Penn Quakers
| Penn Quakers | ||
|---|---|---|
NCAA Division I (FCS) | | |
| Athletic director | Alanna W. Shanahan | |
| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Varsity teams | 33 teams [1] | |
| Football stadium | Franklin Field | |
| Basketball arena | Palestra | |
| Ice hockey arena | Class of 1923 Arena | |
| Baseball stadium | Meiklejohn Stadium | |
| Soccer stadium | Rhodes Field | |
| Aquatics center | Sheerr Pool | |
| Lacrosse stadium | Franklin Field | |
| Nickname | Quakers, The Red and the Blue | |
| Fight song | "Fight on, Pennsylvania!" and "The Red and Blue" | |
| Colors | Red and blue[2] | |
| Website | www | |
The Penn Quakers are the athletic teams of the
School colors
| University of Pennsylvania Blue | ||
|---|---|---|
| (14, 37, 260°) | ||
| Source | Penn branding guidelines | |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Deep blue | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | ||
| University of Pennsylvania Red | ||
|---|---|---|
| (31, 105, 12°) | ||
| Source | Penn branding guidelines | |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Deep red-maroon | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | ||
There are several legends relating how "The Red and Blue" came to be used by the University of Pennsylvania. Whether they are fact or fiction remains unknown.
- Harvard and Yale. In the early days of the university there was a race among the students of Yale, and the University of Pennsylvania. The Harvard team wore their famous crimson; Yale teams wore their traditional blue. When the Penn participants were asked which colors would represent their team, they replied that they would be wearing the colors of the two teams they would soon beat. The Penn athletes won the race, and Penn teams used those colors from then on.
- George Washington's Clothing. It is rumored that George Washington visited the university during one of his terms as President of the United States. He is supposed to have arrived wearing a blue jacket and breeches with a red waistcoat. The next day, the students decked the university in these colors and donned red and blue themselves to honor the president. Afterward, it was decided to use these colors by the university.
- Penn's and Franklin's Coats of Arms. When the university was creating a seal and coat of arms it decided to use elements from both Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Franklin's coat of arms contained the color red and Penn's featured a blue chevron.
As University Archivist Francis James Dallett pointed out in 1983: "Eighteenth-century American academic institutions simply did not have colors." This leaves one inclined to relegate the above explanations to the realm of local myth.
A resolution adopted by the university trustees on May 17, 1910, states: "The colors shall be red and blue,...The colors [of the University of Pennsylvania] shall conform to the present standards used by the United States Government in its flags." Thus it is possible to determine when Penn adopted the colors red and blue, at least officially.
Men's varsity sports
Baseball
Mark DeRosa played varsity baseball for the Penn Quakers from 1994 to 1996.
Men's basketball
Men's crew
Crew at Penn dates back to at least 1854 with the founding of the University Barge Club. The university currently hosts both heavyweight and lightweight men's teams, which compete as part of the Eastern Sprints League. Ellis Ward was Penn's first intercollegiate crew coach from 1879 through 1912.[3] During course of Ward's coaching career at Penn his "... Red and Blue crews won 65 races, in about 150 starts."[4] Importantly, Ward coached Penn's 8 oared boat to the finals of the Grand Challenge Cup (the oldest and most prized trophy) at the Henley Royal Regatta (but in that final race was defeated by the champion Leander Club).[5]
Penn Rowing has produced a long list of famous coaches and Olympians. Members of Penn crew team, rowers Sidney Jellinek, Eddie Mitchell, and coxswain, John G. Kennedy won the bronze medal for the United States at
Men's fencing
Football
The
In addition to the varsity squad, the Penn Quakers are a charter member of the Collegiate Sprint Football League, having played the sport since 1934.
Men's lacrosse
Men's soccer
Before the NCAA began its tournament in 1959, the annual national champion was declared by the Intercollegiate Association Football League (IAFL) — from 1911 to 1926 — and then the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association (ISFA), from 1927 to 1958. From 1911 to 1958, Penn won ten national championships.
Men's squash
The University of Pennsylvania features one of the fastest rising men's squash programs in the nation, reaching new heights in 2020 by finishing as national runners up. The feat marked the first such occasion in program history.
Men's swimming
The Penn men's swimming team was founded in 1894. They have won the Ivy League championships five times: in 1940; 1964–65; 1967–68; 1969–70; and 1970–71. Penn's swim team practices and competes at Sheerr Pool in the Pottruck fitness facility.
Wrestling
Penn Quaker wrestling dates back to 1905, where the first intercollegiate wrestling championship was held in Weightman Hall Gym located on campus. Princeton, Yale and Columbia joined Penn in founding the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA). The wrestling team competes in the Palestra arena.
Women's varsity sports
Women's basketball
Penn has won the Ivy League title in 2001, 2004, 2014, 2016, and 2017.
Women's crew
Women's fencing
Women's lacrosse
Championships
NCAA team championships
Penn has 4 NCAA team national championships.[9]
See also
- Olympic Boycott Games(1980) – held at the University of Pennsylvania
- Penn Relays
- "The Red and Blue"
- Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame
- Sports in Philadelphia § Collegiate sports
- National Collegiate Athletic Association § Football television controversy
References
- ^ "Athletics & Recreation | Penn Admissions". admissions.upenn.edu.
- ^ "Elements of the Penn Logo". Branding.Web-Resources.UPenn.edu. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
- ^ (with one year gap in 1887 and four year gap from 1892 through 1895)
- ^ "Ellis Ward, Former Penn Coach, Dies". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 26 August 1922. p. 9. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
- ^ https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/crew/henley-1901 and https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/ellis-ward accessed March 30, 2021
- ^ "Rowing at Penn: 1901 Killarney Regatta". archives.upenn.edu. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
- ^ a b Lochlahn March. "Penn rowing at the Olympics: Nearly a century of history and a recent flourish of success | The Daily Pennsylvanian". Thedp.com. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ Early American Football Style College Champions: 1882/83 – 1890/91 Archived 2010-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
- ^ "Stats" (PDF). fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
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