1961 Penn Quakers football team

1961 Penn Quakers football
Team captain Mike Natale
ConferenceIvy League
Record2–7 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainMike Natale
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Columbia + 6 1 0 6 3 0
Harvard + 6 1 0 6 3 0
Dartmouth 5 2 0 6 3 0
Princeton 5 2 0 5 4 0
Yale 3 4 0 4 5 0
Cornell 2 5 0 3 6 0
Penn 1 6 0 2 7 0
Brown 0 7 0 0 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1961 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as a member of the Ivy League during the 1961 college football season. In their second year under head coach John Stiegman, the Quakers compiled a 2–7 record (1–6 in conference games), finished in seventh place out of eight teams in the Ivy League, and were outscored by a total of 194 to 42 (167 to 22 in Ivy League games).[1][2]

Guard Mike Natale was the team captain.[3] The team's statistical leaders included tailback John Owens (294 rushing yards), quarterback Bill Gray (150 passing yards), and end Ron Allshouse (125 receiving yards).[4]

The team played its home games at Franklin Field adjacent to the university's campus in Philadelphia.

  1. ^ "Football Fact Book: All-Time Year-by-Year". Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania. p. 156. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 23. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "Football Fact Book: All-Time Team Captains". Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania. p. 98. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "1961 Pennsylvania Quakers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 8, 2024.