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The 1959 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1959 college football season. Penn was named champion of the Ivy League.
1959 Penn Quakers football | |
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Ivy League champion | |
Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 7–1–1 (6–1 Ivy) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Barney Berlinger |
Home stadium | Franklin Field |
In their sixth and final year under head coach Steve Sebo, the Quakers compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored opponents 195 to 74.[1] Barney Berlinger was the team captain.[2]
Penn's 6–1 conference record was the best in the Ivy League, earning the conference championship. The Quakers outscored their Ivy opponents 147 to 52.[3]
Penn played its home games at Franklin Field adjacent to the university's campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 26 | Lafayette* |
| W 26–0 | 15,974 | [4] | ||
October 3 | Dartmouth |
| W 13–0 | 16,184 | [5] | ||
October 10 | at Princeton | W 18–0 | 32,000 | [6] | |||
October 17 | Brown |
| W 36–9 | 13,083 | [7] | ||
October 24 | Navy* |
| T 22–22 | 25,696 | [8] | ||
October 31 | Harvard |
| L 0–12 | 15,660 | [9] | ||
November 7 | Yale |
| W 28–12 | 25,102 | [10] | ||
November 14 | at Columbia | W 24–6 | 46,000 | [11] | |||
November 26 | Cornell |
| W 28–13 | 23,661 | [12] | ||
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