Penn Quakers
| Penn Quakers | |
|---|---|
 | |
| University | University of Pennsylvania |
| Conference | Ivy League(primary) EIWA(wrestling) Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges CSA(squash) |
| 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 |
| Mascot | The Quaker |
| Nickname | Quakers, The Red and the Blue |
| Fight song | "Fight on, Pennsylvania!"and"The Red and Blue" |
| Colors | Red and blue[2] |
| Website | www |
ThePenn Quakersare the athletic teams of theUniversity of Pennsylvania.The school sponsors 33 varsity sports. The school has won threeNCAAnational championships inmen's fencingand one inwomen's fencing.
School colors
[edit]| University of Pennsylvania Blue | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #011F5B |
| sRGBB(r,g,b) | (1, 31, 91) |
| HSV(h,s,v) | (220°, 99%, 36%) |
| CIELChuv(L,C,h) | (14, 37, 260°) |
| Source | Penn branding guidelines |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Deep blue |
| B:Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
| University of Pennsylvania Red | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #990000 |
| sRGBB(r,g,b) | (153, 0, 0) |
| HSV(h,s,v) | (0°, 100%, 60%) |
| CIELChuv(L,C,h) | (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 ofHarvard,Yale,and theUniversity of Pennsylvania.The Harvard team wore their famouscrimson;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 thatGeorge Washingtonvisited the university during one of his terms asPresident of the United States.He is supposed to have arrived wearing a blue jacket andbreecheswith a redwaistcoat.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 bothBenjamin Franklin's andWilliam Penn's coats-of-arms—Franklin had helped to found the university, and Penn had founded theCommonwealth of Pennsylvania.Franklin's coat of arms contained the color red and Penn's featured a bluechevron.
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
[edit]Baseball
[edit]Mark DeRosaplayed varsity baseball for the Penn Quakers from 1994 to 1996.
Men's basketball
[edit]Men's crew
[edit]Crewat Penn dates back to at least 1854 with the founding of theUniversity Barge Club.The university currently hosts both heavyweight and lightweight men's teams, which compete as part of theEastern SprintsLeague.Ellis Wardwas 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 theGrand Challenge Cup(the oldest and most prized trophy) at theHenley Royal Regatta(but in that final race was defeated by the championLeander 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 at1924 Olympics.[7]Joseph William Burk (Penn Class of 1935), captain of Penn Crew team and winner of the Henley Diamond Sculls twice, was named recipient of theJames E. Sullivan Awardfor nation's best amateur athlete. The outbreak ofWorld War Twocanceled the 1940 Olympics for which he was favored to win the Gold Medal. Other Olympic athletes and or coaches of such athletes includeJohn B. Kelly Jr.,Joe Burk,Rusty Callow,Harry ParkerandTed Nash.[7]In 1955, the Penn men's heavyweight crew became one of only four American university crews to win theGrand Challenge Cupat theHenley Royal Regatta.The Penn teams presently row out ofCollege Boat Club,No.11Boathouse Row.
Men's fencing
[edit]Football
[edit]Thefootballteam has competed since 1876. It has won eighteennational championshipswhen the school competed in what is now known as theFBS.Since the formation of the Ivy League in 1956, Penn has won 17 Ivy League Football Championships.(1959, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015). Penn has been outright Ivy Football Champion 13 times and been undefeated 8 times.[8]Eighteen former players have been inducted into theCollege Football Hall of Fame.
In addition to the varsity squad, the Penn Quakers are a charter member of the CollegiateSprint FootballLeague, having played the sport since 1934.
Men's lacrosse
[edit]Men's soccer
[edit]Before the NCAA began its tournament in 1959, the annual national champion was declared by theIntercollegiate Association Football League(IAFL) — from 1911 to 1926 — and then theIntercollegiate Soccer Football Association(ISFA), from 1927 to 1958. From 1911 to 1958, Penn won ten national championships.
Men's squash
[edit]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
[edit]The Penn men'sswimmingteam was founded in 1894. They have won theIvy Leaguechampionships 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
[edit]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 theEastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association(EIWA). The wrestling team competes in thePalestraarena.
Women's varsity sports
[edit]Women's basketball
[edit]Penn has won theIvy Leaguetitle in 2001, 2004, 2014, 2016, and 2017.
Women's crew
[edit]Women's fencing
[edit]Women's lacrosse
[edit]Championships
[edit]NCAA team championships
[edit]Penn has 4 NCAA team national championships.[9]
See also
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^"Athletics & Recreation | Penn Admissions".admissions.upenn.edu.
- ^"Elements of the Penn Logo".Branding.Web-Resources.UPenn.edu.RetrievedNovember 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.RetrievedMarch 30,2021.
- ^https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/crew/henley-1901andhttps://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/ellis-wardaccessed March 30, 2021
- ^"Rowing at Penn: 1901 Killarney Regatta".archives.upenn.edu.RetrievedMarch 30,2021.
- ^abLochlahn March."Penn rowing at the Olympics: Nearly a century of history and a recent flourish of success | The Daily Pennsylvanian".Thedp.com.Retrieved2022-03-24.
- ^Early American Football Style College Champions: 1882/83 – 1890/91Archived2010-02-11 at theWayback Machine.College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
- ^"Stats"(PDF).fs.ncaa.org.Retrieved2019-11-30.
