Complete Football Weekly Release in pdf format

Photos courtesy of Dartmouth Athletics Communications and Penn and Princeton Athletic Communications

PRINCETON, N.J. -- Friday Night Lights on NBCSN returns to highlight a big weekend of #IvyFootball.

LEAGUE NOTES
• Penn (3-2, 2-0 Ivy) and Princeton (4-1, 2-0 Ivy) joined Harvard (4-1, 2-0 Ivy) at the top of the League standings with wins over Columbia (1-4, 0-2 Ivy) and Brown (1-4, 0-2 Ivy), respectively.

• For the first time since Nov. 10, 2012, Harvard suffered a road loss, falling at Holy Cross, 27-17, ending its League-record and FCS-leading 16-game road-game winning streak.

• The loss also snapped a 16-game non-conference winning streak for the Crimson, which previously lost to a non-Ivy opponent in 2011; coincidentally, also Holy Cross.

• Dartmouth (3-2, 0-2 Ivy) blocked two field goals in the final 2:19 of the game to hold off Towson, 20-17.

• Cornell (3-2, 1-1 Ivy) and Yale (1-4, 1-1 Ivy) each saw their comeback bids fall short, as the Big Red fell to Sacred Heart, 31-24, and the Bulldogs dropped a high-scoring affair to Fordham, 44-37.

• For the second-straight week, an Ivy was named FCS STATS National Freshman of the Week, with the honor going to Dartmouth’s Isiah Swann.

• Three teams appear in the national rankings. Harvard comes in at No. 23 in the coaches poll and receiving votes in STATS FCS, while Penn and Princeton are receiving votes in the STATS FCS poll.

• The upcoming week features all conference matchups on national networks, including Penn at Yale on Friday night on NBCSN.

• The key matchup on Saturday features a pair of 2-0 Ivy teams when Princeton hosts No. 23 Harvard on ESPN3 and The Ivy League Digital Network (ILDN), now available on the ILDN app on Apple TV and Roku.

• Cornell takes on Brown at noon on FOX College Sport and Columbia welcomes Dartmouth at 1:30 p.m. on ONE World Sports and ILDN.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Friday, October 21
*Penn at Yale, 7 pm [NBCSN]

Saturday, October 22
*Cornell at Brown, 12 pm [FCS]
*No. 23 Harvard at Princeton, 1 pm [ESPN3/ILDN]
*Dartmouth at Columbia, 1:30 pm [OWS/ILDN]

*-Ivy League contest

KEY
ILDN-Broadcast live on The Ivy League Digital Network
NBCSN-Broadcast live on NBCSN and the NBC Sports App
ESPN3-Broadcast live on ESPN3 and WatchESPN App
FCS: Broadcast live on FOX College Sports and FOX Sports Go
OWS: Broadcast live on ONE World Sports

CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Penn junior running back Tre Solomon (Brooklyn, N.Y.) was a triple-threat on Saturday, rushing for 127 yards and one touchdown, passing for another touchdown and catching five passes for 30 yards in the Quakers’ 35-10 win over Columbia. His 127 rushing yards marked a career-high, as he averaged 6.7 yards per carry. Solomon opened and closed the scoring for Penn, as his rushing touchdown gave the team a 7-0 lead and his passing touchdown put the Quakers up 35-10 .

Solomon earns his first career Ivy League weekly award. He is the first Quaker to be named Offensive Player of the Week since Justin Watson on Nov. 16, 2015.

Solomon’s Statistics for the Week
19 Rushes, 127 Yds., 1 TD; 1-1-0, 23 Yds., 100.0 Completion %, 1 TD; 5 Rec., 30 Yds.

Princeton junior quarterback John Lovett (Wantagh, N.Y.) took the Tigers on his back for the second-straight week, recording three touchdowns, two through the air and the third on the ground . Lovett threw for 71 yards on 6-of-7 passing for a completion percentage of 85.7, finding James Frusciante twice in the end zone. Lovett’s rushing TD put the Tigers ahead, 28-0 at halftime. His 10 rushing touchdowns on the season leads the League and ranks tied for third nationally.

Lovett earns Offensive Player of the Week for the second-straight week, the first Tiger to accomplish the feat since Quinn Epperly in 2013.

