It's the weekend. You've got the time. ;-)
Here is how teams in the Ivy League ranked in official 2022 NCAA statistics, with their national ranking in each category and totals. Something to keep in mind: Where totals, rather than averages or percentages are ranked, the Ivy League is at a disadvantage, playing just 10 games.
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Rank |
Pct. or No. |
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3rd Down Conversion Pct (123 ranked) |
Columbia Princeton Yale Penn Dartmouth Brown Cornell Harvard |
13 18 33 38 39 49 62 79 |
.467 .454 .430 .425 .423 .412 .395 .362 |
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3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense (123 ranked) |
Columbia Penn Yale Princeton Brown Harvard Cornell Dartmouth |
29 31 31 50 63 69 73 98 |
.361 .363 .363 .388 .411 .414 .417 .450 |
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4th Down Conversion Pct (122 ranked) |
Cornell Penn Princeton Columbia Dartmouth Yale Brown Harvard |
30 40 40 56 61 61 65 105 |
.556 .520 .520 .474 .462 .462 .458 .333 |
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4th Down Conversion Pct Defense (123 ranked) |
Columbia Penn Brown Yale Dartmouth Princeton Cornell Harvard |
1 4 10 20 37 37 63 97 |
.200 .286 .318 .350 .400 .400 .474 .556 |
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Blocked Kicks (75 ranked) |
Harvard Cornell Penn Yale Columbia Brown Dartmouth Princeton |
4 8 8 8 16 44 44 75 |
7 5 5 5 4 2 2 1 |
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Blocked Kicks Allowed (122 ranked) |
Yale Brown Dartmouth Columbia Penn Harvard Cornell Princeton |
1 35 35 70 70 99 110 122 |
0 2 2 3 3 4 5 8 |
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Blocked Punts (30 ranked) |
Harvard Penn Yale Brown Dartmouth Princeton |
3 3 7 30 30 30 |
4 4 3 1 1 1 |
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Blocked Punts Allowed (123 ranked) |
Brown Dartmouth Harvard Penn Yale Columbia Princeton Cornell |
1 1 1 1 1 106 106 120 |
0 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 |
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Completion Percentage (123 ranked) |
Princeton Penn Brown Columbia Harvard Dartmouth Yale Cornell |
6 18 37 41 57 58 64 71 |
.690 .652 .621 .616 .593 .592 .586 .574 |
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Defensive TDs (60 ranked) |
Columbia Cornell Princeton Yale Penn |
11 24 24 24 60 |
3 2 2 2 1 |
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Fewest Penalties (122 ranked) |
Columbia Dartmouth Princeton Brown Penn Yale Cornell Harvard |
14 14 24 32 38 43 51 79 |
49 49 53 55 58 60 64 73 |
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Fewest Penalties Per Game (123 ranked) |
Columbia Dartmouth Princeton Brown Penn Yale Cornell Harvard |
25 25 40 46 53 62 89 103 |
4.90 4.90 5.30 5.50 5.80 6.00 6.40 7.30 |
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Fewest Penalty Yards (123 ranked) |
Columbia Dartmouth Princeton Brown Penn Yale Cornell Harvard |
7 14 32 35 37 39 62 73 |
396 423 500 508 511 516 593 632 |
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Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game (123 ranked) |
Columbia Dartmouth Princeton Brown Penn Yale Cornell Harvard |
17 27 51 53 56 60 86 95 |
39.60 42.30 5.00 5.80 51.10 51.60 59.30 63.20 |
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First Downs Defense (123 ranked) |
Penn Columbia Harvard Cornell Yale Princeton Brown Dartmouth |
4 9 9 13 13 15 24 26 |
176 185 185 187 187 189 198 204 |
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First Downs Offense (123 ranked) |
Brown Cornell Princeton Harvard Yale Columbia Penn Dartmouth |
64 77 77 81 81 87 87 98 |
