2014 Penn Quakers football team

The 2014 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Al Bagnoli, during his twenty-third year as head coach, the team played its home games at Franklin Field, and was a member of the Ivy League.

2014 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record2–8 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJon McLaughlin (6th season)
Defensive coordinatorRay Priore (17th season)
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 15 Harvard $   7 0     10 0  
Dartmouth   6 1     8 2  
Yale   5 2     8 2  
Princeton   4 3     5 5  
Brown   3 4     5 5  
Penn   2 5     2 8  
Cornell   1 6     1 9  
Columbia   0 7     0 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network Poll

Background

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The team finished the season 2–8 overall 2–5 in Ivy League play to place sixth, and averaged 6,982 fans per game.

On April 22, head coach Bagnoli announced his intentions to retire at the end of the 2014 season.[1] He finished at Penn with a 23-year record of 234–99. However, on February 23, Bagnoli accepted the head coaching position at Ivy League rival Columbia.[2]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 201:00 p.m.at Jacksonville*L 31–342,268
September 273:00 p.m.No. 6 Villanova*L 7–4112,353
October 41:30 p.m.at DartmouthFCSL 13–313,288
October 111:00 p.m.at No. 14 Fordham*L 22–603,081
October 181:00 p.m.Columbia
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 31–78,966
October 251:30 p.m.at YaleNBCSNL 21–4311,402
November 11:00 p.m.Brown 
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 13–218,176
November 83:30 p.m.at PrincetonNBCSNL 17–229,486
November 151:00 p.m.No. 17 Harvard
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 24–345,386
November 2212:30 p.m.at CornellW 34–263,933

References

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  1. ^ "Penn football coach al Bagnoli to retire".
  2. ^ "Former Penn coach Bagnoli hired at Columbia". February 24, 2015.