1976 Penn Quakers football team

1976 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record3–6 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorOtto Kneidinger (6th season)
Captains
  • Robert Graustein
  • Robert Mardula
  • William Petuskey
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1975
1977 →
1976 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale + 6 1 0 8 1 0
Brown + 6 1 0 8 1 0
Harvard 4 3 0 6 3 0
Dartmouth 4 3 0 6 3 0
Columbia 2 5 0 3 6 0
Penn 2 5 0 3 6 0
Princeton 2 5 0 2 7 0
Cornell 2 5 0 2 7 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1976 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Penn tied for last place in the Ivy League.

In their sixth year under head coach Harry Gamble, the Quakers compiled a 3–6 record and were outscored 159 to 90.[1] Robert Graustein, Robert Mardula and William Petuskey were the team captain.[2]

Penn's 2–5 conference record placed it in a four-way tie for fifth place, at the bottom of the Ivy League standings. The Quakers were outscored 121 to 55 by Ivy opponents.[3]

Penn played its home games at Franklin Field adjacent to the university's campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

  1. ^ "Football Fact Book: All-Time Year-by-Year". Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania. p. 157. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Football Fact Book: All-Time Team Captains". Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania. p. 98. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 27–28. Retrieved July 10, 2020.