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Pennsylvania

IVY · 1972 Season · Final

Rebuilding −
Record
6–3
0.667 Win %
Conference
4th
4–3 in IVY

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons
105
1876–1981
All-Time Record
618–369–40
0.621 Win %
Peak Final Rank
#1
1895, 1897, 1898
#1 Finishes
3
Top 5: 20 · Top 10: 32 · Top 25: 50
  • Divisional Era · 26 seasons · 1 Top 10
  • AP Poll & Postwar Era · 20 seasons · 3 Top 10
  • Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 30 seasons · 2 Top 10
  • Pioneer Era · 29 seasons · 26 Top 10 · 3× #1

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Pennsylvania head-to-head · History & Eras

1972 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
6Week 6 · Oct 3LAFAYETTEUnranked—W 55–12
7Week 7 · Oct 10Brown (BROWN)H2HIND IVY1–8L 20–28
8Week 8 · Oct 17Cornell (CORNELL)H2HIND IVY6–3L 20–24
9Week 9 · Oct 24LEHIGHUnranked—W 30–27
10Week 10 · Oct 31Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND IVY3–5–1W 15–10
11Week 11 · Nov 7Harvard (HARVARD)H2HIND IVY4–4–1W 38–27
12Week 12 · Nov 14Yale (YALE)H2HIND IVY7–2W 48–30
13Week 13 · Nov 21Columbia (COLUMBIA)H2HIND IVY3–5–1W 20–14
14Week 14 · Nov 28Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)H2HIND IVY7–1–1L 17–31

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum
2.532
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
+5
-12+17
  • Yale +7
  • Harvard +4
  • Princeton +3
  • Columbia +3
  • Dartmouth -1
  • Cornell -3
  • Brown -8

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing
Rank #39Better than 72%
Win % Place 28thBetter than 80%

0.667 Win % · No change

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#39Regular Season Final#39Post-Season W1#39Post-Season W2#39Post-Season W3#39Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
+43
-8
-4
+3
+5
+11
+18
+6
-14

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season
#921967#341968#871969#721970#1151971

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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