Princeton University Football Team Hosts Regional Rival Penn on Saturday

The Princeton University football team finds itself locked in a three-way tie for second place with Yale and Dartmouth with three weeks left in the season.

In the final two weeks, that logjam will be clarified when the Tigers (4-3, 3-1) visit Yale (6-1, 3-1) and host Dartmouth (5-1, 3-1) in the season finale.

And of course, all three teams are one game out of first place and are ready to move up should undefeated Harvard (7-0, 4-0) falter.

But first up for the Tigers is local rival Penn (1-6, 1-3). The Quakers come calling on Saturday, 3:30 p.m. in a game that will be broadcast regionally on NBC Sports Network.

Yale hosts Brown (4-3, 2-2) at 12:30 p.m., while Dartmouth visits Cornell (0-7, 0-4) at 12:30 p.m. Harvard hosts Columbia (0-7, 0-4) at 1 p.m.

While Princeton is within striking distance of first place, Penn is just one game out of last place.

Princeton won at Franklin Field, 38-26 last year, but Penn prevailed the last time the teams met in Princeton, 28-21, in 2012.

These teams have met 104 times, including their first meeting in 1876, a 6-0 win for the Tigers that served as Penn’s first football game.

Princeton quarterback Connor Michelson leads the Ivy League with a completion percentage of 68.7 percent. He has thrown for 949 yards in six games, with seven touchdown passes and just two interceptions, according to statistics posted on ivyleague.com.

Penn quarterback Alex Torgersen is second in the conference with 1,798 yards passing, and 256.9 yards per game. He’s thrown eight touchdown passes, but he’s also thrown eight interceptions and tops the league in yards lost (112) and sacks (17).

For more, visit ivyleague.com.