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Pennsylvania

IVY · 1979 Season · Final

Rock Bottom
Record
0–9
0.000 Win %
Conference
8th
0–7 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

1979 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
5Week 5 · Sep 25Cornell (CORNELL)H2HIND IVY5–4L 13–52
6Week 6 · Oct 2LEHIGHUnranked—L 7–31
7Week 7 · Oct 9Columbia (COLUMBIA)H2HIND IVY1–8L 7–12
8Week 8 · Oct 16Brown (BROWN)H2HIND IVY6–3L 18–24
9Week 9 · Oct 23LAFAYETTEUnranked—L 7–9
10Week 10 · Oct 30Yale (YALE)H2HIND IVY8–1L 6–24
11Week 11 · Nov 6Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND IVY5–4L 10–38
12Week 12 · Nov 13Harvard (HARVARD)H2HIND IVY3–6L 26–41
13Week 13 · Nov 20Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)H2HIND IVY4–4–1L 6–20

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
9.648
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

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

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
-30
-30+0
  • Yale -1
  • Brown -3
  • Cornell -4
  • Princeton -4
  • Dartmouth -4
  • Harvard -6
  • Columbia -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 #139Better than -1%
Win % Place 139thBetter than -1%

0.000 Win % · No change

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#139Regular Season Final#139Post-Season W2#139Post-Season W3#139Post-Season W4#139Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
-39
-24
-5
-6
-2
-18
-28
-15
-14

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

Final Rank by Season
#361974#1041975#1141976#811977#1301978

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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