2018 Ivy League football season

2018 Ivy League football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 14, 2018 –
November 17, 2018
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)ESPNU
Regular season
ChampionsPrinceton
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 11 Princeton $   7 – 0     10 – 0  
No. 18 Dartmouth   6 – 1     9 – 1  
Harvard   4 – 3     6 – 4  
Yale   3 – 4     5 – 5  
Penn   3 – 4     6 – 4  
Columbia   3 – 4     6 – 4  
Cornell   2 – 5     3 – 7  
Brown   0 – 7     1 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from STATS Poll
The Columbia Lions defeated Cornell Big Red 24–21 at Wien Stadium, November 17

The 2018 Ivy League football season was the 63rd season of college football play for the Ivy League and was part of the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The season began on September 14, 2018, and ended on November 17, 2018. Ivy League teams were 18–6 against non-conference opponents and Princeton won the conference championship, compiling a perfect 10–0 record.

Season overview

Preseason polling

The preseason media poll results became public on August 20, 2018, with Yale predicted to win the Ivy League. Yale won 11 of 17 first place votes in the poll.[1]

Predicted finish Team Points
1 Yale 129
2 Princeton 104
3 Harvard 99
T–4 Columbia 76
T–4 Penn 76
6 Dartmouth 65
7 Cornell 37
8 Brown 26

Final standings

Conf. Rank Team Head coach STATS final STATS high Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1 Princeton[2] Bob Surace TBA 10 10–0 7–0 47.0 13.0
2 Dartmouth[3] Buddy Teevens TBA 18 9–1 6–1 33.4 12.0
3 Harvard[4] Tim Murphy NR NR 6–4 4–3 30.4 21.8
4 Yale[5] Tony Reno NR NR 5–5 3–4 29.5 28.5
5 (tie) Penn[6] Ray Priore NR NR 6–4 3–4 18.6 20.9
5 (tie) Columbia[7] Al Bagnoli NR NR 6–4 3–4 23.1 25.2
7 Cornell[8] David Archer NR NR 3–7 2–5 19.1 29.7
8 Brown[9] Phil Estes NR NR 1–9 0–7 14.3 36.2

Schedule

Week 1

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 14 10:00 p.m. Brown Cal Poly Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA L 15–44   7,725
September 15 12:00 p.m. San Diego Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA W 36–14   8,709
September 15 1:00 p.m. Yale Holy Cross Fitton Field • Worcester, MA L 28–31 OT  7,397
September 15 1:30 p.m. Georgetown Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, NH W 41–0   4,815
September 15 3:00 p.m. Bucknell Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 34–17   5,033
September 15 3:30 p.m. Cornell Delaware Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE L 10–27   14,511
September 15 5:00 p.m. Columbia Central Connecticut State Arute Field • New Britain, CT W 41–24   3,789
September 15 6:00 p.m. Princeton Butler Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl • Indianapolis, IN W 50–7   4,527
#Rankings from STATS Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 2

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 21 7:00 p.m. Harvard Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI ESPNU  HAR 36–14   9,309
September 22 1:00 p.m. Dartmouth Holy Cross Fitton Field • Worcester, MA W 34–14   7,175
September 22 2:00 p.m. Columbia Georgetown Cooper Field • Washington, DC (Lou Little Cup) W 23–15   1,865
September 22 3:00 p.m. Yale Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY  YALE 30–24   12,801
September 22 3:00 p.m. Lehigh Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 30–10   4,445
September 22 4:30 p.m. Monmouth Princeton Princeton Stadium • Princeton, NJ W 51–9   11,068
#Rankings from STATS Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 3

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 28 6:00 p.m. Princeton Columbia Wien Stadium • New York City, NY ESPNU  PRIN 45–10   5,327
September 28 7:00 p.m. No. 22 Rhode Island Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA L 16–23   9,123
September 29 1:00 p.m. Georgetown Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI W 35–7   3,926
September 29 1:00 p.m. No. 16 Maine Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT W 35–14   7,889
September 29 1:30 p.m. Sacred Heart Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY W 43–24   3,620
September 29 1:30 p.m. Penn Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, NH  DART 37–14   3,692
#Rankings from STATS Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 4

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 5 6:00 p.m. Dartmouth Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT ESPNU  DART 41–18   10,176
October 6 1:00 p.m. Brown No. 18 Rhode Island Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI (Rivalry) L 0–48   6,141
October 6 1:00 p.m. Marist Columbia Wien Stadium • New York City, NY W 34–24   3,296
October 6 1:00 p.m. Lehigh Princeton Princeton Stadium • Princeton, NJ W 66–7   1,013
October 6 1:30 p.m. Harvard Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY  COR 28–24   8,040
October 6 3:00 p.m. Penn Sacred Heart Campus Field • Fairfield, CT W 31–27   4,503
#Rankings from STATS Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 5

