With all eight Ivy League teams playing non-conference opponents and all but Harvard playing at home, last Saturday saw seven games on Ivy League campuses, the most all season.
Harvard (2-0) stayed unbeaten, topping Holy Cross 25-17, and senior cornerback Kane Waller was named the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week for making two interceptions and six tackles. Here's a look at how the Crimson's Ivy competition fared:
Brown (2-0), hot off its dramatic Week One victory over Yale, continued to keep its fans on the edge of their seats with another come-from-behind victory over Lafayette (0-2), 35-28.
After quickly going down 7-0, the Bears rallied with 28 straight points, and then fought off a late game charge by the Leopards, thanks in part to linebacker Brad Grulke, who nabbed seven tackles and blocked a punt, returning it 32 yards for a touchdown.
Last week's Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week, Brown's quarterback James Perry, continued to find his favorite receiver, Stephen Campbell, as Campbell notched his second 100-plus yard receiving game this season. Campbell has 16 receptions for 216 yards in two games.
The victory continues the Bears' eight-game winning streak, which dates back to the middle of the '98 season.
Led by sophomore quarterback Ricky Rahne, who tied a school record with four touchdown passes, Cornell (2-0) easily dismissed Fordham (0-3), 42-14.
Rahne was 19-of-29 for 232 yards passing, and was named the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week.
The four strikes tied the mark held by Mark Allen (vs. Brown in 1972 and vs. Columbia in 1973) and Mike Hood (vs. Buffalo in 1998).
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