Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 19 | Cornell | | W 29–22 | 15,871 | [1] |
September 26 | at Lehigh* | | L 0–58 | 11,436 | [2] |
October 3 | at Columbia | | L 9–20 | 4,375 | [3] |
October 10 | Brown | - Franklin Field
- Philadelphia, PA
| L 24–26 | 11,239 | [4] |
October 24 | at Yale | | L 3–24 | 24,500 | [5] |
October 31 | Princeton | - Franklin Field
- Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
| L 30–38 | 20,333 | [6] |
November 7 | Delaware* | - Franklin Field
- Philadelphia, PA
| L 6–40 | 10,117 | [7] |
November 14 | at Harvard | | L 7–45 | 10,500 | [8] |
November 21 | Dartmouth | - Franklin Field
- Philadelphia, PA
| L 13–33 | 9,757 | [9] |
November 26 | at Richmond* | | L 12–18 | 7,514 | [10] |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
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- ^ Concannon, Joe (November 15, 1981). "Harvard Still in Running". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 81 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ O'Connell, Mike (November 22, 1981). "Dartmouth Shares Title". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Haudricourt, Tom (November 27, 1981). "Penn (1-9) Falls to Richmond in Finale". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-C – via Newspapers.com.