PRINCETON, N.J. – The Cornell football team will again have a chance to shine under Friday Night Lights on national television when it visits Harvard on Friday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. on ESPNU. The game, from Harvard Stadium, marks the second straight season and sixth time since 2014 the matchup between the programs will be televised nationally. As part of its long-term partnership with ESPN, the Ivy League announced its six-game football package set to air on ESPN linear networks this upcoming season on Wednesday afternoon.
 
The full schedule includes: 
Friday, Sept. 29 – Columbia at Princeton – 7 p.m. ET (ESPNU)
Friday, Oct. 6 – Cornell at Harvard – 7 p.m. ET (ESPNU)
Friday, Oct. 27 – Brown at Penn – 7 p.m. ET (ESPNU)
Friday, Nov. 3 – Princeton at Dartmouth – 7 p.m. ET (ESPNU) 
Saturday, Nov. 11 – Yale at Princeton – TBD (network TBD) 
Saturday, Nov. 18 – Harvard at Yale – 12 p.m. ET (network TBD)

This is the 15th consecutive year that the league will feature a national football television package. For the fifth-straight year, the package includes all eight programs.

Last season, Harvard held off the Big Red 35-28 despite a four-touchdown performance from Jameson Wang to extend its lead in the al-time series to 50-34-2. The 2023 meeting will mark the 87th time the two teams will square off on the gridiron. 


 
The schedule for one of the premier linear football packages in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) begins on Friday, Sept. 29 with Columbia visiting Princeton at 7 p.m. ET. The following week, Cornell and Harvard clash in Cambridge, Mass., at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Oct. 6.
 
Brown and Penn will square off at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Oct. 27 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. The following week, Princeton and Dartmouth will go head-to-head in a matchup that pits the 2021 Ivy League champions against each other at 7 p.m. on Nov. 3.
 
Reigning Ivy League champion Yale will travel to Princeton on Saturday, Nov. 11. Kickoff time and network for the matchup will be announced at a later date.
 
The linear package concludes with the 139th playing of The Game between Harvard and Yale in New Haven, Conn. The contest is set to kick off at noon ET with the network to be released at a later date. 
 
All other Ivy League home football games outside of this six-game package will air on ESPN+, while select games will also be available through a variety of regional sports networks.  

The schedule is one of several parts to the league's comprehensive agreement with ESPN that was launched in 2018. The partnership airs over 1,400 events annually on ESPN+ and includes at least 24 events on ESPN linear networks.

The 2023 Ivy League football season kicks off Saturday, Sept. 16.