38 °F (3 °C); sunny, breezy
• Game attendance: 10,122
• Referee: W. Boyd
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Cornell

See also: 2017 Cornell Big Red football team and Cornell–Penn football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
72–46–5	2016	Penn, 42–20

Cornell vs. Penn – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cornell	10	0	6	6	22
Penn	7	14	0	8	29

at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA

• Date: November 18
• Game time: 1:30 p.m.
• Game weather: 51 °F (11 °C); overcast
• Game attendance: 3,861
• Referee: H. Wimber
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter COR – Nickolas Null, 32 yard field goal, 9:39 (COR 3–0) PENN – Karekin Brooks, 38 yard run (Jack Soslow XP good), 5:37 (PENN 7–3) COR – Collin Shaw, 35 yard pass from Dalton Banks (Null XP good), 2:08 (COR 10–7) Second quarter PENN – Brooks, 6 yard run (Soslow XP good), 11:14 (PENN 14–10) PENN – Justin Watson, 22 yard pass from Fischer-Colbrie (Soslow XP good), 0:24 (PENN 21–10) Third quarter COR – Mac Pope, 3 yard run (2-pt. conversion failed), 4:37 (PENN 21–16) Fourth quarter COR – Banks, 1 yard run (2-pt. conversion failed), 13:46 (COR 22–21) PENN – Tre Solomon, 3 yard run (2-pt. conversion good), 2:06 (PENN 29–22)

2018 NFL Draft

Main article: 2018 NFL Draft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Justin Watson	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	5th	144	WR

References

1. "Penn Alumni - Homecoming". University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
2. "Penn Quakers Scores and Schedules". Penn Athletics. Archived from the original on 27 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.