Penn Quakers football The Penn Quakers football team is the college football team at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia , PA . The Penn Quakers have competed in the Ivy League since its inaugural season of 1956 , and are currently a Division I Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) . Penn plays its home games at historic Franklin Field , the oldest stadium in football . All Penn games are broadcast on WNTP or WFIL radio . Overall History . Penn bills itself as " college football ' s most historic program " . The Quakers have had an impressive 63 First Team All - Americans , is the alma mater of John Heisman ( the namesake of college football ' s most famous trophy ) , have won a share of 7 national championships ( 7th all - time ) and competed in the " granddaddy of them all " ( The Rose Bowl ) in 1917 . Penn ' s total of 824 wins puts them 10th all - time in college football ( 3rd in the FCS ) and their winning percentage of 63 . 4 % is 21st in college football ( 7th in the FCS ) . 18 members of the College Football Hall of Fame played at Penn ( tied with Alabama for 14th ) and 5 members of the College Football Hall of Fame coached at Penn . Penn has had 11 unbeaten seasons . Penn plays at the oldest stadium in college football , Franklin Field , at which they have had a 35 - game home winning streak ( 1896 – 1899 ) , which is the 15th best in the country , and at which they have had 23 unbeaten home seasons . Penn is one of the few college football teams to have had an exclusive contract with a network for broadcasting all their home games . For the 1950 season , ABC Sports broadcast all of Penn ' s home games . The only other teams to have exclusive contracts are Miami and Notre Dame . The Quakers competed as a major independent until 1956 , when they officially joined the Ivy League , which holds the NCAA record for most national championships among its members . Ivy League . Since joining the Ivy League in 1956 , Penn has been a powerhouse in the conference . They are second in total Ivy League titles ( 16 ) , first in outright Ivy League titles ( 13 ) , and first in undefeated Ivy League titles ( 8 ) . NCAA Records . NCAA record for most college football games played - 1 , 333 . < br > NCAA Division I - AA ( FCS ) record for longest winning streak - 24 games . ( 1992 - 1995 ) < br > NCAA record for consecutive overtime losses - 3 games Ivy League Records . Most outright Ivy League titles - 13 ( 1959 , 1984 , 1985 , 1986 , 1993 , 1994 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2003 , 2009 , 2010 , 2012 ) < br > Highest number of unbeaten Ivy League seasons - 8 ( 1984 , 1986 , 1993 , 1994 , 2002 , 2003 , 2009 , 2010 ) < br > Longest Ivy League winning streak - 20 straight games ( 2001 – 2004 ) Franklin Field . Penn ' s home stadium Franklin Field is not only the oldest stadium in football but holds many other records as well . It is the site of the oldest stadium scoreboard ( 1895 ) , the " original horseshoe " ( 1903 ) , the first college football radio broadcast ( 1922 on WIP - AM ) , the first double - decker football stadium ( 1925 ) , the largest stadium in the country ( 1925 to 1926 ) , the first college football television broadcast ( 1940 on KYW - TV ) and the first FCS stadium to host ESPN ' s College Gameday ( 2002 ) . Notable Quaker players . John Heisman - namesake of the Heisman Trophy , College Football Hall of Fame < br > John H . Outland - namesake of the Outland Trophy , College Football Hall of Fame < br > Chuck Bednarik - namesake of the Chuck Bednarik Award , 1948 Maxwell Award winner , Pro Football Hall of Fame , College Football Hall of Fame < br > Bert Bell - former NFL commissioner , founder , owner & coach of the Philadelphia Eagles , owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers , Pro Football Hall of Fame < br > Skip Minisi - first - round NFL draft pick , College Football Hall of Fame < br > Bob Odell - 1943 Maxwell Award winner , College Football Hall of Fame < br > Reds Bagnell - 1951 Maxwell Award winner , All - American , runner up for the Heisman Trophy , College Football Hall of Fame Individual award winners . Penn ' s total of three major award winners surpasses several BCS programs to this day . George Savitsky The only 4 time all - american in college football history College Football Hall of Fame . Eighteen former players have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame . Quakers in the NFL . A total of 51 players from Penn have been drafted in the NFL , including NFL Hall of Famers Chuck Bednarik ( # 1 overall pick in 1949 ) and Bert Bell ( 1963 ) and NFL first - round pick Skip Minisi . Rivalries . Cornell . Penn ' s rivalry with Cornell is the 5th - most played college football rivalry of all time , as the two have met 119 times . Their first game was in 1893 and have played every year since , except in 1918 . Princeton . Although Penn ' s rivalry with Princeton is primarily in basketball , the two also have a historic and intense football rivalry dating back to 1876 . Princeton was Penn ' s first opponent in football and have played 104 times . Yale . Penn ' s rivalry with Yale dates back to 1879 . These two Ivy League universities have very historic football traditions . Harvard . Penn ' s rivalry with Harvard dates back to 1881 . In recent years , the Penn - Harvard football game in mid - November has usually had Ivy League Championship connotations . Since 1993 Penn and Harvard have won the Ivy League Championship 15 times between them . Penn ( 9 ) and Harvard ( 6 ) . Lafayette . Penn and Lafayette have played 88 games since their first meeting in 1882 . The Penn - Lafayette rivalry was one of the most fierce contests in college football during the 19th century , most notably the 1896 contest . Lafayette is one of Penn ' s primary non - Ivy games . Notable Games . Penn 23 , Harvard 21 . On November 13 , 1982 , Penn defeated Harvard 23 - 21 at Franklin Field . With this win , Penn clinched the Ivy League conference championship for 1982 , their first in 23 years . Penn kicked a field goal in the last seconds to win . After a first field goal kick missed , a flag gave Penn a second attempt which they converted . Penn 38 , Harvard 7 . On November 10 , 1984 , Penn defeated Harvard 38 – 7 at Franklin Field . 38 , 000 fans showed up to support Penn as they clinched a third straight Ivy League title . Head coach Jerry Berndt was named Ivy League Coach of the Year in large part because of this game . Penn 17 , Cornell 14 . On November 20 , 1993 , Penn defeated Cornell 17 – 14 at Franklin Field . Penn was 9 – 0 , 6 – 0 in the Ivy League coming into the game needing a victory to win the Ivy League and preserve an undefeated season . Cornell led 14 – 0 at halftime , but Penn did not let their rival score in the second half and won by a field goal . Penn 18 , Cornell 14 . On November 19 , 1994 , Penn defeated Cornell 18 – 14 at Schoellkopf Field . Penn was 8 – 0 , 6 – 0 in the Ivy League coming into the game for the second year in the row undefeated and needing to win to clinch an Ivy League title . Penn won a close road game over their chief rival to have back - to - back undefeated seasons . Penn 44 , Harvard 9 . On November 16 , 2002 , Penn defeated Harvard 44 – 9 at Franklin Field . With this win , Penn clinched the Ivy League conference championship for 2002 . This game was the site of ESPN ' s College Gameday program ( the first and only time ( as of 2010 ) a FCS school had been the host ) . ESPN personality Lee Corso dressed up as Penn ' s founder founding father Benjamin Franklin ( who is also the namesake of Franklin Field ) and predicted ( correctly ) that Penn would win the game .