Lovett’s Statistics for the Week
6-7-0, 71 Yds., 85.7 Completion %, 2 TDs; 7 Rushes, 21 Yds., 1 TD; 1 Rec., 3 Yds.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER/ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Dartmouth freshman defensive back Isiah Swann (Queen Park, Ariz.) made sure his first career start was not his last, leading the team with 13 tackles in a 20-17 win over Towson. Swann recorded 13 total tackles and his interception early in the second quarter led to the Big Green’s first touchdown of the day . He also broke up three passes as Dartmouth won its seventh-straight non-conference game.

Swann is the third Big Green to earn Defensive Player of the Week this season and the second to be named Rookie of the Week. He is the first Big Green to earn multiple Ivy League weekly awards in the same week since Alex Gakenheimer took home Rookie and Special Teams on Nov. 18, 2013.

Swann’s Statistics for the Week
10 Tckls., 3 Asst., 13 Total, 1 INT, 3 BrUps

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Dartmouth senior defensive back Charlie Miller (Shoreview, Minn.) made two key plays to help his team hold off Towson, 20-17. In the second quarter, with the Big Green up, 10-7, Miller picked off a pass at the Dartmouth 10 to prevent a Towson scoring opportunity. But his biggest play came with 2:19 remaining in the contest, when he blocked a 22-yard game-tying field goal attempt to keep his team ahead, 20-17.

Miller earns his first career Ivy League weekly award. He is the first Big Green to be named Special Teams Player of the Week since Ryder Stone on Nov. 16, 2015.

Miller’s Statistics for the Week
6 Tckls., 1 Asst., 7 Total, 1 INT, 17 Yds., 1 BrUp, 1 Blk.

HONOR ROLL
Jaelon Blandburg, Brown (Fr., WR – Orange County, Calif.)
6 Rec., 29 Yds., 1 TD

Luke Catarius, Princeton (Sr., LB – Sandwich, Mass.)
3 Tckls., 7 Asst., 10 Total, 1.5 TFL, 3 Yds., 1 BrUp

James Duberg, Harvard (Sr., DL – Chula Vista, Calif.)
6 Tckls., 1 Asst., 7 Total, 1.5 Sacks. 8 Yds., 1 TFL, 8 Yds.

Chris Fraser, Cornell (Sr., P – Potomac, Md.)
8 Punts, 357 Yds., 44.6 Avg., 61 Long, 6 in20, 2 FC, 1 TB

Nick Gesualdi, Cornell (Jr., FS – Sykesville, Md.)
3 Tckls., 1 Asst., 4 Total, 2 INT, 19 Yds.

Dale Harris, Yale (Sr., RB – Brooklandville, Md.)
24 Rushes, 136 Yds., 4 TDs; 1 Rec., 6 Yds.; 3 Tckls., 3 Total

Brock Kenyon, Columbia (Sr., DB – Austin, Texas)
6 Tckls., 3 Asst., 9 Total, 1 TFL, 1 Yd.

Colton Moskal, Penn (Jr., LB – Lake Zurich, Ill.)
3 Tckls., 5 Asst., 8 Total, 1.5 Sacks, 7 Yds., 1.5 TFL, 7 Yds.

Nickolas Null, Cornell (Fr., PK – Bradenton, Fla.)
1-1 FG, 34 Yds., 3-3 XP, 6 Pts.; 5 KO, 61.6 Avg., 3 TB

Christian Pearson, Penn (So., WR – Northridge, Calif.)
6 Rec., 97 Yds., 2 TDs

J.D. PicKell, Cornell (So., RB – Santa Ana, Calif.)
22 Rushes, 95 Yds., 1 TD; 1 Rec., 15 Yds.; 2 KR, 25 Yds., 21 Long

Lynnard Rose, Columbia (Fr., RB – Houston)
1 PR, 31 Yds.

Zach Schmid, Harvard (Jr., P – San Diego)
8 Punts, 359 Yds., 54 Long, 1 in20

Tanner Thomas, Columbia (Fr., RB – Knoxville, Tenn.)
3 Rushes, 18 Yds.; 2 KR, 52 Yds.

William Twyman, Brown (Sr., LB – Sudbury, Mass.)
5 Tckls., 13 Asst., 18 Total, 1.5 TFL, 9 Yds.

Dorian Williams, Princeton (Sr., DB – Streetsboro, Ohio)
3 Tckls., 2 Asst., 5 Total, 1 INT, 2 Yds., 1 BrUp