Football
Penn 2013 Homecoming: hour by hour
With women’s and men’s soccer, field hockey and football trying to hang onto their postseason hopes and men’s hoops tipping off for the first time all season, our staff followed every high and low point of Homecoming weekend, minute-by-minute.
Tydings | Homecoming was Princeton football's 'Time to Shine'
Despite high expectations for Penn football heading into 2013, Bob Surace and his Princeton Tigers had their moment in the sun while spoiling Penn’s Homecoming.
Princeton ruins Penn football's Homecoming, wins 38-26
Penn looked poised to keep up with Princeton’s potent attack until the Tigers shut them down as the second half progressed, and the Quakers bowed to the Tigers, 38-26.
A rivalry renewed: Penn football all set to take on Princeton
137 years. That’s how long it’s been since Penn and Princeton began playing each other in football. Now, with everything on the line, Princeton returns for a battle that may have more meaning than any of the 104 before it.
Franklin Field: finding a way to stay young at heart
Through the eyes of both the old and the young, Franklin Field still holds many wonders to behold.
A toast to tradition, transvestites and Pennsylvania football
The toast toss may not drive loads of people to the stands, but it does create lasting memories.
As iron sharpens iron
Like he’s done all his life, Kyle Wilcox has persevered through tough times on and off the gridiron and now he is an important cog in the team’s offense.
Wenik | Penn football needs to stop sleepwalking
Now that the dust has settled and the initial shock of Penn football’s baffling 27-0 loss to Brown on Saturday has worn off, something has become abundantly clear about the 2013 Quakers. They have a bad case of narcolepsy. Penn has earned four wins this year, each of them nearly marred by a stretch where the team has suddenly, inexplicably forgotten how to play winning football.Tony | Penn football not a championship team right now
At no point during Brown’s 27-0 blanking of Penn Saturday did the Quakers look like an Ivy championship football team. Or even a competent one.
Penn football demolished by Brown, 27-0
Playing Brown was supposed to be an afterthought for Penn, but it took the Bears exactly one play to change everything.
Penn football looks to bear down against Brown
With a crucial homecoming weekend game looming against rival Princeton next week, the Red and Blue (4-2, 3-0 Ivy) hit the road on Saturday to take on Brown, a feisty team that pushed Penn to the brink a season ago.
Lengyel | It's a long road ahead for Penn football
The Quakers’ next three games will be important to deciding whether they can take home a second consecutive Ivy title as the Red and Blue have a long way to go before reaching the ultimate goal of four outright titles in five years.
Wenik | Penn football has plenty of work left to do
It wasn’t pretty at first, and it certainly wasn’t pretty at the end, but for 40 minutes, Penn looked like it had the best football team in the Ivy League.
With Billy Ragone out, Penn football takes down Yale, 28-17
With starting quarterback Billy Ragone out, Penn turned to fellow fifth-year senior Ryan Becker at QB and didn’t miss a beat, beating Yale, 28-17, to avenge the Quakers’ only loss in Ivy play from last season.
Penn football out for vengenace against the Bulldogs
After a fantastic performance against Columbia, Penn’s defense will need to be on its toes this week, as Yale’s up-tempo option offense will call for the front seven to stick with their respective assignments.
Ragone's status questionable for Penn football
Coach Al Bagnoli told the DP Wednesday that Ragone’s X-rays and MRIs came back negative, meaning that Ragone did not sprain his ankle at Columbia. Still, Bagnoli said the team is “treating it like it’s a sprained ankle” and labeled Ragone as questionable for Saturday’s home game against Yale.
Time for Penn football's special teams to get a leg up
After a nonconference victory over Lafayette and two wins over inferior Ivy opponents, Penn’s special teams have been a cause for concern.
McGinnis | Penn football’s Ivy hopes lie with the defense
Against Columbia, in a game where the offense seemed unable to finish its drives, Penn’s defense showed that it has the potential to carry the team to great heights.
Tydings | Time to see more of Ryan Becker for Penn football
With Billy Ragone playing inconsistently through five games and now dealing with an injury, Ryan Becker needs to take a more prominent role at quarterback for Penn football.