1979 Princeton Tigers football team

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1979 Princeton Tigers football
Princeton Tigers logo.svg
Conference Ivy League
Record5–4 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Matthew F. McGrath
  • Stephen R. Reynolds
Home stadium Palmer Stadium
Seasons
  1978
1980  
1979 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale $ 6 1 08 1 0
Brown 5 2 06 3 0
Princeton 5 2 05 4 0
Cornell 4 3 05 4 0
Dartmouth 4 3 04 4 1
Harvard 3 4 03 6 0
Columbia 1 6 01 8 0
Penn 0 7 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1979 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Princeton tied for second in the Ivy League.

In their second year under head coach Frank Navarro, the Tigers compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents 166 to 152. Matthew F. McGrath and Stephen R. Reynolds were the team captains. [1]

Princeton's 5–2 conference record tied for second place in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 146 to 97. [2]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22 at Dartmouth W 16-0 14,500 [3]
September 29 Rutgers *
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
L 14–38 23,523 [4]
October 6 at Brown L 12–31 12,500 [5]
October 13 Columbia
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 35-0 8,705 [6]
October 20 Colgate *
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 6–17 12,687 [7]
October 27 at Harvard W 9-7 15,000 [8]
November 3 at Penn W 38–10 13,604 [9]
November 10 Yale
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
L 10–35 22,825 [10]
November 17 Cornell
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 26-14 11,867 [11]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "Results". Princeton Football Record Book. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University. p. 30. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 28–29. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. Roberts, Ernie (September 23, 1979). "Princeton Tips Sluggish Green". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 88 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Smith, Paul (September 30, 1979). "Rutgers Gets 24 in 2d Half, Tops Princeton, 38-14". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 12-D via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Carbone, Villella Lead Brown over Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. October 7, 1979. p. 8-D via Newspapers.com.
  6. Smith, Paul (October 14, 1979). "Princeton Triumphs, 35-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 8D via Newspapers.com.
  7. Smith, Paul (October 21, 1979). "Colgate's Use of a Wing-T Beats Princeton by 17 to 6". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 8-D via Newspapers.com.
  8. Visser, Lesley (October 28, 1979). "Harvard Falls". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 82 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Penn Blasted by Princeton". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. November 4, 1979. p. 52 via Newspapers.com.
  10. Bruns, John (November 11, 1979). "Yale Shows Princeton Who's No. 1". The Home News Sunday . New Brunswick, N.J. p. B1 via Newspapers.com.
  11. Smith, Paul (November 18, 1979). "Princeton Concludes with a 26-14 Triumph". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 10-D via Newspapers.com.