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Football Weekly Release - Week 1
Complete Ivy League Football Release in pdf format
PRINCETON, N.J. -- The 56th season of Ivy
League football kicks off this weekend with eight Ivy teams opening
against non-conference opponents.
SEASON OPENERS
In the past six seasons, Ivy League teams have racked up a 27-21
(.563) over the first weekend of play. League teams have combined
to start a .500 record or better in four of those seasons (7-1 in
2005, 5-3 in 2006 and 2010 and 4-4 in 2008). Teams from the Ancient
Eight have fared better at home over that span with a 16-8 (.667)
mark, including home wins by Brown, Harvard, Penn and Yale to start
the 2010 season. Five Ivy teams (Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn,
Princeton and Yale) open the 2011 season in their respective home
venues.
IVY LEAGUE FOOTBALL ON VERSUS
Ivy League football will be once again featured on VERSUS with a
five-game schedule on the network for the 2011 season.
This year’s schedule expands to five games, up from the
three Ivy football games VERSUS televised in 2010. The five-game
slate marks the fourth-consecutive year Ivy League football airs on
VERSUS as the network has televised 12 Ivy matchups featuring all
eight schools over the past three seasons.
The 2011 Ivy League football schedule on VERSUS opens Saturday,
Sept. 24, with Yale hosting Cornell in a Noon kickoff from the Yale
Bowl. Two-time defending champion Penn makes its first of
three-straight appearances, beginning on Saturday, Oct. 15, on the
road at Columbia for the Lions’ homecoming in the only 3:30
p.m. start on the slate. The Quakers welcome Yale to Franklin Field
on Saturday, Oct. 22, and then three weeks later, travel to Harvard
on Saturday, Nov. 12, in games set for Noon kickoffs. The 128th
edition of “The Game,” Harvard at Yale, is also set for
a Noon start on Saturday, Nov. 19, to close out the schedule.
Randy Moss, a new member of NBC’s
award-winning horse racing team and contributor to NFL Network,
will serve as the play-by-play announcer for all VERSUS Ivy League
games and will be joined in the booth by Ross
Tucker as lead analyst. Carolyn Manno,
sports reporter for Comcast SportsNet New England, will serve as
in-game reporter.
"INSIDE IVY LEAGUE FOOTBALL" PREMIERES THIS
SEASON
The Ivy League is launching a weekly online radio show,
"Inside Ivy League Football,” which premiers
Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m.
"Inside Ivy League Football" will take an in-depth look at all the on-field gridiron action and all the news and notes surrounding Ivy football. The 10-episode show will air Wednesdays at 7 p.m. on BlogTalkRadio.com (blogtalkradio.com/insideivyleaguefootball) and will be available on-demand via BlogTalkRadio and IvyLeagueSports.com.
The Sept. 14 premiere episode will feature interviews with Al Bagnoli, head coach of the two-time defending champion Penn Quakers; Dartmouth senior tailback Nick Schwieger, the 2010 Ivy League Co-Player of the Year, and Ivy League Executive Director Robin Harris.
Fans and alumni can follow the show via its social media
platforms -- Facebook (Inside Ivy League Football) and Twitter (@insideivyfb).
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Saturday, September 17
Georgetown at Yale, Noon
Columbia at Fordham, 1 pm
Harvard at Holy Cross, 1 pm
Colgate at Dartmouth, 1:30 pm
Brown at Stony Brook, 6 pm
Bucknell at Cornell, 6 pm [TIME WARNER]
Lafayette at Penn, 6 pm [LSN]
Lehigh at Princeton, 6 pm [FCS/WFMZ]
KEY: FCS/WFMZ (FOX College Sports Atlantic;
WFMZ-TV, Allentown, Pa.); LSN – Lafayette Sports Network
(RCN-4, Lehigh Valley, Pa.; RCN-8 (Philadelphia, Boston, New York
City, Washington, DC, Chicago); WBPH-TV, Allentown, Pa.); TIME
WARNER – Time Warner Cable Sports Central New York (Channel
26, Rochester, N.Y.; Channel 23, Binghamton, N.Y.; Channel 13,
Buffalo/Syracuse/Western, N.Y.)
