PHILADELPHIA – Get your toast ready!

The University of Pennsylvania will play its 141st season of collegiate football in 2017 as the back-to-back Ivy League champions search for their 19th Ivy League championship.

The Red and Blue return to Franklin Field to open the 2017 slate on September 16, beginning a five-game home schedule which concludes with the season finale November 18 against Cornell.

The Quakers will return 11 All-Ivy selections for 2017 – most of any Ivy League team – including all six players who earned All-Ivy honors in 2016 on the defensive side of the ball. The defense will be led by first-team All-Ivy selections Louis Vecchio and Mason Williams. On offense, Penn returns Justin Watson – whose 2016 season included a second All-American selection; finalist honors for the Walter Payton Award as FCS Offensive Player of the Year; and his second selection as a finalist for the Bushnell Cup as Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year. He will be joined as a scoring threat for Penn’s offense by fellow first-team All-Ivy selection Tre Solomon, the Ivy League’s leading rusher in 2016.

All-Time Series: First meeting

Notes: Penn opens its 2017 season against Ohio Dominican University which plays in Division II’s Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference … ODU played in the 2013 and 2014 NCAA Division II Playoffs, reaching the 2014 Regional Final and finishing the season with an 11-2 record and ranked No. 4 in the country … The Panthers were 7-4 in 2016.

All-Time Series: Penn leads, 44-15

Last Meeting: Lehigh 49, Penn 28 (9/17/16 at Franklin Field)

Notes: Penn has played Lehigh more than any other non-conference opponent except for Lafayette (90 games) … The two teams were tied at the half last year at Franklin Field, 28-28, before Lehigh scored the only 21 points of the second half.

All-Time Series: Penn leads, 48-34-2

Last Meeting: Penn 37, Dartmouth 24 (9/30/16 at Memorial Field)

Notes: Penn snapped a two-game losing skid to the Big Green with last year’s win on national television in Hanover … Penn has won seven of the last nine meetings between the two teams … Penn is 31-17-1 all-time against Dartmouth at Franklin Field.

All-Time Series: Penn leads, 1-0

Last Meeting: Penn 28, CCSU 16 (10/8/16 at Franklin Field)

Notes: Penn won the first-ever meeting between the two teams on a rainy October day last season … Tre Solomon averaged 6.7 yards over his 17 carries for 114 yards a touchdown … Justin Watson had nine catches for 84 yards … Penn’s defense dialed up two fumble recoveries.

All-Time Series: Penn leads, 74-21-1

Last Meeting: Penn 35, Columbia 10 (10/15/16 at Franklin Field)

Notes: This game will be the back end of Penn’s only back-to-back road games of 2017 … Penn has won 20 consecutive games in the series dating back to 1997 … The Quakers have won their last 10 in the Big Apple against the Lions … Penn shut out Columbia in the first half last year and piled on 28 points in the second half en route to a 35-10 win.

All-Time Series: Yale leads, 47-36-1

Last Meeting: Penn 42, Yale 7 (10/21/16 at the Yale Bowl)

Notes: Penn has won the last two meetings between the teams, both on Friday nights on national television … Penn has won four in a row at Franklin Field … Justin Watson had 10 catches for 166 yards and three touchdowns in last year’s game.

All-Time Series: Penn leads, 59-24-2

Last Meeting: Penn 21, Brown 14 (10/29/16 at Franklin Field)

Notes: Penn has won the last two games in the series … The two teams have split the last 10 meetings overall, 5-5 … Last year, Penn built a 21-0 halftime lead but needed a Sam Philippi interception in the end zone with 1:28 remaining to seal the win … Justin Watson had 11 catches for 210 yards, Penn’s fourth-highest single-game receiving total all-time.

All-Time Series: Princeton leads, 66-41-1

Last Meeting: Princeton 28, Penn 0 (11/5/16 at Princeton Stadium)

Notes: Penn has won seven of the last 10 meetings between the two teams … Penn has won four of the last five at Franklin Field … The last time the two teams met at Franklin Field on Homecoming, Penn blocked a game-winning field goal attempt as time expired and went on to win in overtime, 26-23.

All-Time Series: Harvard leads, 48-37-1

Last Meeting: Penn 27, #22 Harvard 14 (11/11/16 at Franklin Field)

Notes: Penn has defeated a ranked Harvard team each of the last two seasons … Penn’s last trip to Cambridge saw the Quakers knock off the Crimson, 35-25, to end the nation’s longest winning streak and Harvard’s 16-game Ivy win streak … Justin Watson had 10 catches for 120 yards last year, including a 2yd TD reception with 0:15 to break a 14-14 tie.

All-Time Series: Penn leads, 72-46-5 (Fifth-Most Played Rivalry in Division I History)

Last Meeting: Penn 42, Cornell 20 (11/19/16 at Schoellkopf Field)

Notes: Penn and Cornell will play for the Trustees Cup for the 123rd time to conclude the 2017 season … Penn has won three in a row in the series, celebrating Ivy League titles each of the last two seasons … Penn is 55-34-4 all-time against the Big Red at Franklin Field.

Season tickets and individual game tickets for the 2017 Penn Football season will be on sale soon.