PHILADELPHIA – The 2019 University of Pennsylvania football season came to a close with a 28-7 loss to Princeton at Franklin Field as the Tigers (8-2, 5-2 Ivy) scored 28 unanswered points to knock off the Quakers (5-5, 3-4 Ivy).
 
Senior Karekin Brooks ran for 95 yards, becoming the first Penn player since Joe Sandberg in 2006 to rush for 1,000 yards in a season (1,003). Brooks is the 12th Quaker overall to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark in a season.
 
Notes To Know

• Penn finishes 5-5 overall. The Quakers have won at least five games in all five seasons under head coach Ray Priore.
• Brooks graduates No. 3 all-time in rushing yards by a Penn running back with 2,847. That total is No. 21 all-time by an Ivy League running back.
• Brooks ranks No. 5 all-time in carries by a Penn running back with 516.
• Brooks ranks No. 6 all-time in career rushing TDs by a Penn running back with 26
• Brooks ranks No. 8 all-time at Penn in all-purpose yards with 3,355
• Brooks averaged 5.51 yards-per-carry over his career. That averages ranks No. 2 all-time by a Quaker and No. 8 all-time in the Ivy League.
• Ryan Cragun had 58 catches for 885 yards in his first varsity season. He ranks No. 9 all-time in single-season receiving yards by a Quaker and is tied for No. 12 all-time in a season in receptions.
• Rory Starkey, Jr.'s 643 receiving yards this season rank No. 21 in a season by a Quaker. This marks the first season since 2000 where Penn had two receivers with 640+ yards.
• Nick Robinson's 2,331 passing yards this season rank No. 5 in a year by a Quaker.
• Nick Robinson's 3,241 career passing yards rank No. 12 all-time by a Quaker.
• Robinson's 16 passing TDs this season are tied for No. 8 in a year by a Quaker. His 25 career passing TDs are also No. 8 in Penn's record books.
• Robinson's 329 passing attempts this season rank No. 5 by a Quaker. His 442 career passing attempts rank No. 13.
• Robinson's 196 completions in 2019 rank No. 7 in a season by a Quaker. His 271 career completions are tied for No. 10.
• Robinson threw for 354 yards in the game, the 11th-most in a game in school history.  

The Red and Blue struck first midway through the first quarter as Nick Robinson found Rory Starkey, Jr. from 7 yards out with 6:56 to play.
 
From there, Princeton's defense shut the Quakers down. Penn was 1-for-7 on fourth down conversion attempts, including 0-for-4 on fourth down inside the red zone.
 
The Tigers tied the game at 7-7 on the drive following Penn's touchdown. Princeton dialed up 11 plays to cover 92 yards, capping the drive with the first of two Collin Eaddy touchdowns – this one a 3-yarder with 2:30 left in the first quarter.
 
Penn's next play was a bad luck bounce. A Robinson pass intended for Starkey bounced around off three players before TJ Floyd scooped it up for an interception at the Penn 37. The Penn defense buckled down and denied the Tigers, with Taheeb Sonekan stuffing Ryan Quigley on 4th-and-1 from the Penn 28.
 
The two sides would trade possessions from there, the Quakers coming up short on 4th-and-goal from the 6 yard line on an incomplete pass early in the second quarter. Princeton would take the lead with 0:50 remaining in the first half via a 28-yard field goal attempt from Tavish Rice.
 
Out of halftime, Princeton marched 80 yards on a 15-play drive that took 6:15 and was capped by a 2-yard Eaddy rush. The drive, which was delayed to start by an injury to Princeton's Trey Gray on the kickoff, firmly sent momentum Princeton's way.
 
The 10-point deficit had the Quakers looking for big plays, and the Red and Blue were stopped on the ensuing drive on 4th-and-2 from their own 33. Eight plays later, Rice connected on a 23-yard field goal and Princeton's lead was 20-7.
 
The Quakers would matriculate down the field to again get to 1st-and-goal, this time from the nine after a 19-yard completion to Eric Markes on 4th-and-9. A pair of Brooks runs got the Quakers to the Princeton 5, but passes on third and fourth down fell incomplete and turned the ball over on downs.
 
A final long drive from Princeton sealed the result. The Tigers took 7:45 to go 92 yards over 15 plays, with a Ryan Quigley 2-yard rush capping the drive. A 2-point try was successful and Princeton led by three touchdowns.