2003 Penn Quakers football team

The 2003 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Quakers finished the season undefeated and won the Ivy League championship,[1] their second league title in a row and third of past four years.

2003 Penn Quakers football
Ivy League champion
ConferenceIvy League
Record10–0 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumFranklin Field
2003 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 12 Penn $  7 –0   10 –0  
Harvard  4 –3   7 –3  
Brown  4 –3   5 –5  
Yale  4 –3   6 –4  
Dartmouth  4 –3   5 –5  
Columbia  3 –4   4 –6  
Princeton  2 –5   2 –8  
Cornell  0 –7   1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Duquesne*No. 23
W 51–108,181[2]
September 27at No. 19 Lehigh*No. 21
W 31–2410,503[3]
October 4at DartmouthNo. 15
W 33–205,104[4]
October 11Bucknell*No. 15
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–136,410[5]
October 18at ColumbiaNo. 15
W 31–713,785[6]
October 25YaleNo. 13
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 34–31 OT16,510[7]
November 1at BrownNo. 11
W 24–218,172[8]
November 8PrincetonNo. 9
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 37–721,060[9]
November 15at HarvardNo. 8
W 32–2412,585[10]
November 22CornellNo. 9
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 59–78,203[11]

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References
  1. "Football Fact Book: All-Time Year-by-Year". Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania. p. 159. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. Ryan, Shannon (September 21, 2003). "Quakers Demolish Duquesne". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Groller, Keith (September 28, 2003). "Penn Bolts Past Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy League Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 28, 2003. p. C15.
  4. "Big First Half Helps Penn to Easy Victory". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. October 5, 2003. p. D12 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Jensen, Mike (October 12, 2003). "Penn Holds On for 14-13 Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D8 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Penn's 11th Straight Is Rout of Columbia". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. October 19, 2003. p. D10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Eichel, Larry (October 26, 2003). "Penn Coughs Up Big Lead but Beats Yale in Overtime". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D8 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Quaker Coach Moves Up on Win List". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. November 2, 2003. p. D5 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Jensen, Mike (November 9, 2003). "Quakers Rout Princeton, Clinch Tie for Ivy Title". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D6 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Jensen, Mike (November 16, 2003). "Penn Makes Up for Bad Memory, Beats Harvard". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D5 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Eichel, Larry (November 23, 2003). "Quakers Romp in Record-Setting Game". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D4 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "2016 Penn Quakers Football Fact Book (PDF)" (PDF). University of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 23, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2019. pg. 195


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