PRINCETON, N.J. -- No. 11/13 Princeton (9-0, 6-0 Ivy) clinched at least a share of the 2018 Ivy League football championship with victory in the Ivy League’s longest-running rivalry game at Yale Saturday.
The 59-43 win secured the 12th all-time title for the Tigers—and the third of the
Bob Surace era (2013, 2016). Princeton will have a chance to clinch the title outright for just the fifth time in program history when it hosts Penn next Saturday. The Tigers will also be gunning for their second-ever perfect 7-0 mark in League play, a feat Princeton last accomplished in 1964.
Princeton tallied 489 yards on the ground, led by sophomore running back
Collin Eaddy who had 266 rushing yards and matched his career total with three rushing touchdowns in the shootout.
Columbia picked up a 42-20 road win over Brown in Providence to establish a new program record with 13 wins in a two-year period. Senior wide receiver
Kyle Castner tied a Lion single-game program record with five touchdowns—three rushing, two passing—in the victory. Columbia will have a shot at back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 1961-62 when it hosts Cornell in the season finale on Nov. 17.
Harvard went into Franklin Field and came away with a 29-7 victory over Penn, with Crimson senior wide receiver
Brian Dunlap matching his career total with two receiving touchdowns in the contest.
Dartmouth defeated Cornell, 35-24, to remain within striking distance of Princeton entering the final weekend of the regular season. The Big Green can clinch a share of the 2018 Ivy League title with a victory over Brown and a Princeton loss to Penn on Nov. 17.
For the first time in Ivy League history,
next Saturday’s season finales will feature regional rivalries—Cornell at Columbia, Brown at Dartmouth, Yale at Harvard and Penn at Princeton. Headlining the slate will be the 135th playing of The Game in front of a sold-out crowd at Fenway Park and a national television audience on a yet-to-be-announced ESPN network.
The Ivy League closed out non-conference play on Oct. 13 with its second-straight 18-6 mark—accumulating an FCS-best .750 non-conference winning percentage in back-to-back seasons.
Princeton (9-0, 6-0 Ivy) is 1-of-3 remaining undefeated teams in the FCS, joining No. 1/1 North Dakota State and No. 8/10 Colgate.
Columbia def. Brown, 42-20
Harvard def. Penn, 29-7
Princeton def. Yale, 59-43
Dartmouth def. Cornell, 35-24