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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Football To Play Six Ivy Games On National Television
July 27, 2015 | Football
Six of Princeton's seven Ivy League football games this season will be nationally televised as part of the upcoming 17-game broadcast package across three networks, it was announced today by the league office.
All four of Princeton's road games, as well as its home opener against Columbia and a Halloween showdown with Cornell, will be shown on either the NBC Sports Network or the American Sports Network. Six nationally televised games is tied for the most for any program in the Ivy League during the 2015 season.
Princeton's first nationally televised game will be on the NBC Sports Network on Friday night, Oct. 2, against Columbia. It is the first of six Ivy League games being played on NBCSN during Friday nights this fall. Besides being the Ivy League opener for Princeton, it will also be the first Ivy game in light blue for new Columbia head coach Al Bagnoli.
From there, Princeton will be on the American Sports Network for five of its final six Ivy League games. That stretch begins Saturday, Oct. 17, with a noon showdown against Brown. Road games against Harvard (Oct. 24), Penn (Nov. 7) and the season finale at Dartmouth (Nov. 21) will all be played at noon on the American Sports Network.
Princeton's lone home game on the American Sports Network will be Oct. 31 against Cornell, and that game will begin at 3:30 pm. All games on the American Sports Network will also be streamed live on the Ivy League Digital Network; the Oct. 2 game against Columbia will not be available on the ILDN, but it will be streamed on NBC Live Extra.
Below is the official release from the Ivy League, as well as the full television schedule this fall:
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Ivy League football is poised to enjoy the most expansive national television coverage in its history with an all time-high 17 broadcasts across three networks throughout the 2015 season.
The 17-game package features all eight schools in action over the final nine weeks of the conference's 10-week schedule.
The League will experience its own version of Friday Night Lights this season with five of its six nationally televised contests on NBCSN taking place on Friday nights. NBCSN's slate kicks off on Friday, Oct. 2 with Princeton hosting Columbia at 7 p.m. The network's schedule also features Yale at Penn on Friday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. in the first nationally televised night game in the history of historic Franklin Field, the oldest collegiate stadium in the nation, and the 132nd playing of "The Game," Harvard at Yale, on Saturday, Nov. 21 at 2:30 p.m.
Ivy League football continues its association with NBC Sports Group for an eighth-straight year. NBCSN, previously branded as VERSUS, has televised 33 Ivy League football matchups featuring all eight schools over the past seven seasons.
The League makes its football debut on the American Sports Network this season with seven games over seven straight weeks, beginning with Harvard at Cornell on Saturday, Oct. 10 and ending with Princeton at Dartmouth on Saturday, Nov. 21. The Ivy League extends its partnership with the American Sports Network after the network broadcasted eight men's basketball games, including the one-game playoff between Harvard and Yale, three women's basketball games and all three games of its women's lacrosse tournament last season.
FOX College Sports is back telecasting the Ancient Eight for a third season in a row with a quartet of games. The network opens the League's national television slate on Saturday, Sept. 26 under the lights at Harvard Stadium as Harvard plays host to Brown at 7 p.m. FOX College Sports has televised 14 Ivy gridiron matchups featuring all eight schools over the past two seasons.
| Date | Game | Time | Network |
| Saturday, Sept. 26 | Brown at Harvard | 7 pm | FOX College Sports |
| Friday, Oct. 2 | Columbia at Princeton | 7 pm | NBC Sports Network |
| Saturday, Oct. 10 | Harvard at Cornell | Noon | American Sports Network |
| Saturday, Oct. 10 | Yale at Dartmouth | 1:30 pm | FOX College Sports |
| Saturday, Oct. 17 | Princeton at Brown | Noon | American Sports Network |
| Friday, Oct. 23 | Yale at Penn | 7 pm | NBC Sports Network |
| Saturday, Oct. 24 | Princeton at Harvard | Noon | American Sports Network |
| Friday, Oct. 30 | Dartmouth at Harvard | 7:30 pm | NBC Sports Network |
| Saturday, Oct. 31 | Columbia at Yale | 12:30 pm | FOX College Sports |
| Saturday, Oct. 31 | Cornell at Princeton | 3:30 pm | American Sports Network |
| Friday, Nov. 6 | Cornell at Dartmouth | 8 pm | NBC Sports Network |
| Saturday, Nov. 7 | Princeton at Penn | Noon | American Sports Network |
| Saturday, Nov. 7 | Brown at Yale | 12:30 pm | FOX College Sports |
| Saturday, Nov. 14 | Penn at Harvard | Noon | American Sports Network |
| Friday, Nov. 20 | Brown at Columbia | 7:30 pm | NBC Sports Network |
| Saturday, Nov. 21 | Princeton at Dartmouth | Noon | American Sports Network |
| Saturday, Nov. 21 | Harvard at Yale | 2:30 pm | NBC Sports Network |