1984 Penn Quakers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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| year = 1984
| team = Penn Quakers
| sport = football
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| conference = Ivy League
| short_conf = Ivy
| record = 8–1
| conf_record = 7–0
| head_coach = Jerry Berndt
| hc_year = 4th
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| captain = Kevin Bradley
| captain2 = Lal Heneghan
| stadium = Franklin Field
| champion = Ivy League champion
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{{1984 Ivy League football standings}}
The 1984 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. After two years of shared championships, Penn won the Ivy League title outright in 1984.
Background
During its fourth year under head coach Jerry Berndt, the Quakers compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents 286 to 152.{{cite web |title=Football Fact Book: All-Time Year-by-Year |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |location=Philadelphia, Pa. |page=158 |access-date=June 20, 2020 |url=https://pennathletics.com/sports/2019/8/25/football-fact-book.aspx}} Lal Heneghan and Kevin Bradley were the team captains.{{cite web |title=Football Fact Book: All-Time Team Captains |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |location=Philadelphia, Pa. |page=98 |access-date=June 20, 2020 |url=https://pennathletics.com/sports/2019/8/25/football-fact-book.aspx}}
Penn's undefeated (7–0) conference record topped the Ivy League standings. The Quakers outscored Ivy opponents 254 to 90.{{cite book|url=https://ivyleague.com/documents/2017/8/23/3_Year_By_Year_History_2017.pdf?id=2998|title=Ivy League Football Media Guide|chapter=Year-by-Year History|publisher=Ivy League|location=Princeton, N.J.|date=2017|access-date=July 10, 2020|pages=30–31}} It was the first time since 1970 that any team had gone undefeated in Ivy League play.
The Quakers' only loss came in an away game against a non-league, Division I-A opponent, Army.
Despite beating every Division I-AA opponent it faced, Penn did not appear in the weekly top 20 national rankings.
Penn played its home games at Franklin Field adjacent to the university's campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
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| September 22 | @ | Dartmouth
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | W 55 24
| 14,324 | {{cite news |title=Penn Pastes Dartmouth |first=Ernie |last=Roberts |date=September 23, 1984 |page=100 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57119191/1984-dartmouth-penn/ }}
| September 29 | | Davidson
| Franklin Field | Philadelphia, PA | W 19 14
| 12,309 | {{cite news |title=Favored Penn Survives Scare from Davidson |first=Angelo |last=Cataldi |date=September 30, 1984 |page=9-E |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57119691/1984-penn-davidson/ }}
| October 6 | | Columbia
| Franklin Field | Philadelphia, PA | W 35 7
| 8,469 | {{cite news |title=Chambers Leads Unbeaten Penn to 35-7 Triumph |first=Chuck |last=Newman |date=October 7, 1984 |pages=11-E, 16-E |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57120591/1984-columbia-penn/ }}
| October 13 | @ | Brown
| Brown Stadium | Providence, RI | W 41 14
| 12,614 | {{cite news |title=Penn Rips Brown, 41-14 |first=John |last=Powers |date=October 14, 1984 |page=54 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57120942/1984-brown-penn/ }}
| October 20 | @ | Army
| Michie Stadium | West Point, NY | L 13 48
| 59,075 | {{cite news |title=Army Infantry Hands Penn Its First Loss, 48-13 |first=Chuck |last=Newman |date=October 21, 1984 |pages=7-E, 10-E |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57159592/1984-penn-army/ }}
| October 27 | | Yale
| Franklin Field | Philadelphia, PA | W 34 21
| 36,975 | {{cite news |title=Yale's Ivy Hopes Dashed by Penn |first=Ginny |last=Apple |date=October 28, 1984 |pages=C13, C15 |newspaper=The Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57163857/1984-penn-yale/ }}
| November 3 | @ | Princeton
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ (rivalry) | W 27 17
| 23,275 | {{cite news |title=Penn Holds Off Princeton, 27-17 |first=Chuck |last=Newman |date=November 4, 1984 |pages=1-E, 12-E |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57165785/1984-penn-princeton/ }}
| November 10 | | Harvard
| Franklin Field | Philadelphia, PA (rivalry) | W 38 7
| 38,810 | {{cite news |title=Penn Rips Harvard to Clinch Tie for Title; Surges to a 38-7 Ivy Win |first=Chuck |last=Newman |date=November 11, 1984 |page=1-E |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57166963/1984-harvard-penn/ }}
| November 17 | @ | Cornell
| Schoellkopf Field | Ithaca, NY (rivalry) | W 24 0
| 5,800 | {{cite news |title=Penn Claims the Ivy League Crown; Records Fall in 24-0 Win at Cornell |first=Chuck |last=Newman |date=November 18, 1984 |pages=1-E, 14-E|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57171712/1984-cornell-penn/ }}
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References
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{{Penn Quakers football navbox}}
{{Ivy League football champions}}
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