Football
DiGrande | A seven-way tie would be the perfect ending to a great Ivy League football season
After Saturday’s wild 38-35 Homecoming win over rival Princeton, combined with other results from the ever-tumultuous Ivy League, Penn football has launched itself back into the mix for the conference title.
Homecoming heroics secure Penn football a thrilling late 38-35 victory over rival Princeton
A 15-yard pass from Fischer-Colbrie to Watson, who burned his man with ease on a cut to catch the ball in the end zone untouched, secured the win for Penn.
HALFTIME RECAP: Penn football is beating Princeton, 17-7, in an intense rivalry game
The Quakers have put up an impressive 246 yards of offense in the first half, to the Tigers’ 159. The visitors registered just 51 yards in the second quarter, which featured a fumble forced and recovered by senior linebacker Nick Miller to give Penn great field position, which it converted into a touchdown.
SWAMIS Week Eight: Puck Frinceton!
Penn football's title hopes are less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost... but still, they are alive.
Penn football gears up for Homecoming showdown against archnemesis Princeton
Penn football will host Princeton on Saturday as it clings to its slim Ivy League title hopes. While the Quakers (3-4, 1-3 Ivy) claimed their first Ivy win in Providence, R.I. against Brown last weekend, they do not control their destiny. They currently rank seventh behind three 3-1 teams and three 2-2 teams, including Princeton (5-2, 2-2).
Penn football takes first Ivy League win with early blitz of Brown in 17-7 victory
Penn football beat the Brown Bears, 17-7, to secure its first Ivy League victory of the season. The win saves the Quakers (3-4, 1-3 Ivy) from potentially having the program’s first season without an Ivy win in the new millennium.
HALFTIME RECAP: Penn football leads Brown 17-7 in the battle for 7th
At the half of the battle between the two teams winless in Ivy League play, Penn football leads Brown, 17-7. Watson caught every ball thrown his way in the first quarter, en route to a 129-yard, two-touchdown first half.
SWAMIS Week Seven: It's the Toilet Bowl, Charlie Brown!
I'm not disgruntled. Losing happens. But I wouldn't call myself gruntled, either. And if Penn loses the Toilet Bowl this week, I'll definitely be disgruntled.
Ahead of Brown, Nicholas Bokun talks his rise from role-player to game-changer for Penn football
Bokun, an Indiana native who has worked himself up from special teams contributor to starting tight end, has been sacrificing his body for years so that stars like senior wide receiver Justin Watson and senior running back Tre Solomon can grab the highlights.
In a season full of highlights, which moments stand out thus far?
Throughout the fall season, there have been spectacular individual and team performances for Penn Athletics. Our editors debate which moment sticks out most to them.
Weitzman | Penn football's season is disappointing, but team still has plenty to play for
For some championship-or-bust fans, it doesn’t even matter how well Penn does in its final four games — this season will be a disappointment.
Penn football's comeback thwarted by Yale in 24-19 defeat
After forfeiting yet another crucial late touchdown, Penn football fell to Yale by the score of 24-19. The Bulldogs (5-1, 2-1 Ivy) pulled ahead with a score with just four minutes remaining in the game, and handed the Quakers (2-4, 0-3) their fourth straight loss, including three straight Ivy contests. All of the Ivy losses have been by one score or fewer.
SWAMIS Week Six: Penn football needs a "Dubya"
I won't get fooled again.
With backs against the wall, Penn football rallies together for Yale showdown
Channeling his inner Bo Schembechler, Penn football coach Ray Priore preached the importance of standing together heading into Saturday’s Ivy League tilt with Yale.
For Penn student-athletes, OCR is a tall task
With both athletics practices and on-campus recruiting (OCR) presentations often being scheduled for the evening to accommodate course-schedules and traveling job-recruiters, many in-season athletes struggle to balance a commitment to their teams with a desire to secure corporate internships and jobs.
Penn football: So you're saying there's a chance?
Penn football is in trouble after falling to 0-2 with a loss to Columbia. But, in the grand scheme of the Ivy title hunt, are the Quakers down for the count, or are their backs simply against the wall?
Papazekos | Call it what it is: a quarterback controversy
Priore has shied away from calling Penn's situation a quarterback controversy. He insisted instead that it was merely a quarterback competition. Now there is no doubt.
At halftime, Penn football leads Columbia, 14-7
At halftime, the Quakers lead the Lions 14-7.
SWAMIS Week Five: It's a Trap Game!
Reader, have you ever heard the tragedy of Darth Bagnoli the Wise?