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Pennsylvania

IVY · 1980 Season · Final

Rock Bottom
Record
1–9
0.100 Win %
Conference
8th
1–6 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

1980 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
5Week 5 · Sep 23Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)H2HIND IVY4–6L 7–40
6Week 6 · Sep 30LEHIGHUnranked—L 6–35
7Week 7 · Oct 7Columbia (COLUMBIA)H2HIND IVY1–9W 24–13
8Week 8 · Oct 14Brown (BROWN)H2HIND IVY6–4L 22–42
9Week 9 · Oct 21LAFAYETTEUnranked—L 0–3
10Week 10 · Oct 28Yale (YALE)H2HIND IVY8–2L 0–8
11Week 11 · Nov 4Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND IVY6–4L 21–28
12Week 12 · Nov 11Villanova (VILLANOVA)H2HIND FBSI6–5L 3–34
13Week 13 · Nov 18Harvard (HARVARD)H2HIND IVY7–3L 17–28
14Week 14 · Nov 25Cornell (CORNELL)H2HIND IVY5–5L 9–31

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
8.222
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

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

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
-28
-29+1
  • Columbia +1
  • Yale -2
  • Harvard -3
  • Brown -4
  • Princeton -4
  • Villanova -5
  • Cornell -5
  • Dartmouth -6

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 #136Better than 1%
Win % Place 131stBetter than 5%

0.100 Win % · Change 1

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#137Regular Season Final#137Post-Season W1#137Post-Season W2#137Post-Season W3#136Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
-33
-29
+11
-20
-3
-8
-7
-31
-11
-22

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

Final Rank by Season
#1041975#1141976#811977#1301978#1391979

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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