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Lehigh at Penn Saturday, 5 p.m. Franklin Field TV: None. Radio: WNTP (990-AM). Web: Ivy League Digital Network. Records: Lehigh 0-2, Penn 0-0.

Lehigh at Penn

Saturday, 5 p.m., Franklin Field

TV: None. Radio: WNTP (990-AM). Web: Ivy League Digital Network.

Records: Lehigh 0-2, Penn 0-0.

History: Penn leads, 44-14.

About Lehigh: Mountain Hawks lost at Villanova, 26-21, after leading, 14-6, at halftime . . . Coach Andy Coen was once an assistant on same Penn staff as Quakers coach Ray Priore . . . Nick Shafnisky has completed 44 of 62 for 405 yards, with two touchdowns and two interceptions . . . Villanova rushed for nearly 400 yards . . . Last season, Dominick Bragalone became the first Lehigh freshman to rush for 1,000 yards, becoming its first Patriot League Rookie of the Year since 1986.

About Penn: The Quakers were picked to finish second in the Ivy League, after getting a piece of the title last season . . . They're on a six-game winning streak, second longest in FCS . . . They've lost their last two home openers, and eight of last 10 . . . Junior wide receiver Justin Watson was runner-up for Ivy Offensive Player of the Year . . . Senior quarterback Eric Torgersen was a first-team all-leaguer.