Princeton University Football Team Hosts Brown in Ivy League Home Opener

The Princeton University football team enters the meat of its conference schedule with its Ivy League home opener against Brown Saturday afternoon, 3:30 p.m.

The game will be broadcast regionally by NBC Sports.

The Tigers are 2-2 overall. They are 1-0 in Ivy League play this season, having defeated Columbia, 38-6.

Princeton is one game behind Harvard and Dartmouth, who are each 2-0 in conference action.

The Bears are also 2-2 overall, and 0-1 in conference play, dropping a 22-14 decision at home to Harvard.

Princeton has won two straight against Brown.

The Tigers are coming off a 31-30 loss to Colgate in which Dre Nelson returned a kickoff 100 yards and the Tigers took an early 16-0 lead before Colgate fought back.

Rohan Hylton had a career-high 18 tackles and a sack in the loss.

Brown is riding a two-game winning streak. It defeated Holy Cross, 27-24, in double overtime on a 23-yard field goal by Grant Senne. Marcus Fuller passed for 240 yards and two touchdowns in the win.

In the only other conference game this week, Penn (0-4, 0-1) hosts Columbia (0-4, 0-1), 1 p.m.