Dartmouth looks to take another step forward

NCAA FCS

Dartmouth

at Harvard

When and where: Saturday (noon) at Harvard Stadium, Cambridge, Mass.
Team records: Dartmouth is 1-5 (1-2 Ivy League). Harvard is 4-2 (3-0 Ivy League).
2008 result: Harvard defeated Dartmouth 35-7.
Noteworthy: Fresh off its 28-6 win over Columbia, which snapped a 17-game losing streak, Dartmouth must travel to face last year's Ivy League co-champions. Nick Schwieger led the way in Dartmouth's victory, rushing for 242 yards, including a 66-yard TD in the fourth quarter. Schwieger has been named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week, The Sports Network's National Offensive Player of the Week and earned the Gridiron Club of Boston's Gold Helmet Award. ... Dartmouth QB Connor Kempe threw for just 75 yards after posting a 300-yard performance the week before, but was 5 for 7 for 50 yards and a pair of TDs on Dartmouth's first two drives against Columbia in a driving rain. ... A win over Harvard would give Dartmouth its first winning streak in six years. ... The Dartmouth defense doubled its turnover mark for the season with three against Columbia, including a fumble recovery for a touchdown by junior defensive end Charles Bay. ... Eight of Dartmouth's 11 starters on offense are sophomores. ... The Big Green has the second-most difficult schedule in FCS, behind only UMass. ... Harvard rolled past Princeton last week, 37-3, allowing just 157 yards of offense. Five different Crimson players scored touchdowns in the win. Harvard running backs Gino Gordon, Cheng Ho and Treavor Scales combined for 216 yards in a 37-3 win over Princeton last weekend. ... Harvard QB Collier Winters has at least two TD throws in five of the Crimson's six games this season. ... Over the past 12 years, Harvard has win five Ivy League titles and had two undefeated seasons. The Crimson has posted the second-highest winning percentage this decade among FCS teams. ... This is the Ivy League Game of the Week on Sirius Radio.

-- Capsule compiled by Ed Flaherty