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Football
Penn marks National Student-Athlete Day
Staffers from the Pottruck Center for Student-Athlete Success lauded the University’s nearly 1,000 student-athletes on Monday with goodies and giveaways on Locust Walk.
2018 alumnus Justin Watson seeking third Super Bowl ring
Watson is a wide receiver on the Kansas City Chiefs, who will take on the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday in Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas.
Slackman selected Ivy Defensive Player of the Year
The fourth-year defensive lineman is Penn’s first conference Defensive Player of the Year since 2015.
Hosley awarded Freshman All-American honors
The first-year running back was the second-leading rusher in the Ivy League and also ranked second in all-purpose yards.
Hosley runs roughshod over Cornell for 261 yards and two scores
The first-year running back scored on two long runs in Penn’s 23-8 victory on Saturday, including the longest offensive touchdown play in school history.
Milestone Penn versus Brown matchup marks 50 years
The 1973 Penn vs. Brown football game at Franklin Field was the first in Ivy League history to feature two African American starting quarterbacks.
Richardson’s 17-catch day earns Player of the Week honors
The second-year wide receiver recorded 17 catches on Saturday in Penn’s victory over Yale. First-year running back Malachi Hosley also picked up Rookie of the Week recognition.
Clutch kick nets Jang Player of the Week honors
The third-year punter/kicker, who nailed a 51-yard field goal on Saturday against Dartmouth, has been selected Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week.
Something for everyone at Penn’s Friends and Family Day
This year’s event, open to Penn faculty, staff, and postdocs and their families, will include lunch, DJs, bounce houses, photo booths, and more.
Quakers on quest for first gridiron title in seven years
The football team kicks off its 147th season on Saturday, Sept. 16, versus Colgate in New York.
In the News
Penn hires former Johns Hopkins head coach Greg Chimera as offensive coordinator
Chimera arrives at Penn after guiding Johns Hopkins to one of its best seasons in program history. The team finished with 12-1 and a quarterfinal run in the NCAA Division III playoffs.
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Seasoned Penn football team picked to finish third in the Ivy League
Penn was tabbed to finish third in an Ivy League football preseason poll of the media, behind Yale in first and Princeton in second.
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Former Penn football coach Al Bagnoli announces retirement
Al Bagnoli coached 23 seasons at Penn, where he’s the all-time winningest coach in program history, before taking the helm at Columbia in 2015.
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Apple TV wants Pac 12 broadcast rights despite loss of UCLA and USC
Karen Weaver of the Graduate School of Education says that the Big Ten were forward thinking when they created their own network from offerings for all their athletic programs.
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Historic moment: Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes serve as inspiration to Black youth
Kenneth Shropshire of the Wharton School says that there was a time when Black athletes were considered to lack the skills and critical thinking needed for a leadership role.
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How The Post gathered and analyzed data for its series on Black NFL coaches
Janice Madden of the School of Arts & Sciences used visual evaluation to determine the racial makeup of the NFL coaches dataset she supplied to The Washington Post.
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