It’s Another Fresh Start for All of Philly’s College Football Programs.
Sure, Labor Day weekend is the unofficial start of the college football around our region. But it’s the following weekend (September 6th, this year) that all of Philly’s collegiate football teams will be in action — the first time since the end of 2024.
For Philadelphia — whose city is rooted deep the history of the very beginnings of our great country — college football greatness runs equally as deep in our history. So far — we’ve only got one true football dynasty — the Penn Quakers football team who won the national championship in 1894, 1895, 1897, and again in 1904, and 1907–1908 (unless the present-day Eagles make it happen of course.)
Last weekend — Philly college’s season began on a high-note. Temple Football began the K.C. Keeler opened his chapter as Head Coach with a 42–10 win over UMass including a 128-yard performance from Jay Ducker and 467 total yards of offense and six touchdowns from quarterback Eric Simon.
Just over 145 miles away in Happy Valley — Penn State kicked off its season where they left off for most of 2024 with Imhotep Charter’s Mylachi Williams, Jabree Coleman, and Tyseer Denmark among other Philly connections who helped to routed the Nevada Wolfpack and quarterback Chubba Purdy by a final score of 46–11 — including three takeaways and 438 yards of total offense. Fans enjoyed frozen treats on campus from the legendary Penn State Berkey Creamery — whose research program started as far back as as 160 years ago during the American Civil War with over 200 cows still on campus.
It will be a tough act to follow — with both ABC and ESPN recording a record-setting over ten million viewers for just three games. But for all of Philadelphia’s collegiate programs in action this Saturday for the first time in 2025 — the best is yet to come.
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