PRINCETON, N.J. – Four teams begin Ivy play on Saturday with Princeton and Columbia going head-to-head in New York at 12 p.m. and Penn and Dartmouth squaring off in Hanover, N.H., at 1 p.m.
 
The Ivy League football slate begins Friday night with Harvard hosting No. 16 New Hampshire. On Saturday there will be three in-state non-conference contests.
 
Dartmouth will be rededicating its stadium as Buddy Teevens Stadium at Memorial Field in a ceremony at 5:30 p.m. on Friday in honor of the late Buddy Teevens. Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock announced a new center and a suite of programs honoring the legendary football coach on Tuesday, which would have been Teevens’ 68th birthday.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4

TIME	GAME	COVERAGE
7 p.m.	No. 16 New Hampshire at Harvard	ESPN+ | Stats

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5

TIME	GAME	COVERAGE
12 p.m.	Princeton at Columbia	ESPN+ | Stats
12 p.m.	Bryant at Brown	ESPN+ | Stats
12 p.m.	Central Connecticut State at Yale	ESPN+ | Stats
1 p.m.	Penn at Dartmouth	ESPN+ | Stats
1 p.m.	Albany at Cornell	ESPN+ | Stats

QUICK HITS

• Ivy play began last Saturday with Brown overcoming an 18-point deficit to top Harvard 31-28 and with Cornell defeating Yale 47-23 behind Jameson Wang’s school-record tying five-touchdown performance. 
• 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 8-4 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 111-45 (.712).
• Across both the AFCA coaches and the Stats Perform media top 25 polls, two different schools (Brown and Dartmouth) are receiving votes.
• 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.

 

WILLIAM V. CAMPBELL TROPHY SEMIFINALISTS
Brown	Caleb Moorhead
Columbia	Patrick Passalacqua
Cornell	Matthew Pilc
Dartmouth	Braden Mullen
Harvard	Dominic Young-Smith
Penn	Julian Talley
Princeton	Nasir Cook
Yale	Bennie Anderson

 

• Numerous Ivies (team and individual) rank in the top 10 of national FCS statical categories:

 

IVIES IN THE TOP 10 (TEAM)
3rd Down Conversion Pct	Yale (7th, 51.6) Penn (8th, 50.0)
3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense	Harvard (7th, 25.8)
4th Down Conversion Pct	Penn (1st, 100.0)
4th Down Conversion Pct Defense	Dartmouth (1st, 0.0) Princeton (1st, 0.0)
Completion Percentage	Cornell (5th, 71.2)
Fewest PenaltIes Per Game	Columbia (2nd, 3.0) Harvard (2nd, 3.0) Penn (5th, 3.5)
Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game	Harvard (2nd, 25.0) Columbia (3rd, 27.5) Penn (9th, 35.5)
Kickoff Return Defense	Brown (6th, 13.5)
Kickoff Returns	Yale (7th, 27.71) Penn (10th, 26.33)
Passing Offense	Cornell (4th, 295.5) Brown (9th, 279.0)
Passing Yards Allowed	Dartmouth (8th, 149.0)
Passing Yards Per Completion	Harvard (2nd, 16.4) Brown (7th, 14.68)
Punt Return Defense	Harvard (2nd, -1.5) Dartmouth (3rd, 0.0) Cornell (8th, 1.0)
Red Zone Defense	Harvard (3rd, 50.0) Brown (6th, 62.5) Columbia (9th, 66.7)
Red Zone Offense	Columbia (1st, 100.0) Cornell (1st, 100.0) Dartmouth (1st, 100.0) Yale (1st, 100.0)
Sacks Allowed	Cornell (1st, 0.0) Harvard (1st, 0.0) Yale (4th, 0.5)
Scoring Defense	Dartmouth (5th, 13.5) Harvard (7th, 15.5)
Tackles for Loss Allowed	Columbia (5th, 3.0) Cornell (5th, 3.0) Penn (10th, 3.5) Yale (10th, 3.5)
Time of Possession	Harvard (4th, 253.5)
Turnover Margin	Brown (2nd, 2.0) Cornell (6th, 1.5)
Winning Percentage	Brown (1st, 1.000) Dartmouth (1st, 1.000)

 

IVIES IN THE TOP 10 (INDIVIDUAL)
All Purpose	Malachi Hosley, Penn (3rd, 162.0)
Completion Percentage	Jameson Wang, Cornell (6th, 71.2)
Completions Per Game	Jameson Wang, Cornell (9th, 23.5)
Field Goal Percentage	Alan Zhao, Cornell (1st, 1.000) Hugo Merry, Columbia (1st, 1.000) Jeffrey Sexton, Princeton (1st, 1.000)
Field Goals Per Game	Owen Zalc, Dartmouth (2nd, 2.00)
Passes Defended	Nick Hudson, Brown (2nd, 2.0)
Passing Efficiency	Jameson Wang, Cornell (2nd, 181.4) Jaden Craig, Harvard (7th, 166.7)
Passing Yards Per Game	Jameson Wang, Cornell (4th, 295.5) Jake Willcox, Brown (6th, 279.0) Aidan Sayin, Penn (8th, 274.0)
Passing Yards Per Completion	Jaden Craig, Harvard (2nd, 16.46) Jake Willcox, Brown (10th, 14.68)
Points Responsible For Per Game	Jameson Wang, Cornell (1st, 24.0) Jaden Craig, Harvard (4th, 18.0) Aidan Sayin, Penn (4th, 18.0) Jake Willcox, Brown (10th, 16.0)
Punt Returns	AJ Barber, Princeton (5th, 16.6)
Receiving Yards Per Game	Brendan Lee, Cornell (6th, 100.0) Jared Richardson, Penn (10th, 97.0)
Receptions Per Game	Julien Stokes, Penn (5th, 7.0)
Rushing Yards Per Game	Malachi Hosley, Penn (3rd, 153.5)
Scoring	Mark Mahoney, Brown (7th, 10.0) Owen Zalc, Dartmouth (10th, 9.5)
Tackles For Loss	Caleb Moorhead, Brown (5th, 2.0) Rocco Milia, Columbia (6th, 1.8)
Total Offense	Jameson Wang, Cornell (1st, 343.5) Jake Willcox, Brown (6th, 308.5) Aidan Sayin, Penn (8th, 275.0)
Yards per Pass Attempt	Jaden Craig, Harvard (10th, 9.19)
Yards per Reception	Solomon Miller, Brown (1st, 31.4) Matt Childs, Brown (9th, 22.6)