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The Harvard Crimson has a column spun out of Saturday's 42-7 win over Princeton in what Crimson coach Tim Murphy had anticipated would his team's first real test of the season. (LINK)
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A few interesting tidbits taken directly from the Ivy League and Harvard releases for this week:• "Streaks will be broken in the Dartmouth-Harvard game. Harvard has won 20 in a row (second- longest winning streak in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision and Football Bowl Subdivision) and a program-record 14 consecutive conference games. Dartmouth has won nine straight overall and seven straight on the road (second in the FCS in both behind Harvard)."
• "Over the last four weeks, Harvard has held opponents to a total of 10 points. This marks the best defensive effort in four-straight games since the end of the 1933 and beginning of 1934 seasons (12 points in four games)."
• "Dartmouth has lost 11 straight games and 17 of 18 against Harvard heading into this week’s showdown in Cambridge. The lone victory did come in 2003 at Harvard Stadium, the site of this year’s contest."
• "Harvard has won at least a share of the last two Ivy League titles and is seeking to become the first team to capture three consecutive Ancient Eight titles since Dartmouth (1990-92)."
• "Since 2000, Harvard is 31-1 (.969) when it does not fumble and 31-0 when not committing a turnover."
• "Harvard is the only school in Division I Football Championship Subdivision that has registered three unbeaten, untied seasons since 1995. The Crimson was 9-0 in the 2001 season before going 10-0 in 2004 and 10-0 in 2014."
• "Since the start of the 2010 season, the Crimson is 26-2 (.929) in the friendly confines of Harvard Stadium."
• "Harvard leads the nation in first downs allowed (83), blocked kicks allowed (zero), redzone defense (.545) and scoring defense (7.8). The Crimson also stands second in total defense (265.3) and rushing defense (69.7) and is fifth in scoring offense (43.8)."
Top Winning Percentage in the Nation Since 2001:
.828 Harvard (120-25)
.779 North Dakota State (116-33)
.772 Montana (152-45)
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The Portal 31 blog reports that Yale has lost 12 players for the season. From the note: "(T)he most notable are DB Foye Oluokun, TE Sebastian Little and RB Candler Rich. Oluokun and Rich are expected to apply for a medical hardship waiver and get an additional year of eligibility."
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Princeton, likewise, has been hard-hit by injuries. Check out the "lede" from the Princeton-Harvard game story from Princeton Tigers Football.
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The University of New Hampshire is doing something novel with a Town Hall to keep students updated on the stadium project over in Durham. UNH Insider reports. There's a photo of the steelwork in place for the stadium on the site.For renderings of the UNH project, CLICK HERE.
