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Can’t make it to Franklin Field to watch Penn football live in action this fall? Don't worry.

The Quakers announced this week that the team will play three of its games on national television. The Quakers’ home showdown with Yale will be shown on the NBC Sports Network while its contests at Harvard and against Princeton will be broadcast on the fledgling American Sports Network.

The Yale game features an extra wrinkle — it will be played on a Friday night, Oct. 23. It will be the first time Penn has played on a Friday night since the Quakers took down Princeton 14-9 on Nov. 7, 2008, a game which was broadcast on ESPNU.

The Friday contest also means that the Quakers will play two midweek games in 2015. Penn’s annual clash with crosstown rival Villanova had already been shifted from Saturday, Sept. 26 to Thursday, Sept. 24 to avoid conflict with the Pope’s visit to Philadelphia. Both of the two weekday games will kick off at 7 p.m.

All other contests on the Quakers’ slate will be Saturday day games. Most will start sometime between noon and 1 p.m., save for the Oct. 3 home matchup with Dartmouth and the Oct. 17 showdown with Columbia in New York, both of which will kick off at 3:30 p.m. The Columbia game will be particularly compelling, as new Columbia coach and recent Penn retiree Al Bagnoli will coach his first-ever game against his former squad.

The Quakers certainly hope that their play in its televised games will be worthy of the national stage — last season, the Quakers dropped their two broadcast games by a combined 27 points, part of an underwhelming 2-8 overall campaign.

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