PHILADELPHIA – An apt result in head coach Bill Wagner's Franklin Field finale.
 
Wagner led the University of Pennsylvania sprint football team to a 49-7 victory over Alderson Broaddus in his last game coaching at the historic stadium.
 
Eddie Jenkins—who also played his final game in the nation's oldest and most historic college football venue—put on a show. The senior quarterback amassed 369 yards of total offense with seven total touchdowns. His four rushing touchdowns today are a career high.
 
NOTES
*After scoring seven touchdowns today, Jenkins is now up to 25 touchdowns on the season, two shy of the single-season program record of 27 set by Todd Busler in 2011.
 
*The Quakers outgained Alderson Broaddus 534-54. The Penn front seven harassed the Battlers in the backfield, holding the visitors to 16 yards rushing on 33 attempts.
 
*Brendan McCaffrey was a headache for the Battlers' defensive backs throughout the day. The sophomore receiver had a career-high 116 yards on five catches. McCaffrey reeled in a 68-yard touchdown pass—a career long—to put Penn up 14-0 in the first quarter.
 
*Sophomore Ben Klaus scored a pair of touchdowns on three catches.
 
*Nicholas Dante had a career game on defense. The senior totaled five tackles—all unassisted—with four tackles for loss.
 
*Freshman D.J. Nigh played a big part in Penn winning the battle at the line of scrimmage. The senior led the Quakers today with two sacks.
 
*Josh Trybus set the tone for today's game, intercepting the Alderson Broaddus quarterback on the first play of the game. He now leads the team with five interceptions.
 
*Sam Mintz had a positive cameo in the backfield. The sophomore halfback took 15 carries for 92 yards.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The energy at Franklin Field was stirring with sentimentality as the pregame clock winded down. 12 seniors lined up on the sidelines with their parents and were greeted, one by one, by Wagner with some words of gratitude from the tenured coach.
 
Following the senior day festivities, Wagner was surprised by the athletics department with a framed jersey stitched with the number '50'—a nod to the number of years spent in charge of the program. The echoes of his name coming from the public address were greeted by cheers from his players, as well as countless alumni and family members who came in droves to see Wagner coach on Franklin Field one more time.
 
Wagner's players took that energy from the sideline onto the field. On the first play from scrimmage, Trybus went up to intercept a pass from the Battlers' Joshua Derocher and brought the ball into the red zone. It then took just one more play for Jenkins to put Penn on the board, as he darted, untouched, into the end zone to give Penn a 7-0 lead.
 
A quick three-and-out gave the Quakers possession. Once again, it took the Penn offense just one play to reach the end zone. Jenkins went to the air this time, connecting with McCaffrey deep down the field with a defender breathing down his neck. McCaffrey turned on the afterburners to dash into the end zone to give Penn a 14-0 lead.
 
The Quakers would score its third touchdown later in the quarter. Jenkins and Laquan McKever took the Quakers 98 yards down the field, capped off by Jenkins punching the ball in from one yard out.
 
The Battlers, as their name suggests, battled back. Following a Jenkins interception, Jerrid Runions darted down the south sideline for a 37-yard rushing touchdown to cut the game to 21-7. It was as close as the hosts would get, as the Quakers' defense held the Battlers to -21 yards in the final three quarters. Two more rushing touchdowns by Jenkins gave the Quakers a 35-7 lead at halftime.
 
Jenkins' dominance continued into the second half. The senior made it 42-7 in the third quarter after connecting with Klaus on a 30-yard dime into the endzone. Jenkins closed out the scoring with his seventh touchdown of the day, once again connecting with Klaus, this time on a 19-yard pass into the endzone.
 
UP NEXT
Penn closes out its season next week with a trip up to Caldwell, N.J. to take on the Cougars on Saturday at 7 p.m.