2017 Penn Quakers football team

American college football season

2017 Penn Quakers football
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Conference	Ivy League
Record	6–4 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach	Ray Priore (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	John Reagan (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Benson (3rd season)
Home stadium	Franklin Field
Seasons← 2016 2018 →

2017 Ivy League football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
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

$ – Conference champion Rankings from STATS Poll

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.

Schedule

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.

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.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 16	1:00 p.m.	Ohio Dominican*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	CSN-P	W 42–24	3,009
September 23	12:30 p.m.	at Lehigh*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	SE2	W 65–47	5,060
September 29	7:00 p.m.	Dartmouth	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	NBCSN	L 13–16	4,023
October 7	1:00 p.m.	at Central Connecticut*	Arute Field New Britain, CT	NECFR	L 21–42	4,917
October 14	1:30 p.m.	at Columbia	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY	ELVN	L 31–34	13,081
October 21	1:00 p.m.	Yale	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	NBCS PH+	L 19–24	6,408
October 28	12:30 p.m.	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	ELVN	W 17–7	2,008
November 4	1:00 p.m.	Princeton	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	NBCS PH	W 38–35	9,073
November 11	Noon	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	NESN+	W 23–6	10,122
November 18	1:30 p.m.	Cornell	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	ELVN	W 29–22	3,861
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Ohio Dominican

See also: Ohio Dominican Panthers Ohio Dominican vs. Penn – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio Dominican	7	3	7	7	24
Penn	0	7	21	14	42

at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA

Date: September 16
Game time: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 84 °F (29 °C); clear, sunny
Game attendance: 3,009
Referee: J. Gensiejewski
Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Lehigh

See also: 2017 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team Penn vs. Lehigh – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Penn	14	21	14	16	65
Lehigh	14	14	7	12	47

at Goodman Stadium • Bethlehem, PA

Date: September 23
Game time: 12:30 p.m.
Game weather: 83 °F (28 °C); sunny, hot
Game attendance: 5,060
Referee: W. Boyd
Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Dartmouth

See also: 2017 Dartmouth Big Green football team Dartmouth vs. Penn – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Dartmouth	0	10	0	6	16
Penn	0	7	3	3	13

at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA

Date: September 30
Game time: 7:00 p.m.
Game attendance: 4,023
Box Score

Game information
Second quarter DART – Hunter Hagdorn, 12 yard pass from Jack Heneghan (David Smith XP good), 13:06 (DART 7–0) PENN – Justin Watson, 6 yard pass from Fischer-Colbrie (Jack Soslow XP good), 1:20 (TIE 7–7) DART – Smith, 43 yard field goal, 0:00 (DART 10–7) Third quarter PENN – Soslow, 31 yard field goal, 0:30 (TIE 10–10) Fourth quarter PENN – Soslow, 27 yard field goal, 5:37 (PENN 13–10) DART – Jared Gerbino, 1 yard run, 0:00 (DART 16–13)

Game information

Second quarter

DART – Hunter Hagdorn, 12 yard pass from Jack Heneghan (David Smith XP good), 13:06 (DART 7–0)
PENN – Justin Watson, 6 yard pass from Fischer-Colbrie (Jack Soslow XP good), 1:20 (TIE 7–7)
DART – Smith, 43 yard field goal, 0:00 (DART 10–7)

Third quarter

PENN – Soslow, 31 yard field goal, 0:30 (TIE 10–10)

Fourth quarter

PENN – Soslow, 27 yard field goal, 5:37 (PENN 13–10)
DART – Jared Gerbino, 1 yard run, 0:00 (DART 16–13)

Central Connecticut

See also: 2017 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team Penn vs. Central Connecticut – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Penn	0	21	0	0	21
Central Connecticut	14	14	7	7	42

at Arute Field • New Britain, CT

Date: October 7
Game time: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 75 °F (24 °C); overcast, humid
Game attendance: 4,917
Referee: C. Vaccaro
Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Columbia

See also: 2017 Columbia Lions football team Penn vs. Columbia – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
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

