The 1998 Penn Quakers football team was an

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team that represented the

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during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. A year after having to forfeit all of its

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wins, Penn won the conference championship in 1998. Penn played its home games at

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adjacent to the university's campus in

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History

In its seventh year under head coach

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, the team compiled an 8–2 record and outscored opponents 297 to 212. Jim Finn and Joe Piela were the team captains. Penn's 6–1 conference record topped the Ivy League standings. The Quakers outscored Ivy opponents 225 to 137 by Ivy opponents.

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References

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