Lost in the muddy Saturday of the Harvard football team's loss to Princeton was the upset of the Ivy League season so far:

Cornell topped Dartmouth, 26-16.

This was a Shocker. Sure, Cornell was good, but Dartmouth...Dartmouth was a juggernaut. Dartmouth was going all the way to its show-down with Princeton undefeated.

Big Green superquarterback junior Jay Fiedler has a higher QB rating than Joe Montana did in 1990. The defense is tough. The offense is tougher.

But scratch that record now.

Cornell tailback senior Scott Oliaro ran for 135 yards and two touchdowns Saturday as the Big Red ended the Big Green's 15-game unbeaten streak in the Ivy League.

How poetic. Red vs. Green. Stop vs. Go. Danger vs. All Clear.

Dartmouth (4-2 overall, 2-1 Ivy) had not lost a league game since a 16-6 loss to Pennsylvania in the opening week of the 1990 season. It was the fifth straight win for Cornell (5-1, 2-1 Ivy).

"This is the biggest win since I've been here," said third-year Cornell Coach Jim Hofher. Dartmouth was the only Ivy League team Cornell had not beaten under Hofher.

The loss ruined a strong performance by Dartmouth senior Matt Brzica, who caught eight passes for 151 yards and one touchdown in a driving rainstorm. Fielder completed 15 of 24 passes for 231 yards and a touchdown, but also had three passes intercepted.

Cornell linebacker senior Chris Zingo led Cornell's defense with 15 tackles, a blocked punt and a fumble recovery. For this, he was named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week for the third straight time.

But let the record show that it took a driving rainstorm to slow down the Fiedler Express.

"The rain made it difficult for us to do anything," Dartmouth Coach John Lyon said. "Especially once they got the lead."

Lyon isn't happy. His loss transformed the two-team race for the Ancient Eight crown into a five-team race: Princeton is 3-0-0, while Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn and Yale are tied at 2-1-0.

Still, none of those teams have the class of Princeton or Dartmouth. Put your money on the Ivy title going to the winner of the Tiger-Big Green clash on November 21 in Princeton.

The Fiedler Skip-Stop Express vs. Keith "Diesel" Elias and Co.

What a game. Too bad we'll have to watch Harvard-Yale.

Rush, Rush: Pennsylvania tailback senior Sundiata Rush ran for 178 yards and three touchdowns as the Quakers defeated Brown, 38-0, on Saturday. For his heroics, Rush was named Offensive Player of the Week.

Before anyone starts jumping off bridges for this guy, though, remember that Harvard fullback Matt Johnson '91 ran for 323 yards against Brown last year.

And Brown Coach Mickey Kwiatkowski thinks his team this year is worse than it is last year.

178 yards. Merry Christmas, Rush.

It Takes Two to Tango: Penn sophomore running back Terrance Stokes took home Sophomore of the Week honors, gaining 78 yards on nine carries against Brown.

Well, when Johnson ran for 323 yards last year, Captain Robb Hirsch ran for 99 yards. Hmmph.

Merry Christmas to you too, Stokes.

Yale Update: Yale will be favored at The Stadium on November 21. The Elis have a great defense and a solid offense. The Crimson has a suspect defense and a struggling offense.

Yet anything can happen. (It has.) IVY LEAGUE FOOTBALL TEAM STATS

Passing

Team  G  Att  Comp  Yds  TDINT  Yds/G Dartmouth  3  81  50  853  10  5   284.3 Brown  3  79  43  568  3  5   189.3 Columbia  3  108  59  564  0  8< Tab>188.0 HARVARD  3  48  28  464  1  0154.7 Pennsylvania  3  81  37  458  31  152.7 Cornell  3  80  37  444  3  1148.0 Yale  3  49  29  408  2  5  1 36.0 Princeton  3  32  19  273  3  2< Tab>91.0

Rushing

Team  G  Att  Yds  TD  Yds/G< /B> Princeton  3  169  738  6  246.0 Yale  3  172  726  6  242.0 Pennsylvania  3  141  584  8  194.7 Cornell  3  147  580  6  193.3 Dartmouth  3  112  397  2  132.3 HARVARD  3  143  273  5  91.0 Brown  3  98  267  1  89.0 Columbia  3  98  125  6  41.7

Total Offense

Team  G  Att  Rush  Pass  TD< Tab>Total  Yds/G Dartmouth  3  193  397  853  121250  416.7 Yale  3  221  726  408  10  1134   378.0 Pennsylvania  3  222  584  458  11< Tab>1042  347.3 Cornell  3  227  580  444  10  1 024  341.3 Princeton  3  201  738  273  101011  337.0 Brown  3  177  267  568  4  835< Tab>278.3 HARVARD  3  191  273  464  7  73 7  245.7 Columbia  3  206  125  564  6  6 89  229.7

Scoring

Team  G  TD  PAT  2-PT  FGPts  Pts/G Dartmouth  3  12  8  1  3  9130.3 Pennsylvania  3  11  9  1  4  89   29.7 Cornell  3  10  6  1  3  77   25.7 Yale  3  10  8  2  0  72  24. 0 Princeton  3  10  4  2  1  7123.7 HARVARD  3  7  4  0  0  46  1 5.3 Columbia  3  6  5  0  0  41   13.7 Brown  3  4  4  0  1  31  10. 3

Pass Defense

Team  G  Att  Comp  Yds  TDINT  Yds/G Brown  3  47  32  393  2  2   131.0 Columbia  3  50  27  414  3  3138.0 HARVARD  3  74  38  421  2  4140.3 Dartmouth  3  77  34  445  1  6< Tab>148.3 Cornell  3  53  30  447  3  4149.0 Princeton  3  73  40  477  2  1< Tab>159.0 Pennsylvania  3  93  47  571  59  190.3 Yale  3  91  54  864  6  2  2 88.0

Rush Defense

Team  G  Att  Yds  TD  Yds/G< /B> Yale  3  105  235  1  78.3 Princeton  3  114  268  4  89.3 Pennsylvania  3  115  341    3   113.7 Cornell  3  128  416  3  138.7 HARVARD  3  130  456  6  6  152. 0 Dartmouth  3  157  527  8  175.4 Columbia  3  153  576  7  192.0 Brown  3  178  871  10  290.3

Total Defense

Team  G  Att  Rush  Pass  TD< Tab>Total  Yds/G Princeton  3  187  268  477  6   745  248.3 Cornell  3  181  416  447  7  86 3  287.7 HARVARD  3  204  456  421  10  8 77  292.3 Pennsylvania  3  208  341  571  8912  304.0 Dartmouth  3  234  527  445  9   972  324.0 Columbia  3  203  576  414  11   990  330.0 Yale  3  196  235  864  7  1099< Tab>366.3 Brown  3  225  871  393  12  126 4  421.3

Scoring Defense

Team  G  TD  PAT  2-PT  FGPts  Pts/G Princeton  3  6  4  0  0  4013.3 Cornell  3  7  3  0  2  51  1 7.0 Yale  3  7  5  0  3  56  18.7 Pennsylvania  3  8  7  1  0  57< Tab>19.0 Dartmouth  3  9  7  0  3  7023.3 HARVARD  3  10  7  1  1  72   24.0 Columbia  3  11  10  1  2  6428.0 Brown  3  12  5  4  1  88  29 .3