Date: October 14
Game time: 1:30 p.m.
Game weather: 69 °F (21 °C); mix of clouds and sun
Game attendance: 13,081
Referee: M. Sechrist
Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Yale

See also: 2017 Yale Bulldogs football team Yale vs. Penn – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Yale	7	11	0	6	24
Penn	7	3	0	9	19

at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA

Date: October 21
Game time: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C); sunny
Game attendance: 6,408
Referee: T. Marcella
Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Brown

See also: 2017 Brown Bears football team Penn vs. Brown – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Penn	14	3	0	0	17
Brown	7	0	0	0	7

at Brown Stadium • Providence, RI

Date: October 28
Game time: 12:30 p.m.
Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C); partly cloudy
Game attendance: 2,008
Referee: M. Overton
Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Princeton

See also: 2017 Princeton Tigers football team and Penn–Princeton football rivalry Princeton vs. Penn – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Princeton	7	0	14	14	35
Penn	7	10	7	14	38

at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA

Date: November 4
Game time: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: About 55 °F (13 °C); brisk fall day
Game attendance: 9,073
Referee: C. Jebran
Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Harvard

See also: 2017 Harvard Crimson football team and Harvard–Penn football rivalry Penn vs. Harvard – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Penn	7	3	10	3	23
Harvard	0	3	3	0	6

at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA

Date: November 11
Game time: Noon
Game weather: 38 °F (3 °C); sunny, breezy
Game attendance: 10,122
Referee: W. Boyd
Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Cornell

See also: 2017 Cornell Big Red football team and Cornell–Penn football rivalry Cornell vs. Penn – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Cornell	10	0	6	6	22
Penn	7	14	0	8	29

at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA

Date: November 18
Game time: 1:30 p.m.
Game weather: 51 °F (11 °C); overcast
Game attendance: 3,861
Referee: H. Wimber
Box Score

Game information
First quarter COR – Nickolas Null, 32 yard field goal, 9:39 (COR 3–0) PENN – Karekin Brooks, 38 yard run (Jack Soslow XP good), 5:37 (PENN 7–3) COR – Collin Shaw, 35 yard pass from Dalton Banks (Null XP good), 2:08 (COR 10–7) Second quarter PENN – Brooks, 6 yard run (Soslow XP good), 11:14 (PENN 14–10) PENN – Justin Watson, 22 yard pass from Fischer-Colbrie (Soslow XP good), 0:24 (PENN 21–10) Third quarter COR – Mac Pope, 3 yard run (2-pt. conversion failed), 4:37 (PENN 21–16) Fourth quarter COR – Banks, 1 yard run (2-pt. conversion failed), 13:46 (COR 22–21) PENN – Tre Solomon, 3 yard run (2-pt. conversion good), 2:06 (PENN 29–22)

Game information

First quarter

COR – Nickolas Null, 32 yard field goal, 9:39 (COR 3–0)
PENN – Karekin Brooks, 38 yard run (Jack Soslow XP good), 5:37 (PENN 7–3)
COR – Collin Shaw, 35 yard pass from Dalton Banks (Null XP good), 2:08 (COR 10–7)

Second quarter

PENN – Brooks, 6 yard run (Soslow XP good), 11:14 (PENN 14–10)
PENN – Justin Watson, 22 yard pass from Fischer-Colbrie (Soslow XP good), 0:24 (PENN 21–10)

Third quarter

COR – Mac Pope, 3 yard run (2-pt. conversion failed), 4:37 (PENN 21–16)

Fourth quarter

COR – Banks, 1 yard run (2-pt. conversion failed), 13:46 (COR 22–21)
PENN – Tre Solomon, 3 yard run (2-pt. conversion good), 2:06 (PENN 29–22)

2018 NFL Draft

Main article: 2018 NFL draft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Justin Watson	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	5th	144	WR

References

"Penn Alumni - Homecoming". University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
"Penn Quakers Scores and Schedules". Penn Athletics. Archived from the original on 27 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.

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