The Ivy League picture will become drastically clearer tomorrow when Harvard (3-2, 2-0 Ivy) takes on Princeton (4-1, 2-0 Ivy) at Princeton Stadium.

The stakes are high—the winner will be in the driver’s seat in the Ivy League title chase, while the loser will need help merely to get a share of it.

“This game’s impact is immeasurable,” senior running back Nick Palazzo said in an e-mail. “It is for the Ivy League lead and is necessary for us to reach our goal. It is as big and as important as any game will be this season.”

But the similarities between Harvard and Princeton extend beyond perfect Ivy records.

Both teams have played Lehigh and Brown and earned narrow victories over Brown while falling to a late-surging Lehigh team.

Tigers’ quarterback David Splithoff is the second most efficient passer in the country. Harvard sophomore quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick is the thirteenth most efficient.

The Crimson’s senior wideout Carl Morris is second in the nation with just over nine catches a game. Princeton’s star wide receiver Chisom Opara is fifth with just under eight grabs a game.

The list of eerily similar statistics goes on and on, even extending to turnover ratio—both teams sitting at a respectable +1.

However, if there is one aspect of the matchup where the statistics do not match up, it is pass defense.

The Tigers’ pass defense, ranked 23rd in the nation, appears air-tight compared to Harvard’s, which is ranked 103rd.

Last weekend, Princeton held Brown superstar wideout Chas Gessner to just two catches for 21 yards in the first half and went on to keep the nation’s leading receiver under 100 yards for the game.

“In preparing for a team that has a strength in one area of defense, we focus more on execution, but never change the offensive philosophy,” Palazzo said.

On the opposite side of the ball, Harvard’s defense will have a difficult time combating Princeton’s balanced offense. The Tigers have at least one player in the top fifteen of every major statistical category except total offense.

The robust Princeton passing attack led by Splithoff and Opara is bolstered by running back Cameron Atkinson, who rushed for 174 yards last week against Brown.

The Crimson defense will have to contain Atkinson more than it did Northeastern running back Anthony Riley, as Riley racked up 128 yards last weekend.