2018 Penn Quakers football team

The 2018 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Ray Priore and played their home games at Franklin Field. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 6–4 overall 3–3 in Ivy League play to place in a three-way tie for fourth.

2018 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Ivy League
2018 record	6–4 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach	Ray Priore (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	John Reagan (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Benson (4th season)
Home stadium	Franklin Field (Capacity: 52,958)

2018 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 11 Princeton $		7	–	0					10	–	0
No. 18 Dartmouth		6	–	1					9	–	1
Harvard		4	–	3					6	–	4
Yale		3	–	4					5	–	5
Penn		3	–	4					6	–	4
Columbia		3	–	4					6	–	4
Cornell		2	–	5					3	–	7
Brown		0	–	7					1	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Quakers finished the 2017 season 6–4, 4–3 in Ivy League play, to finish in fourth place.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Award	Player	Position	Year
Buck Buchanan Award[1]	Nick Miller	LB	SR

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	3:00 p.m.	Bucknell*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPN+	W 34–17	5,033
September 22	3:00 p.m.	Lehigh*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPN+	W 30–10	4,445
September 29	1:30 p.m.	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	L 14–37	3,692
October 6	3:00 p.m.	at Sacred Heart*	Campus Field Fairfield, CT		W 31–27	4,503
October 13	1:00 p.m.	Columbia	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPN+	W 13–10	6,011
October 19	7:00 p.m.	Yale	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPNU	L 10–23	10,126
October 27	1:00 p.m.	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	ESPN+	W 13–7	1,324
November 2	6:00 p.m.	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (place)	ESPNU	W 20–7	1,056
November 10	1:00 p.m.	Harvard	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 7–29	13,224
November 17	1:00 p.m.	at No. 11 Princeton	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 14–42	7,756
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

Bucknell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	3	7	7	0	17
Quakers	17	10	0	7	34

See also: 2018 Bucknell Bison football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
29–5	October 9, 2010	W, 31–10

Lehigh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	0	10	0	0	10
Quakers	0	13	7	10	30

See also: 2018 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
45–15	September 23, 2017	W, 65–47

at Dartmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Quakers	0	7	0	7	14
Big Green	7	6	21	3	37

See also: 2018 Dartmouth Big Green football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
47–35–2	September 29, 2017	L, 13–16

at Sacred Heart

	1	2	3	4	Total
Quakers	7	10	7	7	31
Pioneers	0	0	21	6	27

See also: 2018 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Columbia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	0	10	0	10
Quakers	3	3	0	7	13

See also: 2018 Columbia Lions football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
75–21–1	October 14, 2017	L, 31–34

Yale

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	15	6	2	0	23
Quakers	3	0	7	0	10

See also: 2018 Yale Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
37–47–1	October 21, 2017	L, 19–24

at Brown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Quakers	3	10	0	0	13
Bears	0	0	0	7	7

See also: 2018 Brown Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
60–23–2	October 28, 2017	W, 17–7

at Cornell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Quakers	0	3	7	10	20
Big Red	0	7	0	0	7

See also: 2018 Cornell Big Red football team and Cornell–Penn football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
73–45–5	November 18, 2017	W, 29–22

Harvard

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crimson	10	6	13	0	29
Quakers	0	0	0	7	7

See also: 2018 Harvard Crimson football team and Harvard–Penn football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
38–47–2	November 11, 2017	W, 23–6

at Princeton

	1	2	3	4	Total
Quakers	0	7	7	0	14
No. 11 Tigers	7	14	7	14	42

See also: 2018 Princeton Tigers football team and Penn–Princeton football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
42–66–1	November 4, 2017	W, 38–35

