As a preview to what you will see on Saturday, here are position-by-position breakdowns for Harvard and Yale. The Game should be close, but on paper Harvard comes out on top.

Quarterback

Captain Neil Rose and sophomore Ryan Fitzpatrick should both see action in Harvard’s finale against Yale. Rose and “Fitzy” are two of the best signal-callers in the league. Senior wide receiver and Offensive Player of the Year Award candidate Carl Morris can make any quarterback look great, of course. The Bulldogs’ sophomore quarterback Jeff Mroz has developed into a solid starter since taking over for the injured Alvin Cowan during Yale’s second game of the season. Mroz has completed just under 60 percent of his passes and has thrown for 13 touchdowns with just five interceptions, but Rose—when he’s on his game—is the best in the Ivies.

Want evidence? Just look at his 443-yard, three-touchdown and zero-interception effort in Harvard’s 31-26 victory at Dartmouth on Nov. 2. Not only does the fifth-year senior hold nearly every passing record in Harvard history, but coming off his worst game in two years against Penn, Rose should be pumped up as he finishes his career in front of the home crowd. Rose has completed a gaudy 67.8 percent of his passes and has thrown eight touchdown passes. Fitzpatrick has also thrown eight TDs and has zero interceptions. Additionally, Fitzpatrick is the team’s leading rusher despite having only started three of Harvard’s nine games this season.

“I think we have two of the best quarterbacks in the league, bar none,” Morris says. “It really doesn’t matter who’s leading the team for us because we know we’re in good hands either way.”

Edge: Harvard

Running Backs

While Harvard has the clear edge throwing the ball, Yale gets the nod on the ground. Bulldogs’ tailback Robert Carr is tops in the Ivy League in rushing yards, touchdowns and yards-per-carry among starters. Carr has over 1,000 yards rushing for the season and nine rushing touchdowns. Yale has run for a combined total of 1,830 yards on the year—600 more rushing yards than the team has allowed. Freshman running back David Knox has emerged of late to take pressure off of Carr.

“They have the league’s top rusher in Robert Carr and [Knox] looks really impressive,” Harvard sophomore linebacker Brian Niemczak says. “As a defense we need to forget last weekend, refocus on the game this week and find a way to stop all of Yale’s offensive weapons.” Harvard’s rushing attack is led by senior Nick Palazzo, who averages 4.2 yards per carry. Though Rose calls Palazzo “one of the most inspirational guys on the team,” the tailback has been hampered by a shoulder injury throughout the second half of the season. Sophomore Rodney Byrnes was effective at the tailback position midway through the season but has seen his carries diminish in recent games. Freshman Ryan Tyler looked great against Columbia, rushing for 120 yards in his first varsity start, but he saw only limited action against Penn after hurting his finger.

Edge: Yale

Receivers

Harvard has Carl Morris. And thus this debate over which team has the edge has ended. The Crimson’s superstar future-NFL wide receiver holds nearly every Crimson single-season, single-game and career receiving record in Harvard history. He is unstoppable in man-to-man coverage and must be double- or triple-teamed at all times. This allows junior wideout Kyle Cremerosa and sophomores James Harvey and Byrnes to take advantage of one-on-one coverage. Byrnes is very shifty with the ball in his hands and has shown flashes of brilliance throughout the year. “I feel that we have one of the best groups of receivers in the league,” Morris says.

Though Penn found a way to contain Morris, holding him to only three catches for 16 yards, Yale does not have Penn’s dynamic defensive personnel. The Elis feature sophomore Ralph Plumb, juniors Nate Lawrie and Ron Benigno. The trio has combined for 12 of Yale’s 16 receiving touchdowns and nearly 80 percent of Yale’s passing yards. However, none are Morris, or even Billy Brown, Yale’s Second Team All-Ivy selection from last season. And remember, in last year’s Harvard-Yale game, junior tight end Matt Fratto caught two touchdowns for the Crimson. Harvard just has too many options for Yale.

Edge: Harvard

Offensive Line