1998 Penn Quakers football team

American college football season

1998 Penn Quakers football
Ivy League champion
Conference	Ivy League
Record	8–2 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Al Bagnoli (7th season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Toop (7th season)
Captains	Jim Finn Joe Piela
Home stadium	Franklin Field
Seasons← 1997 1999 →

1998 Ivy League football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Penn $	6	–	1	8	–	2
Brown	5	–	2	7	–	3
Yale	5	–	2	6	–	4
Princeton	4	–	3	5	–	5
Columbia	3	–	4	4	–	6
Harvard	3	–	4	4	–	6
Cornell	1	–	6	4	–	6
Dartmouth	1	–	6	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion

The 1998 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. A year after having to forfeit all of its Ivy League wins, Penn won the conference championship in 1998.

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

History

In its seventh year under head coach Al Bagnoli, the team compiled an 8–2 record and outscored opponents 297 to 212. Jim Finn and Joe Piela were the team captains.

Penn's 6–1 conference record topped the Ivy League standings. The Quakers outscored Ivy opponents 225 to 137 by Ivy opponents.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 19	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 17–14	8,519
September 26	Richmond*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 18–34	5,309
October 3	Bucknell*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 20–10	10,809
October 10	at Fordham*	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	W 34–31	3,424
October 17	Columbia	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 20–0	8,108
October 24	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 51–58	4,438
October 31	Yale	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 34–21	20,875
November 7	at Princeton	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 27–14	20,230
November 14	Harvard	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 41–10	14,909
November 21	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 35–21	4,633
*Non-conference game

References

"Football Fact Book: All-Time Year-by-Year". Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania. p. 159. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
"Football Fact Book: All-Time Team Captains". Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania. p. 98. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
"Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 37–38. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
Monahan, Bob (September 20, 1998). "Penn, Finn Slip Past Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D17 – via Newspapers.com.
Smith, Marcia C. (September 27, 1998). "Turnovers and Breakdowns Cost Penn in Loss to Richmond". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C11 – via Newspapers.com.
Juliano, Joe (October 4, 1998). "Picture-Perfect Runback Propels Penn". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C8 – via Newspapers.com.
"Penn Holds Off Fordham for Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. October 11, 1998. p. C6 – via Newspapers.com.
Juliano, Joe (October 18, 1998). "Quakers Keep Columbia Quiet". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C8 – via Newspapers.com.
"Finn Gets 6 TDs in Penn Loss". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. October 25, 1998. p. C6 – via Newspapers.com.
Juliano, Joe (November 1, 1998). "Penn's Defense Rebounds, Leads Way in Win Over Yale". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C10 – via Newspapers.com.
Finnegan, Tara (November 8, 1998). "Season Disappears in Five Minutes". Home News Tribune. New Brunswick, N.J. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com.
Juliano, Joe (November 15, 1998). "Quakers Crush Crimson, Clinch Tie for Ivy Crown". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C9 – via Newspapers.com.
Juliano, Joe (November 22, 1998). "Quakers Top Big Red, Stand Alone as Ivy League Champions". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Penn Quakers football
Venues	Franklin Field (1895–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1917 Rose Bowl Cornell Harvard Princeton
Culture & lore	The Penn Quaker "Fight on, Pennsylvania!" Marching band 1922 Alabama game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Ivy League football champions
I-A/FBS	Yale (1956) Princeton (1957) Dartmouth (1958) Penn (1959) Yale (1960) Columbia & Harvard (1961) Dartmouth (1962) Dartmouth & Princeton (1963) Princeton (1964) Dartmouth (1965) Dartmouth, Harvard, & Princeton (1966) Yale (1967) Harvard & Yale (1968) Dartmouth, Yale, & Princeton (1969) Dartmouth (1970) Dartmouth & Cornell (1971) Dartmouth (1972) Dartmouth (1973) Yale (1974) Harvard (1975) Yale & Brown (1976) Yale (1977) Dartmouth (1978) Yale (1979) Yale (1980) Yale & Dartmouth (1981)
I-AA/FCS	Dartmouth, Harvard & Penn (1982) Harvard & Penn (1983) Penn (1984) Penn (1985) Penn (1986) Harvard (1987) Penn & Cornell (1988) Yale & Princeton (1989) Dartmouth & Cornell (1990) Dartmouth (1991) Dartmouth & Princeton (1992) Penn (1993) Penn (1994) Princeton (1995) Dartmouth (1996) Harvard (1997) Penn (1998) Brown & Yale (1999) Penn (2000) Harvard (2001) Penn (2002) Penn (2003) Harvard (2004) Brown (2005) Princeton & Yale (2006) Harvard (2007) Harvard & Brown (2008) Penn (2009) Penn (2010) Harvard (2011) Penn (2012) Harvard & Princeton (2013) Harvard (2014) Harvard, Dartmouth, & Penn (2015) Princeton & Penn (2016) Yale (2017) Princeton (2018) Dartmouth & Yale (2019) No season (2020) Dartmouth & Princeton (2021) Yale (2022) Dartmouth, Harvard, & Yale (2023) Columbia, Dartmouth, & Harvard (2024)

Ivy League football champions

I-A/FBS

Yale (1956)
Princeton (1957)
Dartmouth (1958)
Penn (1959)
Yale (1960)
Columbia & Harvard (1961)
Dartmouth (1962)
Dartmouth & Princeton (1963)
Princeton (1964)
Dartmouth (1965)
Dartmouth, Harvard, & Princeton (1966)
Yale (1967)
Harvard & Yale (1968)
Dartmouth, Yale, & Princeton (1969)
Dartmouth (1970)
Dartmouth & Cornell (1971)
Dartmouth (1972)
Dartmouth (1973)
Yale (1974)
Harvard (1975)
Yale & Brown (1976)
Yale (1977)
Dartmouth (1978)
Yale (1979)
Yale (1980)
Yale & Dartmouth (1981)

I-AA/FCS

Dartmouth, Harvard & Penn (1982)
Harvard & Penn (1983)
Penn (1984)
Penn (1985)
Penn (1986)
Harvard (1987)
Penn & Cornell (1988)
Yale & Princeton (1989)
Dartmouth & Cornell (1990)
Dartmouth (1991)
Dartmouth & Princeton (1992)
Penn (1993)
Penn (1994)
Princeton (1995)
Dartmouth (1996)
Harvard (1997)
Penn (1998)
Brown & Yale (1999)
Penn (2000)
Harvard (2001)
Penn (2002)
Penn (2003)
Harvard (2004)
Brown (2005)
Princeton & Yale (2006)
Harvard (2007)
Harvard & Brown (2008)
Penn (2009)
Penn (2010)
Harvard (2011)
Penn (2012)
Harvard & Princeton (2013)
Harvard (2014)
Harvard, Dartmouth, & Penn (2015)
Princeton & Penn (2016)
Yale (2017)
Princeton (2018)
Dartmouth & Yale (2019)
No season (2020)
Dartmouth & Princeton (2021)
Yale (2022)
Dartmouth, Harvard, & Yale (2023)
Columbia, Dartmouth, & Harvard (2024)

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