Two of Cornell's final three games will be played for a traveling trophy, and that all begins when the Big Red and Penn meet for the Trustees' Cup on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 1 p.m. on Schoellkopf Field. Both teams will be attempting to get back in the win column after suffering losses this past weekend, with the Big Red falling at No. 22 Princeton and the Quakers seeing their 6-0 start ruined at Brown. Cornell continues to eye a winning record after being picked last in the Ancient Eight, while Penn is firmly alive in the Ivy race, upping the stakes for both teams in one of college football's oldest and most fierce rivalries.

• Penn's record stands at 6-1 (3-1 Ivy) after a 34-31 loss at Brown last weekend in Providence, handing  the Quakers their first loss of the season.
• The Quakers got off to a 6-0 start after being picked sixth in the Ancient Eight's preseason poll.
• Impressive conference wins over Dartmouth on the road (23-17 in double overtime) and Columbia (34-14) and Yale (20-13) at home have the Quakers just one game out of first place.
• The Penn offense is scoring 29.1 points per game thanks in large part to the strong arm of Aidan Sayin (1,734 yards, 13 touchdowns on 63 percent passing) and the sure hands of its receiving corps, led by Joshua Casilli (45 catches, 412 yards, three touchdowns) this season.
• Seven different receivers have caught touchdown passes.
• Trey Flowers (336 yards, five touchdowns) and Jonathan Mulatu (314 yards, three touchdowns) lead the rushing attack as the Penn offense hasn't lost a fumble this season.
• Place-kicker Graham Gotlieb is 9-of-11 on field goals and 21-of-22 on PATs, with Ben rimm averaging a healthy 42.1 yards on 30 punts with 11 downed inside the 20.
• The Penn defense has been on the attack all season, ranking second nationally in sacks (3.71 per game) and ninth in tackles for loss (7.7 per game), while also sitting seventh in scoring defense (17.1 ppg.) and 13th in total defense (302.6 ypg.).
• Six different players have at least 30 tackles this season, led by Jack Fairman's 48 and 43 from Garrett Morris.
• Jake Heimlicher has posted 11.0 tackles for loss with 7.0 sacks and nine quarterback hurries along with 40 total stops and ranks fifth nationally and first in the Ancient Eight in sacks per game (1.0).
• Eighth-year head coach Ray Priore had spent 16 seasons as defensive coordinator and secondary coach and nine as the associate head coach under legendary Al Bagnoli, winning two Ivy titles in his first four seasons.
 

The Series

• This will be the 128th meeting between Cornell and Penn, with the Quakers holding a 75-47-5 lead in the series. 
• The series is the fifth-most played in college football history. 
• The two teams first met in 1893, a 50-0 Penn win. 
• Seventeen years ago, Cornell claimed a 16-7 win at Franklin Field for the 600th victory in program history. 
• The Big Red claimed the 2021 meeting at Franklin Field 15-12, as Jameson Wang ran for two touchdowns.
• The two teams will be playing in Ithaca for the first time since 2018.
 

The Trustees' Cup

• Since 1995, the winner of the Cornell-Penn football game has been awarded the Trustees' Cup. 
• Alumni from Penn and Cornell gathered at the New York Penn Club on Sept. 6, 1995 for the dedication of the Trustees' Cup, which thereafter has been presented to the winner of the annual football game. 
• The idea evolved from a series of discussions between officials and alumni of both universities, focusing on what would be the best way to honor one of college football's most celebrated rivalries. 
• The decision was made to establish an award to be presented at an annual luncheon, with the winning team taking the prize home and displaying it for a year. 
• Penn leads the Trustees' Cup series 18-8 after the Big Red snapped the Quakers' six-game win streak in 2021 with a 15-12 victory.
 

2022 Penn Football Head Coach

Head Coach: Ray Priore (Albany  '85)
     Record at Penn: 40-27, 8th year
     Overall Record: 40-27, 8th year
 

2022 Penn Football Information

2022 Captain: Trey Flowers, Jake Heimlicher, Jonathan Melvin, Trevor Radosevich
2021 Record: 3-7
     Home/Away/Neutral: 2-3/1-4/0-0
2021 Ivy League Record/Finish: 1-6 (t-6th)
Starters Returning/Lost: 11/11
Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: 7/4
Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: 4/7
 

Penn Football Historical Information

First Year of Football: 1876
Overall All-Time Record: 865-513-42 (.624)
Overall Ivy League Record: 248-210-4 (.541)