CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - No. 16/13 Harvard (coaches/media) will take its six-game winning streak to The Granite State to face Dartmouth in a Friday-night contest that is set to air live on ESPNU. The clash between the top two teams in the Ivy League standings is set for a 7:07 p.m. ET kickoff.

Quick Hits

- For the fourth consecutive Ivy League game, Harvard will face a team that is among the top two in the standings. The Crimson and Brown both had zero league losses when they met, with Harvard winning in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 14-10. Harvard and Cornell were both tied atop the table at 1-0 when they played in Ithaca, New York; the Crimson won, 41-29. Last week at Harvard Stadium, the Crimson and Princeton were both 2-0 in Ivy action; the hosts won, 35-7. And now comes this week's test vs. a Big Green team tied for second with Princeton in the league standings at 2-1.

- Harvard finds itself as the only nationally ranked Ivy League team after it took down a Princeton side that was receiving votes in both top-25 polls last week. Dorsey Benefield led the defense with eight tackles and a fumble recovery that he returned 32 yards for a touchdown. His performance netted him Ivy League Defensive Player-of-the-Week honors. Kicker Kieran Corr, meanwhile, was the Ivy Special Teams Player of the Week after making both of his field-goal attempts (24, 32) and registering a touchback on all seven of his kickoffs.

- The Harvard defense was superb against the Tigers, pitching a shutout in the first half and was on its way to handing Princeton its first blanking since 2011, until a late third-quarter TD thwarted those plans. The Crimson defense held the Tigers to just 219 yards of total offense after they had averaged 344.4 on the season, entering the day. The unit also kept Princeton under 100 yards rushing for the first time this year (92) and limited the Tigers to a season-low 127 yards passing.

- After holding its third opponent this season to seven points, and fourth to 10 points or less, Harvard is ranked first in the FCS in scoring defense (12.8). The unit is also ranked in the top 10 nationally in team passing efficiency defense (97.54), turnover margin (3rd; 1.33), first-downs defense (3rd; 103), passes intercepted (4th; 11), total defense (5th; 283.8), passing yards allowed (5th; 158.5), and red-zone defense (6th; 0.667).

- Offensively, Harvard was firing on all cylinders, putting up 35 points on a Princeton defense that entered having allowed just 10.2 points per game. Across three quarterbacks, Harvard completed 25-of-31 pass attempts for 263 yards and three touchdowns. Those 25 completions, meanwhile, went to a season-best 10 different receivers. Charlie Smith was 22-for-28 passing for 230 yards and two touchdowns; Kise Flannery threw the other TD. Nathan Bailey led all receivers with eight receptions (43 yards), with Tafari Moe and Teigan Pelletier sharing game-high honors with 53 yards and a touchdown. Henry Shoemaker posted the Crimson's other offensive TD (26 yards) and now has a TD in three straight outings.

- Harvard's offense has been an efficiency machine, ranking second nationally in completion percentage (.725) and 10th in team passing efficiency (155.43). The Crimson has also been one of the most disciplined teams this season, ranking third in fewest penalty yards (260), fourth in fewest penalties (30) and 14th in fewest penalties per game (5.00).

- At 6-0, Harvard is joined by No. 1/1 Tarleton State (8-0) and No. 2/2 Stephen F. Austin (8-0) as the only unbeaten teams in the FCS. In Division I altogether, just six remain, with FBS members Miami (Fla.) (7-0), UCLA (7-0) and Utah (7-0) also sporting zero losses.

- Harvard is looking to put the finishing touches on another outstanding month of October. The Crimson is 4-0 this month and went a perfect 4-0 in each of the last two seasons. Going back to 2023, Harvard has won 13 straight games in the calendar's 10th month.

- The last time these two teams met in Hanover (2024), it was Dartmouth with the national ranking (22/22) and in first place in the Ivy standings (3-0), and the unranked Crimson looking to score the upset (5-1; 2-1 Ivy). Harvard led, 10-0, after one quarter, but trailed 13-10 at halftime. That deficit grew to 20-10 and 27-17 with six minutes to play. In the final 5:59, however, quarterback Charles DePrima scored on a 6- and 9-yard rush, with the latter leaving just 27 seconds left in regulation as Harvard eventually escaped with the 31-27 victory and ultimately a second straight Ivy title.

- Harvard is looking to move to 7-0 for the second straight season. The last time the Crimson opened with seven straight wins in back-to-back campaigns was 2014 and 2015. The 2014 squad went 10-0, and the '15 team finished at 9-1.

- Harvard has been one of the best road teams in the FCS the last two-decades-plus. Since 1996, the Crimson is 99-40 on the road (.712).

- Harvard is 31-6 (.838) over the last four seasons (8-2 in 2023, 8-2 in 2024, 9-2 in 2025, 6-0 in 2026). The Crimson is first in the FCS for fewest losses during this time, with Montana State following behind with eight Ls.