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Agenda: Penn vs. Cornell

Facts and figures about Saturday's game

Saturday, 1 p.m.

Franklin Field

TV: None. Radio: WFIL (560-AM)

Records: Cornell 1-8, 1-5 Ivy; Penn 6-3, 5-1.

History: Penn leads, 70-46-5. Penn won last year at Cornell, 34-26, in Al Bagnoli's last game. Cornell has won last two games here.

About Cornell: Big Red beat Columbia last week at home, 3-0 . . . Each of its first three losses were by seven points or less. In two of them they led by double digits . . . Luke Hagy averages 4.9 yards per carry. He's scored five of their six rushing TDs . . . Robert Somborn has thrown for 10 TDs, with eight picks . . . David Archer was the youngest coach in Division I when he was hired a year ago.

About Penn: Quakers won at No. 12 Harvard, 35-25, to break Crimson's 22-game win streak . . . They've won five straight . . . They've allowed seven points in Ivies in fourth quarter . . . They'll clinch at least a share of the title with a win . . . Soph WR Justin Watson, who had career highs of 149 yards receiving and 100 yards rushing, was National FCS Player of the Week . . . Ray Priore is trying to become first Penn coach to get a ring in his debut since 1986 (Ed Zubrow) . . . Junior QB Alek Torgersen has passed for 27 TDs with just five interceptions in his 14 Ivy games.