Year: | 1976 |
Team: | Penn Quakers |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Ivy League |
Short Conf: | Ivy |
Record: | 3–6 |
Conf Record: | 2–5 |
Head Coach: | Harry Gamble |
Hc Year: | 6th |
Def Coach: | Otto Kneidinger |
Dc Year: | 6th |
Captain: | Robert Graustein |
Captain2: | Robert Mardula |
Captain3: | William Petuskey |
Stadium: | Franklin Field |
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.