1978 Penn Quakers football team

The 1978 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Penn finished last in the Ivy League.

1978 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record2–6–1 (1–5–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorOtto Kneidinger (8th season)
Captains
  • Boris Radisic
  • Tom Roland
Home stadiumFranklin Field
1978 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Dartmouth $ 6 1 06 3 0
Brown 5 2 06 3 0
Yale 4 1 25 2 2
Cornell 3 3 15 3 1
Harvard 2 4 14 4 1
Columbia 2 4 13 5 1
Princeton 1 4 22 5 2
Penn 1 5 12 6 1
  • $ Conference champion

In their eighth year under head coach Harry Gamble, the Quakers compiled a 2–6–1 record and were outscored 187 to 139. Tom Roland and Boris Radisic were the team captains.

Penn's 1–5–1 conference was the worst in the Ivy League standings. The Quakers were outscored 154 to 99 by Ivy opponents.

Penn played its home games at Franklin Field adjacent to the university's campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.