1959 Penn Quakers football team

1959 Penn Quakers football
Ivy League champion
ConferenceIvy League
Record7–1–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainBarney Berlinger
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn $ 6 1 0 7 1 1
Dartmouth 5 1 1 5 3 1
Harvard 4 3 0 6 3 0
Yale 4 3 0 6 3 0
Cornell 3 4 0 5 4 0
Princeton 3 4 0 4 5 0
Brown 1 5 1 2 6 1
Columbia 1 6 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1959 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1959 college football season. Penn was named champion of the Ivy League.

In their sixth and final year under head coach Steve Sebo, the Quakers compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored opponents 195 to 74.[1] Barney Berlinger was the team captain.[2]

Penn's 6–1 conference record was the best in the Ivy League, earning the conference championship. The Quakers outscored their Ivy opponents 147 to 52.[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. 156. 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. p. 22. Retrieved July 10, 2020.