The Big Green had waited 100 weeks for a win before hosting Penn at Memorial Field Saturday — and after falling 30-24, they will have to wait at least one more. Meanwhile, the Quakers will roll into their next game confident after winning the conference opener.

Did the Quakers' dependence on sophomore kicker Andrew Samson account for the slim margin of victory over Dartmouth this weekend?

When Central New York rivals Cornell and No. 25 Colgate collide tomorrow in Hamilton, the stakes will be the highest they’ve been since 1966 in this 103-year-old rivalry.

Dartmouth Athletics relies quite heavily on one arm and one leg of Don Kephart. The junior kickoff specialist and back-up field goal kicker for Big Green football suits up for the track team in the spring.

For six quarters, freshman running back Lyle Marsh was nothing more than an occasional short-yardage back for the Quakers. But after his second-half performance Saturday against Lafayette, Penn fans know that the future is bright — at least in the backfield.

After falling to New Hampshire, 44-14, on Saturday, Dartmouth now has lost 14 consecutive contests dating back to the 2007 season. Its last victory came against Cornell on Nov. 3 of the same year.

The fact of the matter is, the Red and Blue did what it had to do to tie Lafayette at 17 and send the game into overtime. But that is where Bagnoli and offensive coordinator Jon McLaughlin committed their greatest faux pas of the game: putting kicker Andrew Samson in an untenable position.

Harvard quarterback Collier Winters passed for 223 yards, threw two touchdowns and rushed for another as the Crimson (1-1, 1-0 Ivy) avenged their only loss of last season.

This weekend marked the debut of a two-quarterback system in Philadelphia, with a pocket passer splitting time with a dynamic scrambler.

After that the Red and Blue continued to hit hard and never looked back en route to a 57-7 win over arch rival Princeton at Franklin Field.

Considering the way Penn played in its 20-17 overtime loss to Lafayette Saturday evening, one might wonder if coach Al Bagnoli and the Quakers are avid Charles Dickens readers.

After all, the Tigers haven’t beaten the Quakers since 1995, and Princeton has lost the last two meetings by a combined 90-0.

In many ways, Lafayette senior quarterback Rob Curley is the perfect big brother. He is supportive and protective and always manages to tease his younger siblings in just the right manner.

In his first two years with the Quakers, wide receiver Matt Tuten suited up for nine games and hauled in just one reception for seven yards.

It’s a new sprint football season , but Bill Wagner is still the coach at Penn.

For the past two years, Columbia failed to tally a single road victory. To snap that streak, however, they only had to travel to nearby Fordham — a mere 20-minute ride.

The Quakers are slated to play the Wildcats for at least two more years (the schools signed an eight-year contract before the 2004 season). And that should be the end of it