While Dartmouth was pummeling Columbia in New York, its hopes for a fourth consecutive title may have ended about 70 miles south on Franklin Field.
After Dartmouth's season-opening 10-6 loss to the University of Pennsylvania, the Big Green knew they would need someone to knock off the Quakers to have a chance to even tie for the title.
And if there was any team that was going to do it, it would be the Princeton Tigers.
Coming into Saturday's Penn Homecoming game in Philadelphia, both Penn and Princeton sported identical 7-0 overall and 4-0 Ivy League records.
But Princeton completely dominated the Quakers, rolling up 451 total yards and coasting to a 30-14 victory over the Tigers in front of more than 35,000 fans in Philadelphia.
After the game, fans who had chanted "Ivy Champs" toward the end of the game, stormed the field, ripped down the goal posts and tossed them in a nearby river.
Now the Big Green must beat Brown and Princeton, and pray for either Harvard or Cornell to upset the seemingly invincible Quakers.
The best bet is for a Crimson victory this weekend in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard is 1-4 in the Ivy League, but they should be riding an emotional high because it's Coach Joe Restic's last home game after 23 years at the helm of the Crimson.
Besides the clash of the titans this weekend, the Ivy League had Brown racking up 43 points against Harvard and Cornell shutting out Yale, 21-0. Penn 30, Princeton 14
As expected, the difference in this game was a running back who dominated the opposing defense to the tune of more than 200 yards.
But the running back was Terrance Stokes of Penn, not the leading rusher for all Division I-AA teams, Keith Elias of Princeton.
Stokes' 272 yards rushing on 42 carries against a run defense that had allowed just 89.6 yards per game before Saturday led Penn to its 10th consecutive victory, dating back to last season and earned him Ivy League offensive player of the week honors.
If Penn wins its next two games it will win the Ivy League title for the first time since 1988.
A swarming Penn defense held Elias to 59 yards on 15 carries -- by far his lowest totals of the season -- while causing eight fumbles.
It was the first time an opposing defense held Elias under 100 yards on the ground in 13 games.
Penn now has almost quadrupled Ivy League opponents this year -- outscoring them 158 to 43. Brown 43, Harvard 29
In a showdown between Brown's weak offense (second worst in the Ivy League) and Harvard's shaky defense (third worst in the Ivy League), Brown's balanced offensive attack almost tripled its average of 14 points per game.
Brown quarterback Trevor Yankoff tossed two touchdowns to receiver Charlie Buckley and rushed for two more to lead Brown to its first three-win season since 1987.
Brown's rushing defense held a Crimson attack that had been averaging a hefty 227 yards per game to just 79 yards on 36 attempts.
On the other side of the ball, freshman Marquis Jessie sliced through the Harvard defense to the tune of 128 yards on 31 carries, and Buckley caught seven passes for 148 yards. Cornell 21, Yale 0
Cornell's defense put on another show for its fans, leading Cornell to its fourth consecutive Homecoming victory over Yale.
The Big Red's defense, led by All-American linebacker Chris Zingo who had 17 tackles, two sacks and a blocked punt, has now limited opposing teams to fewer than 10 points in four of their last five games.
Tailback Pete Fitzpatrick provided the offense, rushing for 81 yards and two touchdowns.
