Although Princeton might have a bleak record so far this season, the Crimson will not take them lightly.

“To some extent you can throw out those numbers because they will be excited to play,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. “Harvard is a huge game on their schedule for them and it will be a more challenging game than people on the surface might think it will be.”

Despite their loss to Brown, Princeton opened conference play with a win over Columbia, which keeps it in the Ivy mix.

“Princeton is a good team,” Chapple said. “With one league [win] they are back in the race, so by no means are we going to take this game lightly. It is a big rivalry for us and we are excited to play Princeton and hopefully we can get it done on Saturday.”

On the Crimson side some key players to watch will be Gedeon, Chapple, and offensive tackle Will Whitman.

This week Whitman was named to the Jerry Rice Award Watch List, an accolade that recognizes distinguished freshman in subdivision football.

For Princeton, key players include freshman running back Chuck Dibilio, who has shown promise early in this season and rushed for 78 yards against Brown last week.

On the Tigers’ defense, junior Caraun Reid has been a consistently strong presence on the field this season with 31 tackles and three sacks.

“In our league a lot of [games are] like the playoffs,” Murphy said. “We feel like we are in a playoff game and we know this might not be the number one team on our schedule, but they are a very capable, tough team.”