The Cornell football team will try to prevent Ivy League preseason favorite Harvard from doing something the Crimson hasn't  done since 2015 - escape Schoellkopf Field with a win. The Big Red  will attempt to extend its home win streak against Harvard to three games when the teams meet on Friday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. Cornell will attempt to win on a Friday night at home for the second straight season after nearly 129 years since its last win on that day.

• Harvard stands 2-1 on the season after wins over Merrimack and Brown before dropping a 30-21 contest to No. 10 Holy Cross in its last game out.
• The Crimson are averaging 28.0 points per game thanks to a balanced attack averaging 237.7 passing and 148.0 rushing yards.
• Senior running back Aidan Borguet ranks second in the Ancient EIght in rushing at 112.7 yards per game with five touchdowns on the ground and a healthy 6.3 yards per carry. 
• Charlie Dean has posted 710 passing yards and six scores through three contests, with his favorite target being Kym Wimberly (24 catches, 292 yards, three touchdowns).
• All-America candidate Thor Griffith (21 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss) leads the defensive line for a Crimson squad that has posted 27.0 stops for a loss and 14.0 sacks so far this season — numbers that ranks second and third, respectively, among FCS teams nationally.
• Harvard is also stingy against the run, sitting fourth nationally at 76.7 yards allowed per game.
• Head coach Tim Murphy is in his 29th season directing the Harvard program. 
• He has won 188 games on the Crimson sidelines, the most of any coach in Ivy history, and has guided Harvard to nine conference crowns.
 

The Series

• Cornell and Harvard will be meeting for the 85th time dating back to the first meeting in 1890.
• Harvard leads the all-time series 48-34-2.
• The Crimson owned the early series, capturing the first 10 games (1890-1913), while Cornell 11 won straight from 1986-1996. 
• Harvard has won 16 of the last 19 contests, though the Big Red has won two of three — both wins in Ithaca — and snapped the Crimson's 11-game win streak in the process. 
• The Crimson won the last meeting, a 35-22 contest in Cambridge, in 2019.
 

2022 Harvard Football Head Coach

Head Coach: Tim Murphy (Springfield '78)
     Record at Harvard: 188-84, 29th season
     Overall Record: 220-129-1, 36th season
 

2022 Harvard Football Information

2022 Captain: Truman Jones
2021 Record: 8-2
     Home/Away/Neutral: 4-1/4-1/0-0
2021 Ivy League Record/Finish: 5-2 (3rd)
Starters Returning/Lost: 11/11
Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: 5/6
Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: 6/5
 

Harvard Football Historical Information

First Year of Football: 1874
Overall All-Time Record: 889-406-50 (.680)
Overall Ivy League Record: 283-164-9 (.630)