1961 Penn Quakers football team

1961 Penn Quakers football
Team captain Mike Natale
ConferenceIvy League
Record2–7 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainMike Natale
Home stadiumFranklin Field
1961 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Columbia + 6 1 06 3 0
Harvard + 6 1 06 3 0
Dartmouth 5 2 06 3 0
Princeton 5 2 05 4 0
Yale 3 4 04 5 0
Cornell 2 5 03 6 0
Penn 1 6 02 7 0
Brown 0 7 00 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1961 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as a member of the Ivy League during the 1961 college football season. In their second year under head coach John Stiegman, the Quakers compiled a 2–7 record (1–6 in conference games), finished in seventh place out of eight teams in the Ivy League, and were outscored by a total of 194 to 42 (167 to 22 in Ivy League games).

Guard Mike Natale was the team captain. The team's statistical leaders included tailback John Owens (294 rushing yards), quarterback Bill Gray (150 passing yards), and end Ron Allshouse (125 receiving yards).

The team played its home games at Franklin Field adjacent to the university's campus in Philadelphia.