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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Travels To Face Unbeaten Penn
October 30, 2001 | Football
Oct. 30, 2001
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PRINCETON (1-5, 1-3) at PENNSYLVANIA (6-0, 4-0)
The Date Nov. 3, 2001
The Kickoff 12:30 p.m.
The Site Franklin Field * Philadelphia, Pa.
The Series Princeton leads 61-30-1
Last Year Pennsylvania defeated Princeton 40-24
Last Week Princeton lost to Cornell 10-7, Pennsylvania defeated Brown 27-14
The Coaches Princeton: Roger Hughes (second season, 4-12), Pennsylvania: Al Bagnoli (20th season overall, 151-49, 10th season at Pennsylvania, 65-30)
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 live and on tape delay Tuesday at 8 p.m., and on CN8, which will televise the game live. The satellite coordinates for the game are GE2, KU Band, Transponder 12.
Class struggle - Princeton starts four seniors (one offense, three defense). Penn starts 16 seniors (eight offense, eight defense).
Still more class struggle - Princeton starts one freshman and eight sophomores. Penn starts no freshmen and one sophomore.
Happy birthday - Penn's oldest starter, linebacker Dan Morris, is four years, three months and 14 days older than Princeton's youngest starter, Jay McCariens. Morris was born Nov. 29, 1978, McCariens was born March 13, 1983. Fresh faces - Roger Hughes has used nine freshmen as starters and 15 freshmen on the two-deep in his first two seasons as Princeton head coach.
Lightning strike - Princeton and Penn scrimmaged at Princeton Stadium Sept. 4, and each team scored one touchdown before the game was halted by a fierce lightning storm midway through the second quarter. Princeton's touchdown in the scrimmage against Penn came on an 85-yard pass from Brian Danielewicz to B.J. Symanksi.
More lightning - Princeton scored seven points against Penn in 21 minutes of the Sept. 4 scrimmage. Penn has allowed more than seven points only twice in six regular season games.
Get to the point - Despite being 1-3 in the league, Princeton has outscored its Ivy opponents 101-84, defeating Columbia by 33 and losing three games by 11 points, two points and three points.
Taylor made - Taylor Northrop ranks second all-time at Princeton and sixth all-time in the Ivy League in career field goals made. He needs one to tie Alex Sierk's school record of 36 and five to tie Jason Feinberg (Penn '01) for the league record (41).
More Taylor - Taylor Northrop leads Division I-AA in field goals per game (1.7).
Another Taylor - Taylor Northrop's last two field goal attempts have averaged 53 yards.
Last Taylor - Taylor Northrop's 57-yard field goal attempt against Cornell, which would have beeen the longest in Ivy League history, hit the top of the crossbar.
In a rush - Princeton averages 137.7 rushing yards per game, Penn, the Division I-AA leader, has allowed a total of 163 rushing yards in six games.
Tight squeeze - Tight end Mike Chiusano has caught a touchdown pass in each of the last two games. The last time a Princeton tight end caught touchdown passes in two straight games was in 1993, when Colin Nance did it against Holy Cross and Brown.
Injury update - Princeton running back Cameron Atkinson sprained his knee against Cornell, his status for the Penn game is uncertain. Starting defensive tackle Ian Withrow (neck) is not expected to play against Penn.
Hand-y man - Blake Perry, who played for three weeks with two broken wrists, will miss the remainder of the season after undergoing surgery.
Cameron crazy - Cameron Atkinson is averaging 5.6 yards per carry, the highest total by a Princeton back since Keith Elias averaged 5.7 in 1993.
Keasey does it - Sophomore Zak Keasey has 34 tackles this season after having seven all of last year as a freshman.
Quarter-horse - David Splithoff has 210 rushing yards, the most by a Princeton quarterback since Brock Harvey had 302 in 1995.
Half grand - Cameron Atkinson has rushed for 500 yards in six games this season. It is already the highest single-season rushing total by a Princeton running back since Marc Washington ran for 611 in 1996.
In case you forgot - Princeton led Penn 24-6 before a Hail Mary pass for a touchdown on the final play of the first half started a 34-0 Penn run in a 40-24 victory.
The whammy - David Splithoff has started every game this season at quarterback for Princeton. The only two quarterbacks to start every game in a season for Princeton since 1990 are Chad Roghair (in 1991) and John Burnham (in 1998).
Moving up the charts - Chisom Opara has 81 career receptions, seventh-best all-time at Princeton. He needs 15 to tie Cris Crissy '81 for sixth.
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.
Spread it around - Fifteen different Princeton receivers have caught at least one pass.
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.
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 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.