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. 9 at 1 p.m. on Schoellkopf Field. One of college football's oldest and most fierce rivalries returns to the gridirons with a twist - Cornell head coach Dan Swanstrom will face the Penn team he served two tours as an assistant coach and offensive coordinator with as well as one of his mentors in Quakers head coach Ray Priore. Both originate from the Bob Ford coaching tree at UAlbany - with Swanstrom serving under the late Jim Margraff at Johns Hopkins, and Priore serving as an assistant with Margraff for the Great Danes.

• The Quakers are flying high after last weekend's 38-28 win at Brown snapped its two-game skid and handed them a first Ivy win of 2024.
• The Quakers were picked third in the Ivy League preseason poll after going 6-4 (3-4) Ivy in 2023.
• Penn owns wins over Colgate (27-17) and Bucknell (31-21) in addition to Brown and suffered one-score defeats at the hands of Delaware (29-22), Dartmouth (20-17) and Columbia (23-17).
• The offense features known weapons like Aidan Sayin and Malachi Horsley in the offensive backfield.
• Sayin ranks fourth in Penn history with 45 passing touchdowns, though he was spelled against Brown by Liam O'Brien, who tossed for a pair of touchdowns and threw for 247 yards in the win over Brown.
• Horsley is the Ivy League's leading rusher and sits in the top 10 nationally after his 102-yard, two-touchdown effort against the Bears. He now has 735 yards and seven scores while averaging 5.7 yards per carry.
• Cornell fans may remember his 261-yard performance against the Big Red last fall that included a 96-yard touchdown burst.
• Jared Richardson leads three receivers with at least 24 catches with 30 receptions for 455 yards and four of the team's eight scores through the air.
• Defensively, four players have at least 40 tackles, with John Lista (55) and Kadari Machen (55) leading the way.
• Shiloh Means has a team-best seven pass breakups.
• Special teams have been among the best in the Ivy League all season, with Penn ranking first in the league and 12th nationally in net punting (41.2 yards) and second in kickoff returns (24.0 yards), as well as No. 1 nationally in punt return defense (-0.3 yards per return).
• Albert Jang is averaging 43.6 yards per punt with seven kicks placed inside the opponent's 20.
• Sam Smith is 8-of-11 on field goal attempts, including a perfect 7-for-7 inside of 40 yards, and has made all 18 PAT kicks.
In the return game, Julien Stokes is posting 25.7 yards per return on kickoffs.
• Tenth-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 130th meeting between Cornell and Penn, with the Quakers holding a 77-47-5 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. 
• The Quakers have won two straight meetings between the teams, including a 23-8 decision a year ago in Philly.
• Cornell's last win over Penn in Ithaca came in 2006 (28-27), with the Big Red losing eight consecutive since.
• The Big Red's last victory in the series came in the 2021 meeting at Franklin Field 15-12, as Jameson Wang ran for two touchdowns.
 

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 20-8 after winning consecutive contests between the programs, including last season's 23-8 triumph in Philadelphia.
 

2024 Penn Football Head Coach

Head Coach: Ray Priore (Albany  '85)
     Record at Penn: 51-36, 10th year
     Overall Record: 51-36, 10th year
 

2024 Penn Football Information

2024 Captains: Paul Jennings, Shiloh Means, Aidan Sayin
2023 Record: 6-4
     Home/Away/Neutral: 2-3/4-1/0-0
2023 Ivy League Record/Finish: 3-4 (t-5th)
Starters Returning/Lost: 17/7
Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: 10/1
Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: 6/5
 

Penn Football Historical Information

First Year of Football: 1876
Overall All-Time Record: 876-522-42 (.623)
Overall Ivy League Record: 254-218-4 (.538)