2002 Penn Quakers football team

2002 Penn Quakers football
Ivy League champion
Conference	Ivy League
Record	9–1 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach	Al Bagnoli (11th season)
Home stadium	Franklin Field
Seasons ←  2001 2003  →

2002 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 17 Penn $		7	–	0					9	–	1
Harvard		6	–	1					7	–	3
Princeton		4	–	3					6	–	4
Yale		4	–	3					6	–	4
Cornell		3	–	4					4	–	6
Dartmouth		2	–	5					3	–	7
Brown		2	–	5					2	–	8
Columbia		0	–	7					1	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2002 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It was the 128th season of play for the Quakers. They were led by 11th-year head coach Al Bagnoli and played their home games at Franklin Field. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 9–1 and 7–0 in Ivy League play.

On November 16, before their annual game against Harvard, Penn became the first Division I-AA team to host an episode of ESPN's "College GameDay". The weekly national pregame show had begun broadcasting live from the site of a selected marquee matchup in 1993, though some weeks were produced in the studio in Bristol, Connecticut. By November 2002, ESPN had aired 94 shows from "on the road", all at the sites of Division I-A matchups. Coverage plans were decided less than a week ahead of time, which allowed ESPN to respond quickly when the Ivy League called to suggest hosting GameDay at the site where its two contenders for the conference title, with identical 5–0 league records, would meet. The pregame broadcast outside Franklin Field attracted a crowd of 900, and the presence of ESPN cameras was credited for boosting game attendance by about 5,000. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	at Lafayette *		Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	W 52–21	7,947	[2]
September 28	Lehigh *		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 24–21	13,275	[3]
October 5	Dartmouth	No. 23	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 49–14	8,674	[4]
October 10	at No. 6 Villanova *	No. 24	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	L 3–17	8,129	[5]
October 19	Columbia		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 44–0	11,208	[6]
October 26	at Yale		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 41–20	2,500	[7]
November 2	Brown	No. 24	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 31–7	14,287	[8]
November 9	at Princeton	No. 21	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 44–13	19,758	[9]
November 16	Harvard	No. 17	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry / College GameDay )	W 44–9	18,630	[10]
November 23	at Cornell	No. 16	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 31–0	4,090	[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

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References

1. Lesmerises, Doug (November 17, 2002). "GameDay: Note Cards, Knowledge and Nuttiness". Sunday News Journal . Wilmington, Del. p. D6 – via Newspapers.com.
2. O'Brien, Rick (September 22, 2002). "Undaunted by New Faces, Penn Romps, 52-21". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. D11 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Groller, Keith (September 29, 2002). "Princeton Snaps Lehigh's Streak". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com. Headline error is in source. Attendance figure in "Ivy League Standings, Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. September 29, 2002. p. C17.
4. Tatum, Kevin (October 6, 2002). "Air-Minded Penn Routs Dartmouth". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. D11 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Juliano, Joe (October 11, 2002). "Villanova Soaks Penn in Defensive Battle". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Juliano, Joe (October 20, 2002). "After Lackluster First Half, Penn Cuts Loose, Blows Out Columbia". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. C10 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Juliano, Joe (October 27, 2002). "Quakers Bombard Bulldogs". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. D9 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Jensen, Mike (November 3, 2002). "Mitchell Stars as Penn Soars Past Brown". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. D8 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Juliano, Joe (November 10, 2002). "Defense Propels Penn to 44-13 Rout of Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. D6 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Juliano, Joe (November 17, 2002). "Penn Clinches at Least Ivy Tie with 44-9 Pasting of Harvard". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. D7 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Juliano, Joe (November 24, 2002). "Penn Wallops Cornell to Wrap Up Ivy Crown". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. D9 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "2002 Penn Quakers Schedule and Results". Archived from the original on April 24, 2003. Retrieved January 15, 2019.