# 2017 Penn Quakers football team

The 2017 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Ray Priore. They played their home games at Franklin Field. They are a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 6–4 overall and 4–3 in Ivy League play to place fourth . Penn averaged 5,274 fans per game.

## Schedule

The 2017 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Quakers hosted Ivy League foes Dartmouth, Yale, Princeton, and Cornell, and traveled to Columbia, Brown, and Harvard. Homecoming coincided with the game against Princeton on November 4.
In 2017, Penn's non-conference opponents were Ohio Dominican of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (Division II), Lehigh of the Patriot League and Central Connecticut of the Northeast Conference.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Ohio Dominican* | Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA | CSN-P | W 42–24 | 3,009 |
| September 23 | 12:30 p.m. | at Lehigh* | Goodman StadiumBethlehem, PA | SE2 | W 65–47 | 5,060 |
| September 29 | 7:00 p.m. | Dartmouth | Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA | NBCSN | L 13–16 | 4,023 |
| October 7 | 1:00 p.m. | at Central Connecticut* | Arute FieldNew Britain, CT | NECFR | L 21–42 | 4,917 |
| October 14 | 1:30 p.m. | at Columbia | Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien StadiumNew York, NY | ELVN | L 31–34 $^{OT}$ | 13,081 |
| October 21 | 1:00 p.m. | Yale | Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA | NBCS PH+ | L 19–24 | 6,408 |
| October 28 | 12:30 p.m. | at Brown | Brown StadiumProvidence, RI | ELVN | W 17–7 | 2,008 |
| November 4 | 1:00 p.m. | Princeton | Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA (rivalry) | NBCS PH | W 38–35 | 9,073 |
| November 11 | Noon | at Harvard | Harvard StadiumBoston, MA (rivalry) | NESN+ | W 23–6 | 10,122 |
| November 18 | 1:30 p.m. | Cornell | Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA (rivalry) | ELVN | W 29–22 | 3,861 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Ohio Dominican

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Ohio Dominican | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Penn | 0 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 42 |
at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA
* Date: September 16
* Game time: 1:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 84 °F (29 °C); clear, sunny
* Game attendance: 3,009
* Referee: J. Gensiejewski
* Box Score

### Lehigh

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Penn | 14 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 65 |
| Lehigh | 14 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 47 |
at Goodman Stadium • Bethlehem, PA
* Date: September 23
* Game time: 12:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 83 °F (28 °C); sunny, hot
* Game attendance: 5,060
* Referee: W. Boyd
* Box Score

### Dartmouth

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Dartmouth | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| Penn | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA
* Date: September 30
* Game time: 7:00 p.m.
* Game attendance: 4,023
* Box Score

### Central Connecticut

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Penn | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Central Connecticut | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 |
at Arute Field • New Britain, CT
* Date: October 7
* Game time: 1:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 75 °F (24 °C); overcast, humid
* Game attendance: 4,917
* Referee: C. Vaccaro
* Box Score

### Columbia

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Penn | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
| Columbia | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 34 |
at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium • New York City, NY
* Date: October 14
* Game time: 1:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 69 °F (21 °C); mix of clouds and sun
* Game attendance: 13,081
* Referee: M. Sechrist
* Box Score

### Yale

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Yale | 7 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 24 |
| Penn | 7 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 19 |
at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA
* Date: October 21
* Game time: 1:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C); sunny
* Game attendance: 6,408
* Referee: T. Marcella
* Box Score

### Brown

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Penn | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Brown | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at Brown Stadium • Providence, RI
* Date: October 28
* Game time: 12:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C); partly cloudy
* Game attendance: 2,008
* Referee: M. Overton
* Box Score

### Princeton

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Princeton | 7 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 35 |
| Penn | 7 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA
* Date: November 4
* Game time: 1:00 p.m.
* Game weather: About 55 °F (13 °C); brisk fall day
* Game attendance: 9,073
* Referee: C. Jebran
* Box Score

### Harvard

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Penn | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| Harvard | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
* Date: November 11
* Game time: Noon
* Game weather: 38 °F (3 °C); sunny, breezy
* Game attendance: 10,122
* Referee: W. Boyd
* Box Score

### Cornell

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cornell | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| Penn | 7 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 29 |
at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA
* Date: November 18
* Game time: 1:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 51 °F (11 °C); overcast
* Game attendance: 3,861
* Referee: H. Wimber
* Box Score

## 2018 NFL Draft

| Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position |
| Justin Watson | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5th | 144 | WR |