Penn football looks to avenge last year's heartbreaking loss to Dartmouth
Entering Saturday afternoon’s contest at Dartmouth, both teams are 2-0 again, both are opening Ivy League play, and both haven’t forgotten last year one bit.
Entering Saturday afternoon’s contest at Dartmouth, both teams are 2-0 again, both are opening Ivy League play, and both haven’t forgotten last year one bit.
It is still too early to know just how good the defense is going to be, but these first couple of games should be leaving Quakers fans optimistic.
After starting slow in a tightly contested first half, Penn football's offense woke up in the second half to take down Lehigh, 30-10.
In total, the junior tailback tallied 163 rushing yard and three touchdowns, and even added 23 more through the air, nearly eclipsing the same 200-yard threshold that he smashed last season.
It is still too early to know just how good the defense is going to be, but these first couple of games should be leaving Quakers fans optimistic.
After starting slow in a tightly contested first half, Penn football's offense woke up in the second half to take down Lehigh, 30-10.
Last Saturday, the Quakers comfortably defeated Bucknell 34-17 in the team’s season opener at Franklin Field.
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver and Super Bowl LII champion Nelson Agholor will be speaking at Huntsman Hall on Sept. 24 at 6:30 p.m., in an event titled "Becoming a Champion."
This weekend, Penn football senior kicker Jack Soslow picked up right where he left off from his first team All-Ivy season last year.
Only one quarterback can start, and on Saturday against Bucknell, Priore elected to go with his dual-threat option in Glover.
The Quakers dominated the game’s early minutes, jumping out to a 17-0 lead less than five minutes into the game thanks to an interception, fumble recovery, and a blocked punt on Bucknell's first three possessions.
The Quakers know a talent like Justin Watson comes around once in a lifetime. So instead of trying to replace him with just one guy, it’s a whole team effort.
The season starts later this week, and there is still so much we don’t know about them. This team is constantly going to be learning about itself and what it can be.
A mere three days until the first game, after a preseason in which Priore and his players and staff remained impressively tight-lipped about the situation, Penn’s quarterback question finally has an answer. For now.
This season, as a preseason All-American, Miller is ready for even more, but Miller’s “more” isn’t honors and personal achievements. Miller’s “more” is one thing and one thing only — a championship.
And now, after the offense graduated several stars, one thing is clear: if Penn football is to return to Ivy League supremacy, its defense will have to raise its game.
The team’s latest move in what has been a years-long campaign to protect players’ heads has been to add a new layer to the outside of players’ helmets during full-contact practices.
Ahead of Penn’s season-opener against Bucknell on Saturday, learn more about the players you can expect to shine at every position.
For the first time since 2013, the Quakers will be without former All-American wide receiver Justin Watson, when they face Bucknell to open the season.
Following Yale’s championship triumph in 2017, it's time to look ahead and see how the Ivy landscape will shape up this season.