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Agenda: Penn at Princeton

Facts and figures about Saturday's game.

PENN AT PRINCETON

Saturday, noon

Princeton (N.J.) Stadium

TV: American Sports Network. Radio: WNTP (990-AM).

Records: Penn 5-2, 4-0 Ivy League; Princeton 5-2, 3-1

History: Princeton leads, 65-41-1. Penn has taken seven of the last 10. Last year it was 26-23 in overtime at Franklin Field after Quakers blocked a field goal at end of regulation. Tigers won the two years before that.

About Penn: Quakers beat Brown at home, 21-14, after leading 21-0 at halftime . . . Sam Philippi intercepted a pass in the end zone with 1:28 left . . . Justin Watson had a career-high 210 yards, the most by a Penn receiver since 1981, on 11 catches . . . Alek Torgersen threw for a season-high 281 . . . They've won their last 10 Ivy games, including six straight on the road . . . Tre Solomon leads the Ivies in rushing attempts (121), yards (670) and average per carry (5.5) . . . They're the only team in Ivies to have two players with six or more rushing TDs . . . Haven't given up a first-half point the last three games, while scoring 63 . . . Hunter Kelley averaging 44 yards a punt . . . Next Friday night they host Harvard, which is tied with them for first place.

About Princeton: Tigers won at Cornell, 56-7 . . . Before that, they lost to Harvard at home in overtime . . . Their other loss was at Lehigh, which is ranked 24th in FCS . . . Lead the Ivies in total offense, averaging 423 yards a game . . . John Lovett was FCS and Ivy player of the week after throwing for four TDs, running for two and catching another. He leads FCS with 12 rushing scores.