Three teams are currently tied atop the Ivy League standings with a 4-1 record--Cornell, Harvard, and Penn. Two of these teams will meet this weekend with undefeated records on the line.
Coming off its first home victory of the year, Harvard (5-3, 4-1 Ivy) takes to the road in an attempt to maintain its undefeated away record. Penn (5-3, 4-1), after its first road victory of the season, returns home to its own stadium, where it has posted an undefeated record so far this season.
After this weekend, one record will remain unblemished, while the other will be tarnished.
When the two Ivy brothers clash on the gridiron this Saturday in Philadephia, potentially much more is at stake than undefeated records--this game could decide the Ivy League champion for this season.
While Harvard shut out Columbia at Soldier's Field last week, Penn defeated a quality Princeton team, 40-24, at Princeton Stadium.
Depending on Cornell's success against Columbia this weekend, a Big Red loss could grant the winner of Harvard's game at Penn at least a share of the Ivy League title.
To call this game important is an understatement.
"It's the biggest game of our lives," senior cornerback Willie Alford said. "For all intensive purposes it's our championship game. We've been practicing this week the hardest we've ever practiced."
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