PRINCETON, N.J. – League play begins Saturday with two Ivy football clashes. Harvard-Brown will be the first league contest of the season with a noon kickoff in Providence, R.I., and Yale-Cornell will follow with a 2 p.m. start in Ithaca, N.Y.
 

TIME	GAME	COVERAGE
12 p.m.	Harvard at Brown	ESPN+ | Stats
12:30 p.m.	Columbia at Georgetown	ESPN+ | Stats
1 p.m.	Colgate at Penn	ESPN+ | Stats
1 p.m.	Dartmouth at Merrimack	ESPN+ | Stats
2 p.m.	Yale at Cornell	ESPN+ | Stats
3 p.m.	Howard at Princeton	ESPN+ | Stats

QUICK HITS

• Columbia was named the National FCS Team of the Week by Stats Perform following its 31-20 win over No. 14 Lafayette. It marked the sixth all-time win against a ranked opponent in program history.
• Across both the AFCA coaches and the Stats Perform media polls, four different schools (Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard and Yale) are receiving votes.
• 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 wrapped up non-conference play 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 108-44 (.711).
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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).