1996 Penn Quakers football team

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1996 Penn Quakers football
Conference Ivy League
Record5–5 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Mike Toop (5th season)
Home stadium Franklin Field
Seasons
  1995
1997  
1996 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 17 Dartmouth $  7 0   10 0  
Columbia  5 2   8 2  
Brown  4 3   5 5  
Cornell  4 3   4 6  
Penn  3 4   5 5  
Harvard  2 5   4 6  
Princeton  2 5   3 7  
Yale  1 6   2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1996 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania in the Ivy League during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season.

Contents

Background

During its fifth season under head coach Al Bagnoli, the team compiled a 5–5 record (3–4 against Ivy League opponents). [1] Tim Gage and Matt Julien were the team captains. [2]

Defensive tackle Mitch Marrow led the team on defense; [3] at the end of the season, he was selected as a first-team All-American. [4] Jasen Scott was selected as the team's most valuable player. [5] Barrow and Scott both received first-team honors on the 1997 All-Ivy League team. [6]

The team's statistical leaders included Tom MacLeod with 720 passing yards, Mark Fabish with 302 receiving yards, and Jasen Scott with 1,193 rushing yards and 68 points scored. [7]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Dartmouth L 22–248,521 [8] [9]
September 28 Colgate *W 38–711,214 [10]
October 5at Bucknell *W 30–21 OT9,166 [11]
October 12 Columbia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 19–206,435 [12]
October 19 Lehigh *
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 24–285,074 [13] [14]
October 26at Brown L 21–275,125 [15] [16]
November 2 Yale
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–319,203 [17] [18]
November 9at Princeton W 10–610,034 [19]
November 16 Harvard
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 17–1221,509 [20]
November 23at Cornell L 21–245,223 [21]
  • *Non-conference game

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Roster

1996 Penn Quakers football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 14Joe BeggansJr
OL 57Mike BertolinoFr
QB 10Tom MacLeodJr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 82Bandele Adeniyi-BadaSo
DE 94Patrick AltmanFr
DB 31Melvin AlexanderFr
DB 20Joey AlofaitulliFr
DL 69Jason MaehrSo
DL 65 Mitch Marrow Sr
DL 60Chris OsentowskiSr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

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References

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  2. 2016 Penn Quakers Football Fact Book, p. 98.
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  6. 2016 Penn Quakers Football Fact Book, p. 102.
  7. 2016 Penn Quakers Football Fact Book, pp. 118-122.
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