# 2018 Ivy League football season

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.
| 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 | Bob Surace | TBA | 10 | 10–0 | 7–0 | 47.0 | 13.0 |
| 2 | Dartmouth | Buddy Teevens | TBA | 18 | 9–1 | 6–1 | 33.4 | 12.0 |
| 3 | Harvard | Tim Murphy | NR | NR | 6–4 | 4–3 | 30.4 | 21.8 |
| 4 | Yale | Tony Reno | NR | NR | 5–5 | 3–4 | 29.5 | 28.5 |
| 5 (tie) | Penn | Ray Priore | NR | NR | 6–4 | 3–4 | 18.6 | 20.9 |
| 5 (tie) | Columbia | Al Bagnoli | NR | NR | 6–4 | 3–4 | 23.1 | 25.2 |
| 7 | Cornell | David Archer | NR | NR | 3–7 | 2–5 | 19.1 | 29.7 |
| 8 | Brown | Phil Estes | NR | NR | 1–9 | 0–7 | 14.3 | 36.2 |

## Schedule
### Week 1

| Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Result | Attendance |
| 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 |
| 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 | Result | Attendance |
| 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 |
| 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 | Result | Attendance |
| 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 | Result | Attendance |
| 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