Following the cancellation of last weekend’s games, a full slate of college football was played this week. Every league squad played its season opener, while four teams began their Ivy schedules.

Harvard and Yale jumped out to an early lead in the Ivy standings by claiming victories in the only two League matchups, with the Crimson edging Brown 27-20 at Harvard Stadium and the Bulldogs overpowering Cornell 40-13 at the Yale Bowl.

Penn was the only other victorious Ivy team, amassing 471 yards on the way to crushing the visiting Lafayette Leopards, 37-0.

YALE 40, CORNELL 13

Yale quarterback Peter Lee threw for 279 yards and four touchdown passes to lead the Bulldogs past the Big Red. Lee, who was 23-of-31 on the afternoon, connected with wideout Billy Brown for three of the scores in an impressive season-opener in front of 20,269 fans at the Yale Bowl.

Lee finished the game with no interceptions and Brown caught nine passes for 177 yards.

After a scoreless first quarter, the Bulldogs broke onto the scoreboard first. Lee found Brown from 22-yards out to give Yale a 6-0 lead with 9:57 remaining in the half. Senior Justin Davis’ extra point raised the score to 7-0.

The Big Red pulled the score to 17-6 after Yale tailback Robert Carr’s fumble was recovered by Pete Combe to set up a 23-yard Peter Iverson field goal, but could never threaten as Yale rattled off 17 unanswered points. With the score 34-6, Cornell finally reached the endzone on a 21-yard touchdown pass from senior Rahne to classmate Tim Herman.

Cornell continues action next week at Colgate, while Yale travels to Holy Cross.

PENN 37, LAFAYETTE 0

Kris Ryan rushed for 159 yards and Gavin Hoffman threw for three touchdowns to lead the Quakers to a season-opening victory at Lafayette’s Fisher Field. The defense, led by senior Fred Plaza’s career-high 11 tackles, helped pitch Brown’s first season-opening shutout since 1982.

Penn jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead on a six-play, 62-yard drive just 4:46 into the game. A Hoffman touchdown pass to Ryan Murray capped the 59-second drive.

The Leopards threatened later in the quarter, but Martin Brecht’s 34-yard field goal went wide left, and the remainder of the game was dominated by the Quakers.

Ryan, who eclipsed the 2,000 yard mark for his career with his 128th yard on Saturday, scored his first touchdown of the season on a six-yard jaunt with12:04 remaining in the fourth quarter. Ryan becomes only the seventh Quaker to hit that plateau.

The Leopards, who will face off at Harvard on Saturday at 1 p.m., were held to only 40 yards rushing and 178 yards of total offense. Penn will travel to Dartmouth at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday to open its Ivy schedule.