Penn Quakers Football - Overall History

Overall History

Penn bills itself as "college football's most historic program". The Quakers have had an impressive 63 First Team All-Americans, is the alma mater of John Heisman (the namesake of college football's most famous trophy), have won a share of 7 national championships (7th all-time) and competed in the "granddaddy of them all" (The Rose Bowl) in 1917. Penn's total of 824 wins puts them 10th all-time in college football (3rd in the FCS) and their winning percentage of 63.4% is 21st in college football (7th in the FCS). 18 members of the College Football Hall of Fame played at Penn (tied with Alabama for 14th) and 5 members of the College Football Hall of Fame coached at Penn. Penn has had 11 unbeaten seasons. Penn plays at the oldest stadium in college football, Franklin Field, at which they have had a 35-game home winning streak (1896–1899), which is the 15th best in the country, and at which they have had 23 unbeaten home seasons. Penn is one of the few college football teams to have had an exclusive contract with a network for broadcasting all their home games. For the 1950 season, ABC Sports broadcast all of Penn's home games. The only other teams to have exclusive contracts are Miami and Notre Dame. The Quakers competed as a major independent until 1956, when they officially joined the Ivy League, which holds the NCAA record for most national championships among its members.