Football

Fourteen players on Penn’s football team earned All-Ivy recognition, with seven taking home first-team honors, and fourth-year Julien Stokes was named Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Year.

Fourth-year men’s basketball guard Ethan Roberts was named Player of the Week by both the Ivy League and the Philadelphia Big 5, and fourth-year men’s football punter Santiago Sturla was named Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week.

Fourth-year wide receiver Jared Richardson was tabbed Ivy Offensive Player of the Week for the second week in a row, in Penn’s 35-21 victory at Columbia on Oct. 18.

The Ivy League opening game was a victory for Penn football, which scored 16 points bridging the halftime break to get a lead past Dartmouth on Saturday, Oct. 4 at Franklin Field.

For the second consecutive week, fourth-year return specialist Julien Stokes earned Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week. He’s just the 11th player in program history to earn an Ivy weekly award in back-to-back weeks and the first on special teams.

The Birds defeated the Vince Lombardi-led Green Bay Packers 17-13 on Dec. 26, 1960.

With the Philadelphia Eagles set to compete for the ultimate prize at Super Bowl LIX, religious studies professor Megan Robb has noticed a 'buzz of collective effervescence' in her Religion and Sports class, a space where students discuss ritual and ceremony, and debate where sports and religion intersect.

In the office of Ray Priore, head coach of the football team, rests the Heisman Trophy, the most prestigious award in college sports.