1992 Princeton Tigers football team

1992 Princeton Tigers football
Ivy League co-champion
Conference	Ivy League
Record	8–2 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Steve Tosches (6th season)
Defensive coordinator	Mark Harriman (4th season)
Captain	Aaron Harris
Home stadium	Palmer Stadium
Seasons ←  1991 1993  →

1992 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Dartmouth +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Princeton +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Penn	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Cornell	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Harvard	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Yale	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Columbia	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Brown	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1992 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Princeton was co-champion of the Ivy League.

In their sixth year under head coach Steve Tosches, the Tigers compiled an 8–2 record and outscored opponents 264 to 175. Aaron Harris was the team captain. ^[1]

Princeton's 6–1 conference record tied atop the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy League opponents 181 to 102. ^[2] Princeton's only conference loss was the season-ending showdown with co-champion Dartmouth.

By the closing weeks of the season, Princeton had cracked the national top 20 rankings, listed as No. 20 in the poll of November 9 and No. 17 in the poll of November 16. Following the loss to Dartmouth, Princeton was unranked in the season's final poll.

Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 22–20	13,000	[3]
September 26	Lafayette *	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 38–35	6,820	[4]
October 3	at Lehigh *	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 38–28	13,448	[5]
October 10	Brown	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 28–14	14,275	[6]
October 17	at Holy Cross *	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 7–10	8,114	[7]
October 24	Harvard	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 21–6	19,250	[8]
October 31	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York, NY	W 34–7	9,335	[9]
November 7	Penn	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 20–14	17,421	[10]
November 14	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 36–7	16,450	[11]
November 21	Dartmouth	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 20–34	24,120	[12]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "Results". Princeton Football Record Book. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University. p. 31. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
2. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 34–35. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
3. Bruns, John (September 20, 1992). "Princeton Gets Breaks to Edge Cornell, 22-20". The Home News . New Brunswick, N.J. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Bruns, John (September 27, 1992). "Elias Sets Mark to Boost Tigers Past Lafayette". The Home News . New Brunswick, N.J. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Gesualdo, Marc (October 4, 1992). "Elias Carries Princeton, 38-28". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. D13 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Bruns, John (October 11, 1992). "Tigers Do It Right -- Again". The Home News . New Brunswick, N.J. p. E1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Bruns, John (October 18, 1992). "Princeton's Day Full of Surprises". The Home News . New Brunswick, N.J. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Naunton, Shawn (October 25, 1992). "Princeton Dumps Harvard". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. C12 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Elias Carries Princeton Over Columbia, 34-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. November 1, 1992. p. D11 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Bruns, John (November 8, 1992). "Tigers Hold Off Quakers". The Home News . New Brunswick, N.J. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Concannon, Joe (November 15, 1992). "Princeton Holds Yale in a Clinch". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 61 – via Newspapers.com.
12. Naunton, Shawn (November 22, 1992). "Dartmouth Wins, Shares Ivy Title". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. E11 – via Newspapers.com.