215 201 201 197 197 193 193 183 |
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Fumbles Lost (121 ranked) |
Penn Princeton Cornell Harvard Yale Dartmouth Brown Columbia |
3 6 22 22 22 42 81 101 |
2 3 5 5 5 6 9 11 |
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Fumbles Recovered (122 ranked) |
Princeton Columbia Cornell Brown Yale Dartmouth Harvard Penn |
42 75 75 88 88 104 112 112 |
8 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 |
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Kickoff Return Defense (123 ranked) |
Cornell Yale Columbia Harvard Princeton Dartmouth Penn Brown |
5 23 34 37 70 76 88 122 |
14.44 17.30 18.44 18.53 2.39 21.12 22.06 26.90 |
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Kickoff Returns (123 ranked) |
Penn Dartmouth Cornell Princeton Yale Harvard Columbia Brown |
5 11 51 65 66 83 102 108 |
26.41 24.33 2.48 19.50 19.46 18.41 17.27 16.94 |
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Net Punting (123 ranked) |
Penn Harvard Yale Columbia Dartmouth Princeton Brown Cornell |
33 53 83 86 97 100 104 123 |
37.16 35.88 34.12 34.09 33.37 33.16 32.76 28.05 |
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Passes Had Intercepted (122 ranked) |
Princeton Dartmouth Penn Cornell Columbia Harvard Yale Brown |
6 13 23 47 56 56 56 113 |
5 6 7 9 10 10 10 17 |
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Passes Intercepted (122 ranked) |
Princeton Columbia Yale Penn Harvard Dartmouth Brown Cornell |
5 19 37 77 95 105 105 113 |
16 13 11 8 7 6 6 5 |
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Passing Offense (123 ranked) |
Princeton Penn Brown Harvard Columbia Cornell Yale Dartmouth |
16 32 34 47 63 89 91 105 |
274.2 251.5 247.2 23.1 214.5 182.6 18.0 163.6 |
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Passing Yards Allowed (123 ranked) |
Dartmouth Princeton Brown Cornell Penn Yale Harvard Columbia |
16 45 70 72 79 79 93 102 |
187.5 209.0 23.6 23.8 233.6 233.6 244.8 254.6 |
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Passing Yards per Completion (123 ranked) |
Harvard Yale Princeton Columbia Cornell Dartmouth Penn Brown |
37 40 86 91 92 109 119 122 |
12.64 12.59 11.28 11.06 11.00 1.42 9.67 9.36 |
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Punt Return Defense (123 ranked) |
Brown Princeton Columbia Yale Penn Harvard Dartmouth Cornell |
4 16 21 30 31 66 71 106 |
2.00 3.33 3.71 5.21 5.23 8.59 8.85 12.60 |
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Punt Returns (123 ranked) |
Yale Brown Princeton Harvard Penn Columbia Cornell Dartmouth |
40 44 46 53 77 82 105 111 |
9.10 8.50 8.25 7.84 6.00 5.79 3.83 3.12 |
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Red Zone Defense (123 ranked) |
Princeton Penn Dartmouth Yale Cornell Brown Harvard Columbia |
5 6 10 14 37 41 63 89 |
.696 .697 .707 .724 .786 .794 .818 .853 |
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Red Zone Offense (123 ranked) |
Penn Harvard Yale Cornell Brown Dartmouth Princeton Columbia |
8 29 41 54 62 62 93 94 |
.895 .857 .833 .806 .794 .794 .732 .730 |
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Rushing Defense (123 ranked) |
Penn Princeton Harvard Columbia Yale Cornell Dartmouth Brown |
2 3 4 5 7 27 62 104 |
89.2 9.7 96.5 98.0 105.9 126.2 159.2 202.0 |
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Rushing Offense (123 ranked) |
Yale Dartmouth Harvard Columbia Cornell Brown Penn Princeton |
9 52 57 66 72 104 109 112 |
232.8 158.8 152.9 148.0 142.4 106.3 98.2 92.1 |
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Sacks Allowed (123 ranked) |
Yale Harvard Dartmouth Penn Columbia Cornell Brown Princeton |
3 14 23 27 41 41 83 96 |
.70 1.20 1.40 1.50 1.70 1.70 2.40 2.70 |
