Week 7 Schedule
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11
Harvard at Cornell 6 p.m. ESPN2
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12
Dartmouth at Yale 12 p.m. ESPN+
Columbia at Wagner 12p.m. NEC Front Row
Brown at #19 Rhode Island 1 p.m. FloSports
Bucknell at Penn 1 p.m. ESPN+
Princeton at #7 Mercer 3:30 p.m. ESPN+
QUICK HITS
- Columbia and Dartmouth opened league play with wins last Saturday. The Lions topped Princeton for the first time since 2017 with a 34-17 triumph. The Big Green defeated Penn 20-17, using a 10:30 drive in the fourth quarter to seal the victory.
- Each of the last 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 are 2-0 against ranked opponents. Columbia opened the season with 31-20 win over No. 14 Lafayette on Sept. 21. Harvard bested No. 16 New Hampshire 28-23 on Oct. 4.
- Ivies are 10-6 in non-league play this season. The league wrapped up last season with an overall record of 15-9, which marked the 11th time in the last 13 seasons that it finished with a winning percentage of .500 or better. Since 2017, Ivies are 113-47 (.706).
- 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.
- For the second consecutive season, the Ivy League collectively went 5-3 in the league’s opening weekend. Over the past 19 seasons, Ivies are 93-59 (.612) in season openers.
- 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.
