Sophomore Michael Berg will return to the field this weekend, despite suffering an incomplete fracture of the fibula in his left leg two weekends ago against Cornell. The defensive lineman sustained the injury during the first quarter of that game, but finished out the final 45 minutes thinking the break to be nothing more than a bruise.

“His status is he’s a go,” Murphy said. “He’s been cleared. He’s not 100 percent, I don’t think. He’s probably only at 85, 90 percent. But he’ll practice today and tomorrow to get ready for the game.”

Precisely where he’ll play is something of a question. Defensive end Erik Grimm, replaced by Berg when he was sidelined by injury, returned to action against Northeastern last weekend, but tackle Coesen Ngwun remains questionable for this weekend’s contest at Princeton.

“Mike’s still going to have to be a swingman,” Murphy said. “He’s going to have to play some end and tackle. And we’re kind of working that out based on the scheme Princeton presents us with…A lot of it depends on Coesen and whether he can play. If Coesen can play, [Berg] will probably play end. If [Ngwun] can’t [Berg] will probably have to play both.”

—Staff writer Timothy J. McGinn can be reached at mcginn@fas.harvard.edu.