Week 8 Schedule
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18
Brown vs Princeton 7 p.m. ESPNU
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19
Holy Cross at Harvard 12 p.m. ESPN+
Lehigh at Yale 12 p.m. ESPN+
Columbia at Penn 1 p.m. ESPN+
Cornell at Bucknell 1 p.m. ESPN+
Central Connecticut State at #22 Dartmouth 1 p.m. ESPN+
QUICK HITS
- Last weekend Dartmouth and Harvard each had league wins. The Big Green had the largest comeback in the FCS this season, overcoming a 23-point deficit to defeat Yale 44-43 in overtime. Harvard got in the win column in league play with a 38-20 win over Cornell.
- Dartmouth entered both major national FCS polls this week, earning the No. 22 spot in the AFCA coaches poll and the No. 24 ranking in the Stats Perform media poll. Columbia (coaches) and Harvard (media) received votes.
- This year three of the six league games have been decided by a field goal or less 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 are 12-8 in non-league play this season. With just four games remaining, the league has secured a winning percentage of .500 or better for the 12th time in the last 14 seasons. Since 2017, Ivies are 115-49 (.701).
- 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.
