Yale Daily News

Updated: Monday, November 23, 2009 2:30 p.m.

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FOOTBALL: Keys to the Game

Contributing Reporter
Published Friday, October 23, 2009

DEFENSE WINS GAME
Saturday’s game will feature a showdown between the top two defenses in the Ivy League. Penn ranks second in the Football Championship Subdivision in total defense and tops the Ivy League in total defense, rushing defense, pass defense, sacks and tackles for loss. Similarly, in the FCS, Yale is second only to South Dakota State in scoring defense, with an average of 12.4 points allowed per game. It should be a low-scoring game on Saturday based on the way the two teams have been playing. Yale is coming off a shutout win last weekend against Lehigh and only...

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