Football

Columbia football coach Pete Mangurian resigns amid abuse claims

Columbia football coach Pete Mangurian resigned on Friday, Columbia President Lee Bollinger said in a press release.

Penn football announces defensive coordinator hire

Four days after officially taking over the reins of Penn football, head coach Ray Priore hasn't waited long to put his own stamp on the program. With the defensive coordinator position vacant after Priore's promotion, Penn Athletics has confirmed that current Albany defensive coordinator Bob Benson will fill the same position with the Red and Blue. "I'm thrilled to add someone of Bob's experience to our staff," Priore said in a statement.

Wenik | Cheers to 23 seasons of Al Bagnoli for Penn football

The way Penn football celebrated at midfield after defeating Cornell, giving retiring coach Al Bagnoli a ceremonial Gatorade shower, you’d almost have thought the Quakers somehow managed to capture a 10th Ivy title for their leader on some sort of technicality.

Penn football takes down Cornell in Bagnoli's final game

In the end though, Penn would prevail over the Big Red, 34-26, behind a career day for senior receiver Spencer Kulcsar in his final collegiate game.

Penn football leads Cornell at the half, 21-18

Both teams had their share of turnovers, and neither could manage to establish a true lead. At the half, Penn ended up on top 21-18.

End of an era for Penn football as Bagnoli is set to coach last game

For as much as he’s loathed talking about it, the time has finally come: Al Bagnoli’s last game is this Saturday. And with both Penn football and Cornell struggling this season, the action on the field will likely be secondary.

Powers | A performance to be proud of for Penn football

It sure would have been nice to send off the program’s winningest coach with another victory in his final game at Franklin Field, but Penn football showed a lot to be proud of in its loss to Harvard.

Penn football falls in Bagnoli's final home game

Despite being limited in stretches by the Quakers' defense, Harvard managed to score on its three subsequent possessions to clinch the win, 34-24, and a share of its second consecutive Ivy League title

Behind Enemy Lines | Harvard football coach Tim Murphy

While Saturday will be all about Al Bagnoli, who will be coaching for the last time at Franklin field, the coach on the opposite sideline deserves his fair share of recognition.

One final tribute for Penn football's Al Bagnoli

After 23 years, it's time for Al Bagnoli to say goodbye to Franklin Field.

Steele | Time to honor Al Bagnoli

Although this will also be his last campaign on the Quakers’ sideline, Bagnoli made it perfectly clear before the year started that he never wanted his impending retirement to overshadow what his players did on the field.

Tydings |Penn football's Bagnoli must follow Jeter's lead

Everyone reading this next sentence will hate me but I will say it anyway: When Al Bagnoli announced in April that he would retire after the 2014 season, I immediately thought about Derek Jeter.

Wenik | The referees didn't help, but Penn football only has itself to blame

Bad calls or not, the Red and Blue had a chance to come into Princeton and deal their biggest rival a season-killing loss on national television. By all accounts, they could have — and should have — won.

Penn football falls just short at Princeton, 22-17

After losing consecutive Ivy games to Yale and Brown, the Quakers came to New Jersey with upset on their minds, but came up just short, falling to Princeton, 22-17.

Penn football behind at halftime to Princeton, 19-10

All in all, some miscues in Princeton territory held Penn back as the Quakers fell behind the Tigers in the first half, 19-7, at Princeton Stadium despite forcing their first turnover in almost a month.

Penn football heads to Princeton with upset on its mind

With disappointment swirling around Penn football and its conference record, the squad has upset on its collective mind.

Wenik | Penn football looks for turnaround in trenches

After Penn football’s 21-13 loss to Brown on Saturday, coach Al Bagnoli was not about to make any excuses for the Quakers’ offensive performance. But curiously enough, Brown coach Phil Estes was.

Tydings | A Homecoming to forget for Penn Athletics

Homecoming has the potential to be great for any school. A ton of alumni (read: possible donors) all in the same place, interacting with your campus and taking in the athletic events you have on tap. But when events unfold like they did for Penn Athletics on Saturday, it is hard to call this rain-soaked Homecoming great for the athletic department.

Steele | Inconsistency defines Penn football

Seven games into the 2014 season, it's impossible to deny the sense of disappointment surrounding Penn football.

Brown takes control of trenches and defeats Penn football, 21-13

A bitterly cold rain drove much of the anticipated Homecoming crowd away, and the Quakers didn’t give the several thousand that braved the rain many reasons to cheer.