1959 Princeton Tigers football | |
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Conference | Ivy League |
1959 record | 4–5 (3–4 Ivy) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Frank C. Szvetecz |
Home stadium | Palmer Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1959 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1958 NCAA University Division football season. Princeton tied for fifth in the Ivy League.
In their third year under head coach Dick Colman, the Tigers compiled a 4–5 record but outscored opponents 124 to 97. Frank C. Szvetecz was the team captain. [1]
Princeton's 3–4 conference record tied for fifth-best in the Ivy League. The Tigers were outscored 82 to 76 by Ivy opponents. [2]
Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 26 | Rutgers * |
| L 6–8 | 36,000 | [3] | ||
October 3 | at Columbia | W 22–0 | 18,000 | [4] | |||
October 10 | Penn |
| L 0–18 | 32,000 | [5] | ||
October 17 | Colgate * |
| W 42–7 | 20,000 | [6] | ||
October 24 | Cornell |
| W 20–0 | 22,000 | [7] | ||
October 31 | Brown |
| W 7–0 | 11,500 | [8] | ||
November 7 | at Harvard | L 0–14 | 20,000 | [9] | |||
November 14 | Yale |
| L 20–38 | 8,000 | [10] | ||
November 21 | Dartmouth |
| L 7–12 | 30,000 | [11] | ||
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