PRINCETON, N.J. – To separate or not to separate? That is the question … heading into Week 8 of Ivy League football.
No. 19 Harvard and Princeton, both 3-1 in Ivy play, each have the chance to add to their narrow one-game advantage in the Ivy standings over the five-team cluster consisting of Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn and Yale. The Tigers open the weekend at Dartmouth at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 3 before a national television audience on ESPNU. The Crimson take on Columbia at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4 in New York.
Saturday’s slate also includes a pair of crucial games between 2-2 teams to stay in the hunt. Yale travels to Brown for a noon kickoff and Cornell plays at Penn at 1 p.m.
FRIDAY, NOV. 3
| TIME |
GAME |
COVERAGE |
| 7 p.m. |
Princeton at Dartmouth |
ESPNU | Stats |
SATURDAY, NOV. 4
QUICK HITS
- The standings are indicative of how close the play has been within the league. Of the 16 games played this season, 10 have been decided by a single possession. Six have been determined by a field goal or less. Last season, 16 of the 28 league games were decided by one possession.
- Harvard is in the national rankings for the seventh consecutive week in the AFCA coaches poll. The Crimson earned the No. 19 ranking.
- Harvard head coach Tim Murphy earned his 136th career Ivy League win to pass Yale’s Carm Cozza as the league’s all-time leader.
- Penn freshman running back Malachi Hosley was one of 22 players named to the Jerry Rice Award Watch List by Stats Perform on Wednesday, Oct. 18. A threat in both the run and pass game, Hosley has 57 carries for 234 yards and three touchdowns, while catching 16 passes for 194 yards and a score.
- The league wrapped up non-conference play with an overall record of 15-9, which marks the 11th time in the last 13 seasons that it has finished with a winning percentage of .500 or better. Since 2017, Ivies are 103-41 (.715).
- Three Ivies were named in Stats Perform’s FCS Prospects to Know for the NFL Draft in June. Yale OT Kiran Amegadjie was listed as the top prospect. Princeton OT Jalen Travis and Harvard DT Thor Griffith were fifth and sixth, respectively.
- A total of 10 Ivies from six different schools were named to the FCS Phil Steele Mid-Season All-America Teams on Thursday, Oct. 19. This marks a considerable jump from the publication's preseason teams, which recognized four Ivies.
| PHIL STEELE MID-SEASON ALL-AMERICANS |
| First Team |
Jalen Travis, Princeton (OL)
Kiran Amegadjie, Yale (OL) |
| Second Team |
Wes Rockett, Brown (WR) |
| Third Team |
Thor Griffith, Harvard (DL)
Clay Patterson, Yale (DL)
Josh Greene, Dartmouth (LS) |
| Fourth Team |
Tyler Neville, Harvard (TE)
Joey Slackman, Penn (DL)
Shiloh Means, Penn (DB)
Charles DePrima, Harvard (AP) |
- The Ivy League was one of two conferences 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.
| WILLIAM V. CAMPBELL TROPHY SEMIFINALISTS |
| Brown |
Justin Anagonye |
| Columbia |
Joey Giorgi |
| Cornell |
Jake Stebbins |
| Dartmouth |
Macklin Ayers |
| Harvard |
Garrett Sharp |
| Penn |
Jack Fairman |
| Princeton |
Jalen Travis |
| Yale |
Wande Owens |
- Numerous Ivies rank first in the FCS in both individual and team statitical categories.
| INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL LEADERS |
| Jackson Kennedy (Cornell K) |
Field Goals Per Game (2.00) |
| Jared Richardson (Penn WR) |
Receptions Per Game (9.5) |
| Aidan Sayin (Penn QB) |
Completions Per Game (30.86) |
| TEAM NATIONAL LEADERS |
| Brown |
Fewest Penalties Per Game (3.57) |
| Columbia |
Kickoff Return Defense (11.18) |
| Cornell |
Time of Possession (35:17) |
| Harvard |
Fumbles Lost (0) |