1976 Princeton Tigers football | |
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 2–7 (2–5 Ivy) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Daniel E. Fournier |
Home stadium | Palmer Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1976 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Princeton tied for last place in the Ivy League.
In their fourth year under head coach Robert Casciola, the Tigers compiled a 2–7 record and were outscored 152 to 63. Daniel E. Fournier was the team captain. [1]
Princeton's 2–5 conference record placed it in a four-way tie for fifth place, at the bottom of the Ivy League standings. The Tigers were outscored 118 to 56 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 18 | at Cornell | W 3–0 | 14,000 | [3] | |||
September 25 | Rutgers * |
| L 0–17 | 29,500 | [4] | ||
October 2 | Brown |
| L 7–13 | 12,000 | [5] | ||
October 9 | at Columbia | W 9–3 | 6,745 | [6] | |||
October 16 | Colgate * |
| L 7–17 | 18,000 | [7] | ||
October 23 | Harvard |
| L 14–20 | 18,000 | [8] | ||
October 30 | Penn |
| L 9–10 | 10,000 | [9] | ||
November 6 | at Yale | L 7–39 | 33,218 | [10] | |||
November 13 | Dartmouth |
| L 7–33 | 14,500 | [11] | ||
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