PRINCETON, N.J. – No. 24 Dartmouth and No. 20 Harvard are tied at the top of the Ivy League football standings with two weeks left in the 2024 season. Both have road tests as part of Saturday’s four-game slate.
 

TIME	GAME	COVERAGE
12 p.m.	Columbia at Brown	ESPN+ | Stats
12 p.m.	Princeton at Yale	ESPN+ | Stats
1 p.m.	#24 Dartmouth at Cornell	ESPN+ | Stats
1 p.m.	#20 Harvard at Penn	ESPN+ | Stats

QUICK HITS

• Both Yale quarterback Grant Jordan and Penn quarterback Liam O’Brien had historic performances becoming the fifth and sixth Ivies to throw six touchdowns in a single contest, respectively. Both also added a touchdown by way of the ground. Dartmouth and Harvard won last week, to put them in the driver’s seat in the race for the Ivy title. Columbia's hopes of claiming its second-ever Ivy title are still alive as the Lions are just one game back. 
• At least a share of the Ivy title can be clinched on Saturday. If either Harvard or Dartmouth wins and the other loses, the winner would claim a share. Dartmouth is seeking its fifth title since 2015 and Harvard is looking to earn consecutive titles for the first time since 2013-15. i
• Both Harvard and Dartmouth earned rankings in the AFCA coaches poll this week. The Crimson are in the No. 22 spot and Big Green are No. 24. Harvard is No. 20 in the Stats Perform media poll.
• This year eight league games have been decided by one possession with one going to overtime. Four games have seen the game-winning or overtime-forcing score occur in the final two minutes. 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 finished non-league play with a record of 16-8, marking the 12th time in the last 14 seasons that the league has posted a winning percentage of .500 or better. Since 2017, Ivies are 119-49 (.708).
• 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.
• A pair of Ivies were named to the Jerry Rice Award watch list this: Brown RB Matt Childs and Princeton LB AJ Pigford. The Rice Award honors the FCS freshman player of the year in college football’s Division I subdivision.
• 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.
• 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)
4th Down Conversion Pct.	Harvard (6th, 72.7) Yale (8th, 71.4)
Blocked Punts	Penn (8th, 2)
Fewest Penalties Per Game	Harvard (2nd, 2.88) Columbia (3rd, 3.13) Princeton (10th, 4.38)
Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game	Columbia (2nd, 25.50) Harvard (3rd, 29.38) Princeton (5th, 33.50)
Fumbles Lost	Penn (2nd, 1) Cornell (6th, 2)
Kickoff Return Defense	Columbia (3rd, 14.45) Princeton (7th, 15.57)
Passes Had Intercepted	Dartmouth (1st, 1) Harvard (4th, 2)
Passing Yards per Completion	Harvard (8th, 14.25)
Punt Return Defense	Penn (1st, -0.25)
Punt Returns	Harvard (7th, 14.83)
Rushing Defense	Dartmouth (10th, 103.1)
Sacks Allowed	Cornell (3rd, 0.63) Yale (3rd, 0.63) Dartmouth (8th, 0.88)
Scoring Defense	Columbia (10th, 17.5)
Tackles for Loss Allowed	Cornell (2nd, 2.75) Yale (10th, 3.88)
Team Passing Efficiency	Harvard (5th, 166.37)
Turnovers Lost	Dartmouth (2nd, 5) Harvard (4th, 6) Penn (7th, 7) Cornell (10th, 8)
Winning Percentage	Dartmouth (6th, 0.875) Harvard (6th, 0.875)

 

IVIES IN THE TOP 10 (INDIVIDUAL)
Blocked Kicks	Jordan Washington, Dartmouth (3rd, 2)
Completions Per Game	Jameson Wang, Cornell (3rd, 25.50) Jake Willcox, Brown (5th, 25.25)
Field Goal Percentage	Hugo Merry, Columbia (7th, 83.3)
Field Goals Per Game	Owen Zalc, Dartmouth (4th, 1.63)
Forced Fumbles	Abu Kamara, Yale (4th, 0.38)
Fumbles Recovered	Zairion Jackson-Bass, Yale (6th, 2) Tahj Owens, Princeton (6th, 2)
Interceptions Per Game	Hayden McDonald, Columbia (3rd, 0.5)
Passes Defended	Carter McFadden, Columbia (5th, 1.6)
Passing Efficiency	Jaden Craig, Harvard (5th, 167.7)
Passing Yards Per Game	Jameson Wang, Cornell (10th, 270.9)
Passing Yards Per Completion	Jaden Craig, Harvard (5th, 14.49)
Points Responsible For	Jameson Wang, Cornell (3rd, 170)
Points Responsible For Per Game	Jameson Wang, Cornell (1st, 21.3) Grant Jordan, Yale (3rd, 18.9) Jaden Craig, Harvard (8th, 16.3)
Punt Returns	Scott Woods II, Harvard (4th, 14.8)
Receiving TDs	Cooper Barkate, Harvard (6th, 9) Samuel Musungu, Cornell (6th, 9)
Receiving Yards Per Game	Samuel Musungu, Cornell (3rd, 101.0) Cooper Barkate, Harvard (5th, 98.3) David Pantelis, Yale (9th, 90.6)
Receptions Per Game	Samuel Musungu, Cornell (2nd, 8.6) David Pantelis, Yale (9th, 6.5)
Rushing Yards Per Game	Malachi Hosley, Penn (5th, 115.9)
Solo Tackles	Abu Kamara, Yale (1st, 6.9) John Lista, Penn (3rd, 6.1)
Total Offense	Jameson Wang, Cornell (4th, 316.1) Jake Willcox, Brown (6th, 298.6)
Yards per Pass Attempt	Jaden Craig, Harvard (8th, 9.17)
Yards Per Reception	Seamus Gilmartin, Harvard (2nd, 22.38)