Penn Quakers

Penn Quakers
University University of Pennsylvania
Conference Ivy League
Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges
NCAA Division I
Athletic director Grace Calhoun
Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Varsity teams 33 teams [1]
Football stadium Franklin Field
Basketball arena The Palestra
Ice hockey arena Class of 1923 Arena
Baseball stadium Meiklejohn Stadium
Soccer stadium Rhodes Field
Lacrosse stadium Franklin Field
Natatorium Sheerr Pool
Nickname Quakers, The Red and the Blue
Fight song Fight on, Pennsylvania!
Colors Red and Blue[2]
         
Website www.pennathletics.com
Poster for University of Pennsylvania vs Georgetown University baseball game, circa 1901, by John E. Sheridan.

The Penn Quakers are the athletic teams of the University of Pennsylvania. The school sponsors 33 varsity sports. The school has won three NCAA national championships in men's fencing and one in women's fencing.

Men's varsity sports

Baseball

Mark DeRosa played varsity baseball for the Penn Quakers from 1994 to 1996.

Men's basketball

Men's crew

Men's fencing

Football

The football team has competed since 1876. It has won eighteen national championships when the school competed in what is now known as the FBS. Since the formation of the Ivy League in 1956, Penn has won 17 Ivy League Football Championships.(1959, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015). Penn has been outright Ivy Football Champion 13 times and been undefeated 8 times.[3] Eighteen former players have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

In addition to the varsity squad, the Penn Quakers are a charter member of the Collegiate Sprint Football League, having played the sport since 1934.

Men's lacrosse

Men's soccer

Before the NCAA began its tournament in 1959, the annual national champion was declared by the Intercollegiate Association Football League (IAFL) — from 1911 to 1926 — and then the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association (ISFA), from 1927 to 1958. From 1911 to 1958, Penn won ten national championships.

Men's squash

Men's swimming

The Penn men's swimming team was founded in 1894. They have won the Ivy League championships five times: in 1940; 1964–65; 1967–68; 1969–70; and 1970-71. Penn's swim team practices and competes at Sheerr Pool in the Pottruck fitness facility.

Wrestling

Penn Quaker Wrestling dates back to 1905, where the first intercollegiate wrestling championship was held in Weightman Hall Gym located on University of Penn campus. Princeton, Yale and Columbia joined Penn in founding the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA), which the team currently competes in. Coached by Illinois all time win record holder Alex Tirapelle with a 128 career wins with the University. The Penn Quaker Wrestling team currently competes in the historic Palestra Arena.

Women's varsity sports

Women's basketball

Penn has won the Ivy League title in 2001, 2004, 2014, 2016, and 2017.

Women's crew

Women's fencing

Championships

NCAA team championships

Penn has 4 NCAA team national championships.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/life-at-penn/athletics-and-recreation
  2. ↑ "Logo & Branding Standards". University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ Early American Football Style College Champions: 1882/83 - 1890/91. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
  4. ↑ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/champs_records_book/Overall.pdf
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