Date & Time: Saturday, November 16, 2019 – 1 p.m., ET
Location: Princeton, N.J.
Stadium: Powers Field (27,773)
Tickets: Buy Now
Series: Yale leads, 77-54-10
Last Meeting: Yale 43, Princeton 59 – 11/10/18
Video: ESPN+
Radio: WELI 960 AM, Ron Vaccaro (play-by-play), Jack Siedlecki (color)
Live Stats: Click here
Game Notes: Yale (PDF) -- Prineton -- Ivy League (PDF)
 
 
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale Bulldogs (7-1, 4-1 Ivy) are back in action in its final road game of 2019 when the Elis travel to take on Princeton (7-1, 4-1 Ivy) at 1 p.m., at Power Field on ESPN+. The Bulldogs have mirrored its 2017 Ivy League Championship season thus far as Yale is 7-1 overall and 4-1 in Ivy play and its lone loss at Dartmouth. Yale aims for its third 8-1 start to a season in the past six year under head coach Tony Reno.
 
The Series
Saturday's matchup is the 142nd all-time meeting as Yale leads the series 77-54-10, including a 33-21-4 mark on the road. The series has been a tightly contested won over the past 12 year with neither team able to beat the other more than twice in a row. Yale has won three of the past five matchups, but Princeton edged the Bulldogs in a shootout last season, 59-43.
 
Receiving Recognition
For the 13^th straight week, Yale continues to receive votes in the STATS FCS Top-25 poll and are back in the AFCA Coaches poll, marking the 11th week the Elis are in both polls. The Bulldogs started with votes in the preseason poll and now have 90 votes in STATS's rankings which are the 31^rd-most in the nation. Princeton checks in at 18 and 19 in the polls, respectively.
 
Ivy & National Accolades
For the fourth-straight week and sixth time in the past seven weeks, Yale football has been recognized with an Ivy League Player of the Week award. This week, the Bulldogs received two honorees for the first time in 2019 as senior captain and wide receiver JP Shohfi was selected as the top Offensive Player while first-year defensive back Brandon Benn was tabbed Rookie of the Week.  Shohfi pulled in 10 catches and went over 160 yards receiving for the third-straight game as he set a Yale single-game record four touchdowns in a 59-35 win at Brown.  Benn led Yale with 10 tackles with a game-high nine solo tackles and forced one of four fumbles for Yale. Shohfi, along with junior running back Zane Dudek (216 rushing yards, 79 receiving yards, touchdown) were honorable mention selections for the STATS FCS National Offensive Player of the Week.

Bulldog Breakdown
The Yale offense is coming off its most prolific game in recent memory after a 59-35 win at Brown last Saturday. The Bulldogs scored its most points in 16 years, a 62-29 victory over Towson in 2003, and totaled 627 yards of total offense, the first time the Bulldogs hit 600 total yards since 2014. 
 
Senior quarterback Kurt Rawlings threw a career-high five touchdowns as he now ranks eighth in the nation in passing efficiency (160.6). Rawlings is also fourth in the country in yards per completion (15.37), fifth in yards per attempt (9.47), eighth in points per game (146), ninth in total offense (308.6) and 15^th in yards per game (280.5).
 
Rawlings' classmate wideout duo of captain JP Shohfi and Reed Klubnik have excelled as one of the top tandems in the nation. Shohfi boasts seven touchdowns and 768 receiving yards and a 5.5 catch per game average which are all nation top-40 marks. Just behind is Klubnik with five touchdowns, 751 yards and 4.8 catches.
 
On defense, senior defensive lineman Spencer Matthaei is tied for the nation lead with three blocked kicks and ranks 37^th in the country with three forced fumbles. The entire Yale defense turned in a strong performance at Brown with four turnovers, eight sacks and 10.5 tackles for loss.
 
Scouting Princeton
The nationally ranked Princeton Tigers saw its 17-game winning streak come to end last Saturday at Yankee Stadium where they lost to undefeated Dartmouth (27-10). It is the Tigers only loss this season.
 
The similarities between the Bulldogs and Tigers stretch beyond their records as senior quarterback Kevin Davidson leads the way for Princeton with 20 touchdowns to five picks and 2,250 yards. Nearly identical marks to Rawlings. Junior wideout Jacob Birmelin paces the air attack with 51 catches for 663 yards while senior Andrew Griffin has a team-high six touchdowns. On the ground, junior Collin Eaddy has gained 553 yards with nine touchdowns.
 
On the defensive side of the ball, Princeton boasts one of the national top linebackers in Jeremiah Tyler. He has racked up 13 tackles for loss this season with 53 stops, 3.5 sacks, an interception and a forced fumble. Defensive back Sultaan Shabazz has picked off three passes and broken up two others.
 
Saturday will be Princeton first home game since October, last playing at Powers Field in a 30-24 win over Harvard on October 26.