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After his team clinched a share of the Ivy title, Penn coach Al Bagnoli took time to reflect on the directions this season could have taken following the loss of Owen Thomas last spring.
Saturday’s 34-14 defeat of Harvard guaranteed the Quakers at least a share of the Ivy crown. It's their 15th Ivy title, their fifth in 10 years, and marks the third time they have won back-to-back titles.
When the Quakers face second-place Harvard at home Saturday afternoon, they will have a few obstacles to overcome before they can once again call themselves Ivy champions.
In this year’s chapter of the Penn-Princeton rivalry, the Quakers compiled an astounding 600 yards of total offense. The 42-point margin marked the school’s largest-ever blowout over Princeton.
The Quakers face Princeton Saturday for their fifth Ivy League game of the season. Penn is still undefeated in the conference, while the Tigers have yet to register a conference win.
After dominating the Bears, 24-7, Saturday at Franklin Field, the Quakers now control their own destiny as the lone remaining undefeated team in the conference.
The center is often the forgotten man. But don’t be fooled; senior center Joe D’Orazio is the most important player when Penn's offense takes the field.
One thing is sure: it certainly isn’t lonely at the top of the Ivy League. With the sixth week of play officially in the books, Brown (4-2, 3-0 Ivy) sits in a tie with Penn for first place.
Though Al Bagnoli’s offense has generated enough points to keep the Penn football team undefeated in Ivy League play, the team still sits in dangerous territory.
Yale's offense posed a formidable threat, entering Saturday with an Ivy-best 267 pass yards per game, but the Quakers ‘D’ showed that it was up for the task.