The first all-Ivy football weekend begins with Yale and Penn squaring off in front of a national television audience on ESPNU Friday at 7 p.m. at Franklin Field. Saturday’s three-game slate is highlighted by a battle of 2-0 teams in league play with No.22 Dartmouth and Columbia set to clash at 1:30 p.m.
Week 6 Schedule
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25
Yale at Penn 7 p.m. ESPN+
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26
Cornell at Brown 12 p.m. ESPN+
#22 Dartmouth at Columbia 1:30 p.m. ESPN+
Princeton at Harvard 3 p.m. ESPN+
QUICK HITS
- Last weekend Columbia and Princeton each earned league wins. Columbia quarterback Chase Goodwin threw for 334 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the Lions win 23-17 over Penn. Princeton forced five turnovers in its 29-17 triumph over Brown. The league went a perfect 4-0 in non-conference play.
- Dartmouth is ranked in both major national FCS polls, earning the No. 22 spot in both the AFCA coaches poll and the Stats Perform media poll. The Big Green and No. 2 Montana St. are the only unbeaten teams remaining in the FCS. Columbia (coaches) and Harvard (coaches and media) are receiving votes.
- This year four of the eight league games have been decided by one possession with one going to overtime. Each of the previous two seasons, 16 of the 28 league games were decided by one possession. Last year five contests were decided in overtime, which was the most of any FCS conference.
- Ivies finished non-league play with a record of 16-8, marking the 12th time in the last 14 seasons that the league has posted a winning percentage of .500 or better. Since 2017, Ivies are 119-49 (.708).
- Four current Ivies were named to the East-West Shrine Bowl 1000: Brown CB Isaiah Reed, Columbia WR Bryson Canty, Penn S Shiloh Means and Princeton WR Connor Hulstein. The league’s four representatives were tied for the fourth most of any FCS conference.
- Reed was also one of 64 FCS prospects named to the Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List.
- A pair of Ivies were named to the Jerry Rice Award watch list this: Brown RB Matt Childs and Princeton LB AJ Pigford. The Rice Award honors the FCS freshman player of the year in college football’s Division I subdivision.
- The league welcomed three “new” head coaches this offseason: Columbia’s Jon Poppe, Cornell’s Dan Swanstrom and Harvard’s Andrew Aurich. All have extensive experience as assistant coaches within the league.
- Six teams ranked in the top 25 of the FCS in scoring defense in 2023: Princeton (6th, 17.5), Columbia (10th, 18.2), Dartmouth (14th, 19.3), Yale (17th, 19.9), Harvard (20th, 20.2) and Penn (25th, 21.7). Since 2018, at least two Ivies have finished in the top 10 of the category each season.
- Three of the league’s head coaches were Ivy League football players: Brown HC James Perry (Brown, 1996-99), Harvard HC Andrew Aurich (Princeton, 2002-05) and Princeton HC Bob Surace (Princeton, 1987-89).
- The 2024 Bushnell Cup presentation is set for Dec. 16 at the iconic Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center in New York City. The event will once again be co-hosted with the National Football Foundation & College Football Hall of Fame (NFF) and sponsored by Bruin Capital. This year’s presentation will be emceed by ESPN’s Rece Davis and will include three finalists (up from two) for both offensive and defensive players of the year.
- The Ivy League was the only conference across all divisions to have a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy from each institution. Named after former Columbia football team captain and later head coach Bill Campbell, the award recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership.
