1984 Penn Quakers football team

1984 Penn Quakers football
Ivy League champion
Conference	Ivy League
Record	8–1 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach	Jerry Berndt (4th season)
Captains	Kevin Bradley Lal Heneghan
Home stadium	Franklin Field
Seasons ←  1983 1985  →

1984 Ivy League football standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn $	7	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Yale	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Harvard	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Brown	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Princeton	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Cornell	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Dartmouth	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Columbia	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1984 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. After two years of shared championships, Penn won the Ivy League title outright in 1984.

Background

During its fourth year under head coach Jerry Berndt, the Quakers compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents 286 to 152. ^[1] Lal Heneghan and Kevin Bradley were the team captains. ^[2]

Penn's undefeated (7–0) conference record topped the Ivy League standings. The Quakers outscored Ivy opponents 254 to 90. ^[3] It was the first time since 1970 that any team had gone undefeated in Ivy League play.

The Quakers' only loss came in an away game against a non-league, Division I-A opponent, Army.

Despite beating every Division I-AA opponent it faced, Penn did not appear in the weekly top 20 national rankings.

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 22	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 55–24	14,324	[4]
September 29	Davidson *	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 19–14	12,309	[5]
October 6	Columbia	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 35–7	8,469	[6]
October 13	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 41–14	12,614	[7]
October 20	at Army *	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 13–48	59,075	[8]
October 27	Yale	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 34–21	36,975	[9]
November 3	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 27–17	23,275	[10]
November 10	Harvard	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 38–7	38,810	[11]
November 17	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 24–0	5,800	[12]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "Football Fact Book: All-Time Year-by-Year". Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania. p. 158. 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. pp. 30–31. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
4. Roberts, Ernie (September 23, 1984). "Penn Pastes Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 100 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Cataldi, Angelo (September 30, 1984). "Favored Penn Survives Scare from Davidson". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 9-E – via Newspapers.com.
6. Newman, Chuck (October 7, 1984). "Chambers Leads Unbeaten Penn to 35-7 Triumph". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 11-E, 16-E – via Newspapers.com.
7. Powers, John (October 14, 1984). "Penn Rips Brown, 41-14". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Newman, Chuck (October 21, 1984). "Army Infantry Hands Penn Its First Loss, 48-13". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 7-E, 10-E – via Newspapers.com.
9. Apple, Ginny (October 28, 1984). "Yale's Ivy Hopes Dashed by Penn". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. C13, C15 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Newman, Chuck (November 4, 1984). "Penn Holds Off Princeton, 27-17". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 1-E, 12-E – via Newspapers.com.
11. Newman, Chuck (November 11, 1984). "Penn Rips Harvard to Clinch Tie for Title; Surges to a 38-7 Ivy Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-E – via Newspapers.com.
12. Newman, Chuck (November 18, 1984). "Penn Claims the Ivy League Crown; Records Fall in 24-0 Win at Cornell". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 1-E, 14-E – via Newspapers.com.