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Scoring Defense (123 ranked) |
Princeton Yale Penn Dartmouth Columbia Harvard Cornell Brown |
1 5 6 13 16 36 63 100 |
13.5 19.5 19.7 2.5 2.8 23.6 28.1 35.1 |
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Scoring Offense (123 ranked) |
Yale Princeton Harvard Penn Columbia Brown Cornell Dartmouth |
37 55 59 60 61 75 86 96 |
3.5 27.6 26.9 26.6 26.5 23.1 21.6 2.1 |
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Tackles for Loss Allowed (123 ranked) |
Harvard Penn Yale Columbia Dartmouth Princeton Cornell Brown |
3 3 9 21 30 68 92 99 |
4.00 4.00 4.40 4.70 4.90 6.10 6.90 7.10 |
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Team Passing Efficiency (123 ranked) |
Princeton Harvard Yale Columbia Penn Cornell Dartmouth Brown |
25 45 56 63 67 81 86 90 |
146.63 136.15 132.66 13.25 129.49 12.27 116.54 114.62 |
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Team Passing Efficiency Defense (123 ranked) |
Princeton Columbia Yale Penn Dartmouth Harvard Cornell Brown |
11 16 24 27 50 54 57 79 |
115.37 116.88 12.11 121.04 128.13 129.30 131.52 141.94 |
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Team Sacks (123 ranked) |
Penn Harvard Yale Princeton Dartmouth Columbia Cornell Brown |
4 12 17 69 77 91 104 110 |
3.40 2.90 2.70 1.90 1.80 1.60 1.40 1.30 |
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Team Tackles for Loss (123 ranked) |
Penn Harvard Yale Columbia Dartmouth Princeton Brown Cornell |
12 21 26 71 86 90 122 123 |
7.5 7.1 6.9 5.5 5.2 5.1 3.9 3.8 |
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Time of Possession (123 ranked) |
Cornell Princeton Yale Penn Brown Columbia Harvard Dartmouth |
6 23 25 39 57 65 83 105 |
33:32 31:44 31:33 30:53 29:56 29:40 28:55 27:45 |
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Total Defense (123 ranked) |
Princeton Penn Yale Harvard Dartmouth Columbia Cornell Brown |
4 13 28 29 34 40 46 98 |
299.7 322.8 339.5 341.3 346.7 352.6 357.0 432.6 |
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Total Offense (123 ranked) |
Yale Harvard Princeton Columbia Brown Penn Cornell Dartmouth |
31 53 66 69 74 77 90 92 |
412.8 383.0 366.3 362.5 353.5 349.7 325.0 322.4 |
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Turnover Margin (123 ranked) |
Princeton Penn Yale Columbia Dartmouth Cornell Harvard Brown |
1 44 49 78 78 85 93 121 |
1.60 .20 .10 -.20 -.20 -.30 -.50 -1.50 |
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Turnovers Gained (123 ranked) |
Princeton Columbia Yale Brown Cornell Penn Dartmouth Harvard |
10 45 67 104 104 104 113 113 |
24 19 16 11 11 11 10 10 |
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Turnovers Lost (123 ranked) |
Princeton Penn Dartmouth Cornell Harvard Yale Columbia Brown |
2 3 14 27 37 37 86 112 |
8 9 12 14 15 15 21 26 |
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Winning Percentage (122 ranked) |
Penn Princeton Yale Columbia Harvard Cornell Brown Dartmouth |
12 12 12 38 38 55 85 85 |
.800 .800 .800 .600 .600 .500 .300 .300 |
EXTRA POINT
With my childhood friend in town for a couple of days we tuned in to Jeopardy after dinner and I posed the question: If you were on the show, when they came back from commercial and the host (hopefully Ken Jennings) did the short interview with you, what tip would you have given the producers prior to taping for Ken to have on his file card?
I said I would probably start with having made a solo bicycle trip across the country. Mrs. BGA lamented that privacy concerns would keep her from sharing the name of the most famous person she ever gave a shot to as a young nurse.
After thinking for a few seconds my old friend said he'd probably mention something about steering the Goodyear blimp for about 15 minutes.
Game over ;-)