Roster

2018 Penn Quakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 1 Ryan Glover So WR 3 Mac Humble So WR 4 Darnell Fleury Fr QB 6 John Quinnelly Fr WR 7 Christian Pearson Sr QB 8 Nick Robinson Jr WR 9 Justin Morrison Sr WR 10 Kolton Huber Jr WR 11 Tyler Herrick Jr TE 12 Sire Woods So QB 13 Mason Quandt Fr WR 14 Rory Starkey, Jr. Fr TE 15 Gavin Geib So WR 17 Trevor Cefalu Sr WR 19 Steve Farrell Sr RB 21 Abe Willows Jr RB 23 Trey Flowers Fr RB 25 Garrett Morris Fr RB 27 Dante' Moore Jr RB 30 Karekin Brooks Jr RB 32 Isaiah Malcome So OL 52 Cameron Landis Fr OL 56 Jeff Gibbs Jr OL 57 Travis Wang Fr OL 61 Quinn Hudak Sr OL 62 Vince Oliver Fr OL 63 Tommy Dennis Sr OL 64 Travis Spreen Fr OL 66 Joe Basiura Fr OL 67 William Long So OL 70 Ben Padon So OL 71 Greg Begnoche Jr OL 72 Ace Escobedo Jr OL 74 Johnathan Gessner So OL 75 Nate Miller So OL 76 Dan Beaver So OL 77 Sean Boles Fr TE 80 Logan Sharp Sr WR 81 Mike Akai Sr WR 83 Chaz Augustini Sr WR 84 Niko Rice So WR 85 Lewis Gibson So TE 86 Christopher Mottillo Fr TE 87 Matt Norton Jr TE 88 Nick Shablom Jr WR 89 Ryan Cragun Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 2 Jared Noble So LB 3 Nico Ament Sr LB 4 Jay Cammon, Jr. Sr DB 5 Eric Markes Jr DB 6 Jyron Walker Sr DB 7 Winston Britton So LB 8 Hunter Hayes Jr LB 9 Shane Sweitzer Fr DB 13 Ian Ude So DB 14 Sam Philippi Sr DB 16 Malcolm Strickland Fr DB 17 Hassan Smith Sr DB 18 Keegan Otte So DB 19 Khalil Weathers Fr DB 20 Jacob Martin Jr DB 21 Justin Sands Fr LB 23 Zach Evans Jr DB 24 Anthony Lotti So DB 25 Austin Cooper Jr DB 26 Mohammed Diakite Fr DB 27 Riley O'Brien So DB 28 Tayte Doddy Jr LB 29 James McCarthy So DL 31 Benji Mowatt So DB 32 Conor O'Brien Jr LB 33 Tanner Long Fr LB 34 Patrick McGettigan So LB 36 Adam Conyer Fr DB 37 Jason McCleod, Jr. Fr LB 38 Michael Rolfe Jr DB 40 Luke Bullock Sr LB 42 Brendan O'Hara Jr LB 43 Sebastian Sanchez Jr LB 45 Jake Heimlicher Fr LB 47 Nick Miller Sr DL 48 Matthew McElroy Fr LB 49 Connor Jangro Jr LB 51 Sean Pahls Jr DL 52 Choyce Bostian III Jr DL 53 Taheeb Sonekan Jr DL 54 Cortez Alston So LB 55 Pat McInerney Sr DL 58 Trevor Radosevich Fr LB 59 Brian O'Neill So DL 78 Prince Emili Jr DL 79 Brian Bond So DL 83 Kailash Graham-Bell Jr DL 90 Kevin Cadigan Sr DL 91 Evan Carp So LB 92 Mark Evanchick Jr DL 96 David Ryslik So DL 97 Mike Rodriguez So DL 98 Brody Graham Sr DL 99 Cooper Gardner Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 16 David Perkins So K 30 Jack Soslow Sr LS 82 Carson Vey Sr K 93 Drew Brennan Jr K 94 Daniel Karrash Fr P 95 Jake Haggard Fr	Head coach Ray Priore Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

References

1. "FCS football: 2018 Buck Buchanan Award watch list announced". August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
2. https://pennathletics.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=311