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The Penn Quakers are one of College Football's most exciting histories. The squad represents the University of Pennsylvania on the Gridiron in Philadelphia. Only some schools can claim to be playing any longer than Penn, who first fielded a football eleven in 1876. The team has won a share of 7 national championships (7th all-time) and competed in The Rose Bowl in 1917. Penn's total of 837 wins puts them 11th all-time in college football (3rd in the FCS). Penn's home stadium Talk about tradition. How about the home venue for the Quakers, Franklin Field? It 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), the first double-decker football stadium (1925), the largest stadium in the country (1925–1926), the first college football television broadcast (1940 on KYW-TV) and the first FCS stadium to host ESPN's College Gameday (2002). Former Penn Quakers that had significant roles in professional football include:

• Blondy Wallace
• Chuck Bednarik
• Eddie Bell
• Jim Bryant
• Jeff Hatch
• George Savitsky
• Walt Stickel
• Joe Valerio
• Justin Watson

What once was the top teams in mainstream College Football are now in the in a conference called the Ivy League that by choice do not play in post season bowl games.