The 2017 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Ray Priore. They played their home games at Franklin Field. They are a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 6–4 overall and 4–3 in Ivy League play to place fourth . Penn averaged 5,274 fans per game.
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 6–4 (4–3 Ivy) |
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Offensive coordinator | John Reagan (3rd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Bob Benson (3rd season) |
Home stadium | Franklin Field |
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No. 24 Yale $ | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 0 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Quakers hosted Ivy League foes Dartmouth, Yale, Princeton, and Cornell, and traveled to Columbia, Brown, and Harvard. Homecoming coincided with the game against Princeton on November 4.[1]
In 2017, Penn's non-conference opponents were Ohio Dominican of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (Division II), Lehigh of the Patriot League and Central Connecticut of the Northeast Conference.[2]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Ohio Dominican* | CSN-P | W 42–24 | 3,009 | |
September 23 | 12:30 p.m. | at Lehigh* | SE2 | W 65–47 | 5,060 | |
September 29 | 7:00 p.m. | Dartmouth | NBCSN | L 13–16 | 4,023 | |
October 7 | 1:00 p.m. | at Central Connecticut* | NECFR | L 21–42 | 4,917 | |
October 14 | 1:30 p.m. | at Columbia | ELVN | L 31–34 OT | 13,081 | |
October 21 | 1:00 p.m. | Yale |
| NBCS PH+ | L 19–24 | 6,408 |
October 28 | 12:30 p.m. | at Brown | ELVN | W 17–7 | 2,008 | |
November 4 | 1:00 p.m. | Princeton |
| NBCS PH | W 38–35 | 9,073 |
November 11 | Noon | at Harvard | NESN+ | W 23–6 | 10,122 | |
November 18 | 1:30 p.m. | Cornell |
| ELVN | W 29–22 | 3,861 |
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Ohio Dominican | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Penn | 0 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 42 |
at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Penn | 14 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 65 |
Lehigh | 14 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 47 |
at Goodman Stadium • Bethlehem, PA
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Dartmouth | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
Penn | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Penn | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
Central Connecticut | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 |
at Arute Field • New Britain, CT
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
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Penn | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
Columbia | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 34 |
at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium • New York City, NY
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Yale | 7 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 24 |
Penn | 7 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 19 |
at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Penn | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Brown | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at Brown Stadium • Providence, RI
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Princeton | 7 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 35 |
Penn | 7 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Penn | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
Harvard | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cornell | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
Penn | 7 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 29 |
at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA
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Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position |
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Justin Watson | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5th | 144 | WR |