2002 Penn Quakers football team

American college football season

2002 Penn Quakers football

Ivy League champion

Conference| Ivy League
Ranking
Sports Network| No. 17
Record| 9–1 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach|

* Al Bagnoli (11th season)

Offensive coordinator| Andy Coen (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator| Ray Priore (5th season)
Home stadium| Franklin Field

Seasons

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2003 ->

2002 Ivy League football standings

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
No. 17 Penn $  |  | 7  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 1  |
Harvard |  | 6  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  |
Princeton |  | 4  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  |
Yale |  | 4  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  |
Cornell |  | 3  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  |
Dartmouth |  | 2  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  |
Brown |  | 2  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 8  |
Columbia |  | 0  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 9  |

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2002 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It was the 128th season of play for the Quakers. They were led by 11th-year head coach Al Bagnoli and played their home games at Franklin Field. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 9–1 and 7–0 in Ivy League play.

On November 16, before their annual game against Harvard, Penn became the first Division I-AA team to host an episode of ESPN's "College GameDay". The weekly national pregame show had begun broadcasting live from the site of a selected marquee matchup in 1993, though some weeks were produced in the studio in Bristol, Connecticut. By November 2002, ESPN had aired 94 shows from "on the road", all at the sites of Division I-A matchups. Coverage plans were decided less than a week ahead of time, which allowed ESPN to respond quickly when the Ivy League called to suggest hosting GameDay at the site where its two contenders for the conference title, with identical 5–0 league records, would meet. The pregame broadcast outside Franklin Field attracted a crowd of 900, and the presence of ESPN cameras was credited for boosting game attendance by about 5,000.[1]

## Schedule

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September 21| at Lafayette*| |

* Fisher Stadium
* Easton, PA

| W 52–21| 7,947| [2]
September 28| Lehigh*| |

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| W 24–21| 13,275| [3]
October 5| Dartmouth| No. 23|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| W 49–14| 8,674| [4]
October 10| at No. 6 Villanova*| No. 24|

* Villanova Stadium
* Villanova, PA

| L 3–17| 8,129| [5]
October 19| Columbia| |

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| W 44–0| 11,208| [6]
October 26| at Yale| |

* Yale Bowl
* New Haven, CT

| W 41–20| 2,500| [7]
November 2| Brown| No. 24|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| W 31–7| 14,287| [8]
November 9| at Princeton| No. 21|

* Princeton Stadium
* Princeton, NJ (rivalry)

| W 44–13| 19,758| [9]
November 16| Harvard| No. 17|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA (rivalry / College GameDay)

| W 44–9| 18,630| [10]
November 23| at Cornell| No. 16|

* Schoellkopf Field
* Ithaca, NY (rivalry)

| W 31–0| 4,090| [11]

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

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## References

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1. ^ Lesmerises, Doug (November 17, 2002). "GameDay: Note Cards, Knowledge and Nuttiness". Sunday News Journal. Wilmington, Del. p. D6 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ O'Brien, Rick (September 22, 2002). "Undaunted by New Faces, Penn Romps, 52-21". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D11 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ Groller, Keith (September 29, 2002). "Princeton Snaps Lehigh's Streak". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 - via Newspapers.com. Headline error is in source. Attendance figure in "Ivy League Standings, Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 29, 2002. p. C17.
4. ^ Tatum, Kevin (October 6, 2002). "Air-Minded Penn Routs Dartmouth". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D11 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ Juliano, Joe (October 11, 2002). "Villanova Soaks Penn in Defensive Battle". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D1 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ Juliano, Joe (October 20, 2002). "After Lackluster First Half, Penn Cuts Loose, Blows Out Columbia". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C10 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ Juliano, Joe (October 27, 2002). "Quakers Bombard Bulldogs". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D9 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ Jensen, Mike (November 3, 2002). "Mitchell Stars as Penn Soars Past Brown". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D8 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ Juliano, Joe (November 10, 2002). "Defense Propels Penn to 44-13 Rout of Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D6 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ Juliano, Joe (November 17, 2002). "Penn Clinches at Least Ivy Tie with 44-9 Pasting of Harvard". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D7 - via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ Juliano, Joe (November 24, 2002). "Penn Wallops Cornell to Wrap Up Ivy Crown". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D9 - via Newspapers.com.
12. ^ "2002 Penn Quakers Schedule and Results". Archived from the original on April 24, 2003. Retrieved January 15, 2019.

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Penn Quakers football

Venues|

* Franklin Field (1895–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* 1917 Rose Bowl
* Cornell
* Harvard
* Princeton

Culture & lore|

* The Penn Quaker
* "Fight on, Pennsylvania!"
* Marching band
* 1922 Alabama game

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* Head coaches
* NFL draftees

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National championship seasons in bold

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Ivy League football champions

I-A/FBS|

* Yale (1956)
* Princeton (1957)
* Dartmouth (1958)
* Penn (1959)
* Yale (1960)
* Columbia & Harvard (1961)
* Dartmouth (1962)
* Dartmouth & Princeton (1963)
* Princeton (1964)
* Dartmouth (1965)
* Dartmouth, Harvard, & Princeton (1966)
* Yale (1967)
* Harvard & Yale (1968)
* Dartmouth, Yale, & Princeton (1969)
* Dartmouth (1970)
* Dartmouth & Cornell (1971)
* Dartmouth (1972)
* Dartmouth (1973)
* Yale (1974)
* Harvard (1975)
* Yale & Brown (1976)
* Yale (1977)
* Dartmouth (1978)
* Yale (1979)
* Yale (1980)
* Yale & Dartmouth (1981)

I-AA/FCS|

* Dartmouth, Harvard & Penn (1982)
* Harvard & Penn (1983)
* Penn (1984)
* Penn (1985)
* Penn (1986)
* Harvard (1987)
* Penn & Cornell (1988)
* Yale & Princeton (1989)
* Dartmouth & Cornell (1990)
* Dartmouth (1991)
* Dartmouth & Princeton (1992)
* Penn (1993)
* Penn (1994)
* Princeton (1995)
* Dartmouth (1996)
* Harvard (1997)
* Penn (1998)
* Brown & Yale (1999)
* Penn (2000)
* Harvard (2001)
* Penn (2002)
* Penn (2003)
* Harvard (2004)
* Brown (2005)
* Princeton & Yale (2006)
* Harvard (2007)
* Harvard & Brown (2008)
* Penn (2009)
* Penn (2010)
* Harvard (2011)
* Penn (2012)
* Harvard & Princeton (2013)
* Harvard (2014)
* Harvard, Dartmouth, & Penn (2015)
* Princeton & Penn (2016)
* Yale (2017)
* Princeton (2018)
* Dartmouth & Yale (2019)
* No season (2020)
* Dartmouth & Princeton (2021)
* Yale (2022)
* Dartmouth, Harvard, & Yale (2023)
* Columbia, Dartmouth, & Harvard (2024)

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