1958 Penn Quakers football team

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1958 Penn Quakers football
Conference Ivy League
Record4–5 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainRay Kelly
Home stadium Franklin Field
Seasons
  1957
1959  
1958 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Dartmouth $ 6 1 07 2 0
Cornell 5 2 06 3 0
Princeton 5 2 06 3 0
Brown 4 3 06 3 0
Penn 4 3 04 5 0
Harvard 3 4 04 5 0
Columbia 1 6 01 8 0
Yale 0 7 02 7 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1958 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as a member of the Ivy League during the 1958 college football season.

In their fifth year under head coach Steve Sebo, the Quakers compiled a 4–5 record and were outscored 177 to 153. [1] Ray Kelly was the team captain. [2]

Penn's 4–3 conference record tied for fourth place in the Ivy League. The Quakers outscored their Ivy opponents 145 to 84. [3]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27 Penn State *
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–43 19,549 [4]
October 4 at Dartmouth L 12–13 12,500 [5]
October 11 Princeton
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 14–20 22,531 [6]
October 18 Brown
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 21–20 16,921 [7]
October 25 No. 18 Navy *
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 8–50 18,914 [8]
November 1 at Harvard W 19–6 16,500 [9]
November 8 at Yale W 30–6 20,952 [10]
November 15 Columbia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 42–0 17,817 [11]
November 27 Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 7–19 19,116 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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  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. White, Gordon S. Jr. (September 28, 1958). "Penn State's Attack on Ground Crushes Penn Team, 43 to 0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. Werden, Lincoln A. (October 5, 1958). "Dartmouth Tops Penn Team, 13-12". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. Effrat, Louis (October 12, 1958). "Princeton Conquers Pennsylvania, 20-14, on 4th-Period Tally". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. McGowen, Roscoe (October 19, 1958). "Penn Defeats Brown as Bruins' Conversion Attempt Fails in Final Quarter". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S3.
  8. Effrat, Louis (October 26, 1958). "Navy Crushes Pennsylvania in Football; Middies Register Easy 50-8 Victory". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S5.
  9. Good, Herb (November 2, 1958). "Penn Rebounds to Stagger Harvard, 19-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 via Newspapers.com.
  10. Keyes, Frank (November 9, 1958). "Pennsylvania Pummels Yale 30-6". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. 1D via Newspapers.com.
  11. Effrat, Louis (November 16, 1958). "Quakers Conquer Columbia, 42 to 0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  12. Danzig, Allison (November 29, 1958). "Cornell Downs Penn to Tie for Second in Ivy League; Skypeck's Passes Pace 19-7 Victory". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. 37.