All eyes were on Harvard's Clifton Dawson on Saturday, but it was the Penn senior class that ultimately stole the show on Senior Day.
Running back Joe Sandberg notched yet another impressive performance, scoring Penn's two touchdowns with a pair of nearly identical plays in the first quarter.
For his first touchdown, Sandberg exploited a hole in the Harvard defense, tying the game at seven with a 15-yard run.
And he didn't wait long to repeat, bursting around the corner for an 11-yard run on the Quakers' ensuing possession to give Penn a lead it would not relinquish.
"I think [the win] was really important because the last three weeks, we've been close," Sandberg said. "This being the last home game for a lot of seniors, we just wanted to go out and continue to fight, and that's what we did today."
The senior rushed for a team-high 86 yards, nearly landing himself a spot in Penn's record books. With one game to go, Sandberg is now only 16 yards away from reaching the 1,000-yard mark in rushing for the season.
The running back would be the eighth different player to reach the accomplishment - a 1,000-yard rushing season has only been achieved 11 times in Penn history.
Although Sandberg still has one year of eligibility left (because of his transfer from Rutgers), it is not clear whether the senior will opt to cash in on the extra season.
But Sandberg's was just one of many stand-out performances by the seniors in their last game at Franklin Field.
Matt Carre caught four passes for a team-leading 61 yards to help move the chains for the Quakers.
Carre's 12-yard reception during Penn's first touchdown drive provided one of two critical first downs leading to Sandberg's first score.
Carre grabbed a 30-yard pass from quarterback Robert Irvin later in the first, another that sparked a touchdown.
And it was senior captain Scotty Williams that once again did all the little things right to help lead his team to victory.
Williams' recovery of Dawson's fumble in the second quarter led to the Quakers' fourth score, a 37-yard field goal by Braden Lepisto.
Williams also had two tackles in a well-deserved win among friends and family on a field he has called home for four years.
"It means a lot to just go out the way you wanted to and do something special in a place that's pretty special to you," Williams said. "I can remember the first time I came here, and I was just in awe, and to finish out with a win against a team like Harvard - . it definitely feels good."
And although the win over number No. 17 Harvard is an accomplishment in and of itself, the seniors won't get what they have really been after all season - an Ivy championship.
But the perfect result on their home turf might just be what the seniors needed to finish their time at Penn, and maybe having four memorable years on Franklin Field is just as good as ending them with an Ivy title.
