1973 Penn Quakers football team

1973 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	6–3 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach	Harry Gamble (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Otto Kneidinger (3rd season)
Captains	Jim Bumgardner Glenn Casey
Home stadium	Franklin Field

1973 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Dartmouth $	6	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Harvard	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Penn	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Yale	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Brown	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	3	–	1
Cornell	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	7	–	1
Princeton	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1973 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania as a member of the Ivy League during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. In their third year under head coach Harry Gamble, the Quakers compiled an overall record of 6–3 with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for second in the Ivy League. Jim Bumgardner and Glenn Casey were the team captains. Penn played home games at Franklin Field, adjacent to the university's campus in Philadelphia.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	at Lafayette*	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	L 14–16	10,000	[1]
October 6	Brown	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 28–20	10,991	[2]
October 13	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 22–16	17,800	[3]
October 19	Lehigh*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 27–20	15,500–17,800	[4][5]
October 26	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 24–0	21,000	[6]
November 3	Harvard	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 30–34	37,167	[7]
November 10	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 21–24	23,458	[8]
November 17	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 42–8	5,330	[9]
November 24	Cornell	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 31–22	24,559	[10]
*Non-conference game

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References

1. Dell, John (September 30, 1973). "Lafayette Stuns Penn on Thaw FG, 16-14". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-B – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Penn Makes Mistakes, but Tops Brown, 28-20". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 7, 1973. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Keese, Parton (October 14, 1973). "Penn Tops Dartmouth, 22-16". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S10.
4. McGowen, Deane (October 20, 1973). "Penn Downs Lehigh, 27-20, for 34th Time in a Row". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 68.
5. "Final 1973 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Lehigh)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
6. Keese, Parton (October 28, 1973). "Penn Drubs Princeton and Leads Ivy League". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S3.
7. Strauss, Michael (November 4, 1973). "Harvard Conquers Penn with a Late Pass, 34-30". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
8. "Yale Wins as a Pass Fools Penn". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 11, 1973. p. S4.
9. Strauss, Michael (November 18, 1973). "Yale and Penn Triumph; Columbia Routed, 42-8". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
10. McGowen, Deane (November 25, 1973). "Penn Wins, 31-22; Quakers Down Cornell". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S4.
11. "1973 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2019.