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Princeton University Athletics
Crimson Tide
October 16, 2001 | Football
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Oct. 16, 2001
PRINCETON (1-3, 1-1) at HARVARD (4-0, 2-0)
The Date Oct. 20, 2001
The Kickoff 1:05 p.m.
The Site Harvard Stadium * Cambridge, Mass.
The Series Princeton leads 50-36-7
Last Year Harvard defeated Princeton 35-21
Last Week Princeton lost to Brown 35-24, Harvard defeated Cornell 26-6
The Coaches Princeton: Roger Hughes (second season, 4-10), Harvard: Tim Murphy (15th season overall, 69-82-1, eighth season at Harvard, 37-37)
TV/Radio The game can be heard live on WHWH AM 1350 in Princeton and the Princeton Web site (www.GoPrincetonTigers.com), as well as on student-run station WPRB FM 103.3. The game is will be televised on RCN, which will televise the game on tape delay Sunday at 9 a.m. and Tuesday at 8 p.m., and on AT&T Broadband in the Boston area live
This Week's Note of the Week Crimson tide - Princeton has lost five straight games to Harvard, which equals the longest such streak in the series that dates to 1877. Princeton lost five straight to Harvard from 1912-16.
Five more notes no media person should be without More crimson - In the last four meetings between the teams, Harvard has defeated Princeton by two points (1997), one point (1998), seven points on a touchdown on the game's final play (1999) and 14 points in a game that was tied in the fourth quarter (2000).
Cam-bridge over trouble water - Princeton's last two visits to Harvard Stadium have seen the Tigers lose 14-12 on four field goals and a safety (1997) and 13-6 on a touchdown run from inside the one-yard-line as time expired (1999). Injury update - Wide receiver Chisom Opara, who has been out since injuring his neck in the first quarter against Colgate, is expected to play against Harvard. Linebacker Chris Roser-Jones, who has missed the last two games with a pulled hamstring, is also expected to play this week.
Phantom of the Opara - David Splithoff was 44 for 62 for 446 yards and three touchdowns before Chisom Opara's injury. Splithoff is 19 for 44 for 175 yards and no touchdowns since.
In a rush - After rushing for 316 yards in its first three games (105.3 per game), Princeton had 246 rushing yards against Brown last week.
More rush - Cameron Atkinson and David Splithoff have combined for 489 of Princeton's 562 rushing yards (87%).
Change for a quarter - David Splithoff's 77 rushing yards against Brown last week were the most by a Tiger quarterback in a game since Brock Harvey ran for 103 against Yale in 1995.
In case you forgot - David Splithoff ran for three touchdowns against Harvard last year before breaking his jaw on the final play of the game and missing the remainder of the season.
Cameron crazy - Cameron Atkinson had a career-high 146 rushing yards against Brown last week.
More Cameron - Cameron Atkinson has two 100-yard rushing games in the last three weeks after having two for the first 21 games of his career.
Hand-y man - Blake Perry has 19 tackles and an interception in the last two weeks despite playing with fractures in both of his wrists.
Taylor made - Taylor Northrop ranks second all-time at Princeton and tied for sixth all-time in the Ivy League in career field goals made with 33. He needs three to tie Alex Sierk '99 for the school record and eight to tie Jason Feinberg (Penn 01) for the Ivy record.
Crossing the line - Freshman Ryan Watson has moved from tight end to defensive end after the injury to Joe Weiss. Watson is listed as the No. 2 man on the depth chart to Phil Jackman.
Three for all - Tight end Mike Chiusano has caught three passes in each game this season.
Phil up - Phil Jackman had a career-high nine tackles and a sack against Brown.
Keasey does it - Zak Keasey has 27 tackles in four games this season. He had seven all of last year as a freshman.
King Kongslie - Junior Kevin Kongslie had two interceptions last week against Brown. He had two interceptions in each of his first two seasons.
Picked clean - Chris Roser-Jones (10) and Kevin Kongslie (six) have combined for 16 of the 22 career interceptions among Princeton defenders.
4.1 yards and a cloud of dust - Princeton is averaging 4.1 yards per carry this season after averaging 3.3 yards per carry a year ago.
Century city - David Splithoff ran for 77 yards on 15 carries against Brown. Were it not for five sacks for 30 yards that counted against his rushing total, Splithoff would have had 107 yards on 10 carries.
Spread it around - No Princeton player has more than 30 tackles, eight players have at least 20.
More spread - Fourteen different Princeton receivers have caught at least one pass.
Getting his kicks - Taylor Northrop leads Division I-AA in field goals made per game (2.0, eight in four games).
Say it ain't so, Joe - Defensive end Joe Weiss will miss the remainder of the season after breaking his leg against Colgate.
Nine-ball - Princeton's game against Lafayette will not be made up, leaving the Tigers with a nine-game schedule for the first time since 1984.
Still more charts - Chisom Opara is 11th all-time at Princeton in career receptions with 74. He needs one more to tie William Skinner '74 for 10th and eight to move into seventh place.
Young guns - Of the 14 defensive linemen on Princeton's team, 13 are either freshmen or sophomores. The only upperclassmen is senior Phil Jackman, who is in his first full season of organized football.
Air ball - David Splithoff has thrown six career touchdown passes. Of those six, three have been for at least 70 yards, four have been at least 50 yards and the average distance has been 51.3 yards.
More air ball - David Splithoff has thrown the three longest passes in Princeton Stadium history: 78 yards to Chisom Opara, 74 yards to Nate Lindell and 72 yards to Marty Cheatham.
Not so fast - Princeton has three Heptagonal sprint champions on its team: Paul Simbi, Patrick Schottel, Cameron Atkinson.
50-50 - Taylor Northrop is one of three placekickers in Ivy League history with two career 50-yard field goals. The others: Tim Mazzetti (Penn '77) and Mark Hall (Harvard '94). No kicker has had three career 50-yarders in Ivy history.
'Backer up - Princeton has had a first-team or second-team All-Ivy League linebacker every year since 1991.
More 'backer - Bob Farrell is the fifth Princeton captain in the last seven years to be a linebacker. The other four were all named first-team or second-team All-Ivy League.
Ice pop - Princeton center Roger Patterson is a native of Eagle River, Alaska. His father is an Alaska state trooper.
Horse-play - Princeton linebacker Rob Currey was named "Best Cattle Showman" at the 1998 Livingston County Fair in his hometown of Fowlerville, Mich.
Good as golden - The 2001 season marks the 50th anniversary of Dick Kazmaier's winning the Heisman Trophy.