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 12 7:00 p.m. Holy Cross Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA W 33–31   10,056
October 13 12:00 p.m. Cornell Colgate Andy Kerr Stadium • Hamilton, NY (Rivalry) L 0–31   3,112
October 13 1:00 p.m. Brown No. 25 Princeton Princeton Stadium • Princeton, NJ  PRIN 48–10   7,320
October 13 1:00 p.m. Columbia Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA  PENN 13–10   6,011
October 13 1:00 p.m. Mercer Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT W 35–28   2,861
October 13 6:00 p.m. Sacred Heart Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, NH W 42–0   3,138
#Rankings from STATS Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 6

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 19 7:00 p.m. Yale Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA ESPNU  YALE 23–10   10,126
October 20 12:00 p.m. No. 23 Princeton Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA (Rivalry)  PRIN 29–21   10,876
October 20 1:00 p.m. Cornell Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI  COR 34–16   3,886
October 20† 1:30 p.m. Dartmouth Columbia Wien Stadium • New York City, NY  DART 28–12   12,506
#Rankings from STATS Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 7

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 27 1:00 p.m. Penn Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI  PENN 13–7   1,324
October 27 1:00 p.m. Yale Columbia Wien Stadium • New York City, NY  COL 17–10   2,555
October 27 1:00 p.m. Cornell No. 19 Princeton Princeton Stadium • Princeton, NJ  PRIN 66–0   4,200
October 27† 1:30 p.m. Harvard Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, NH (Rivalry)  DART 24–17   5,814
#Rankings from STATS Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 8

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 2 6:00 p.m. Penn Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY (Trustees' Cup) ESPNU  PENN 20–7   1,056
November 3 12:00 p.m. Columbia Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA  HAR 52–18   10,447
November 3 1:00 p.m. Brown Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT  YALE 46–16   4,478
November 3 1:00 p.m. No. 24 Dartmouth No. 18 Princeton Princeton Stadium • Princeton, NJ NBCS BOS  PRIN 14–9   8,014
#Rankings from STATS Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 9

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 10 12:00 p.m. Columbia Brown Brown Stadium • Providence, RI  COL 42–20   2,118
November 10 12:30 p.m. No. 13 Princeton Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT (Rivalry)  PRIN 59–43   12,882
November 10 1:00 p.m. Harvard Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA  HAR 29–7   13,224
November 10 1:30 p.m. No. 25 Dartmouth Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY (Rivalry)  DART 35–24   3,604
#Rankings from STATS Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 10

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 17 12:00 p.m. Yale Harvard Fenway Park • Boston, MA (135th edition of The Game)  HAR 45–27   34,675
November 17 1:00 p.m. Cornell Columbia Wien Stadium • New York City, NY (Empire State Bowl)  COL 24–21   4,651
November 17 1:00 p.m. Penn No. 11 Princeton Princeton Stadium • Princeton, NJ (Rivalry)  PRIN 42–14   7,756
November 17 1:30 p.m. Brown No. 20 Dartmouth Memorial Field • Hanover, NH  DART 49–7   2,575
#Rankings from STATS Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Attendance

Team Stadium Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Total Average % of Capacity
Brown Brown Stadium 20,000 9,309† 3,926 3,886 1,324 2,118 20,563 4,113 20.6%
Columbia Wien Stadium 17,000 5,327 3,296 12,506† 2,555 4,651 28,335 5,667 33.3%
Cornell Schoellkopf Field 25,597 12,801† 3,620 8,040 1,056 3,604 29,121 5,824 22.8%
Dartmouth Memorial Field 11,000 4,815 3,692 3,138 5,814† 2,575 20,034 4,007 36.4%
Harvard Harvard Stadium 30,323 8,709 9,123 10,056 10,876† 10,447 49,211 9,842 32.5%
Penn Franklin Field 52,958 5,033 4,445 6,011 10,126 13,224† 38,839 7,768 14.7%
Princeton Princeton Stadium 27,773 11,068† 1,013 7,320 4,200 8,014 31,615 6,323 22.8%
Yale Yale Bowl 61,446 7,889 10,176 2,861 4,478 12,882† 38,286 7,657 12.5%
Total — 246,097 64,951 39,291 53,818 40,429 57,515 256,004 51,201 20.8%

†Season High

References

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  2. ^ "2018 Football Schedule". Princeton University. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  3. ^ "Football - 2018 Schedule". Dartmouth College Varsity Athletics. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  4. ^ "2018 Harvard Football Schedule". Harvard University Athletics. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  5. ^ "2018 Yale Football Schedule". Yale University Athletics. Archived from the original on October 15, 2018. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  6. ^ "2018 Football Schedule". Penn Athletics. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  7. ^ "Columbia Announces Future Football Schedules". Columbia Athletics. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  8. ^ "Cornell University - 2018 Football Schedule". Cornell University Athletics. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  9. ^ "2018 Brown Football Schedule". Brown University Athletics. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
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