1956 Penn Quakers football team

1956 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	4–5 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach	Steve Sebo (3rd season)
Captains	Charles Gill Peter Keblish
Home stadium	Franklin Field
Seasons ←  1955 1957  →

1956 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 17 Yale $	7	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Princeton	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Penn	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Brown	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Columbia	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Harvard	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Cornell	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 1956 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as a member of the Ivy League during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season.

Background

During its third year under head coach Steve Sebo, this Quakers team compiled a 5–4 record but were outscored 216 to 96. ^[1] Charles Gill and Peter Keblish were the team captains. ^[2]

Penn's 4–3 conference record tied for third place in the Ivy League. ^[3] This was the first season of formal play for the league, and marked the renewal for the Quakers of several rivalries that hadn't been played in recent years. Only four of Penn's 1955 opponents (Cornell, Navy, Penn State, Princeton) carried over to the new season. The rest of the Ivy League teams had not played Penn since 1952 or earlier; Harvard and Yale hadn't been on the schedule since World War II.

Penn played its home games at Franklin Field, adjacent to the university's campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Penn State *	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–34	23,390	[4]
October 6	Dartmouth	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 14–7	15,569	[5]
October 13	Princeton	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 0–34	28,484	[6]
October 20	Brown	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 14–7	15,716	[7]
October 27	Navy *	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–54	24,721	[8]
November 3	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 28–14	13,000	[9]
November 10	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 7–40	24,500	[10]
November 17	Columbia	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 20–6	11,200	[11]
November 22	Cornell	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 7–20	17,575	[12]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "Football Fact Book: All-Time Year-by-Year". Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania. p. 156. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
2. "Football Fact Book: All-Time Team Captains". Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania. p. 98. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
3. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 22. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
4. Effrat, Louis (September 30, 1956). "Penn Team Routed by Penn State, 34-0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
5. Nichols, Joseph C. (October 7, 1956). "Quakers Subdue Dartmouth, 14-7". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
6. Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 14, 1956). "Powerful Tigers Crush Penn, 34-0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
7. Werden, Lincoln A. (October 21, 1956). "Penn Triumphs, 14-7, on Brown's Fumbles". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
8. McGowen, Roscoe (October 28, 1956). "8 Navy Touchdowns Rout Penn, 54 to 6". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
9. White, Gordon S. Jr. (November 4, 1956). "Penn Turns Back Harvard, 28 to 14". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
10. McGowen, Roscoe (November 11, 1956). "Yale Trips Penn, 40-7; Elis Flash Power". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
11. Riordan, Leo (November 18, 1956). "Riepl Frolics as Penn Wins". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
12. Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 23, 1956). "Cornell's 3 Second-Half Touchdowns Beat Penn". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. 40.