Penn Quakers

Penn Quakers
University University of Pennsylvania
Conference(s) Ivy League
Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges
NCAA Division I
Athletics director Steve Bilsky
Location Philadelphia, PA
Varsity teams 27 teams
Football stadium Franklin Field
Basketball arena The Palestra
Baseball stadium Meiklejohn Stadium
Soccer stadium Rhodes Field
Lacrosse stadium Franklin Field
Other arenas Class of 1923 Arena
Nickname Quakers, The Red & Blue
Fight song Fight on, Pennsylvania!
Colors Red and blue

         

Homepage Penn Quakers

The Penn Quakers are the athletic teams of the University of Pennsylvania. The school sponsors 27 varsity sports. The school has won three NCAA national championships in men's fencing and one in women's fencing.

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Men's varsity sports

Men's baseball

Men's basketball

Men's crew

Men's fencing

Football

The football team has competed since 1876. It has won eighteen national championships when the school competed in what is now known as the FBS Since the formation of the Ivy League in 1956, Penn has won 15 Ivy League Football Championships.(1959, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010).[1] Eighteen former players have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

In addition to the varsity squad, the Penn Quakers are a charter member of the Collegiate Sprint Football League, having played the sport since 1934.

Men's lacrosse

See also: Ivy League men's lacrosse and College lacrosse and Lacrosse in Pennsylvania

Men's soccer

Before the NCAA began its tournament in 1959, the annual national champion was declared by the Intercollegiate Association Football League (IAFL) — from 1911 to 1926 — and then the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association (ISFA), from 1927 to 1958. From 1911 to 1958, Penn won ten national championships.

Women's varsity sports

Women's crew

Women's fencing

NCAA football television controversy

See: NCAA #Football television controversy

See also

References

  1. ^ Early American Football Style College Champions: 1882/83 - 1890/91. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2010-02-27.