2013 Princeton Tigers football team

2013 Princeton Tigers football
Ivy League co-champion
Conference	Ivy League
Record	8–2 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Bob Surace (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	James Perry (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Co-defensive coordinators	Steve Verbit (1st season) Jim Salgado (1st season)
Base defense	3–3–5 or 4–2–5
Home stadium	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
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2013 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Harvard +		6	–	1					9	–	1
Princeton +		6	–	1					8	–	2
Dartmouth		5	–	2					6	–	4
Brown		3	–	4					6	–	4
Yale		3	–	4					5	–	5
Penn		3	–	4					4	–	6
Cornell		2	–	5					3	–	7
Columbia		0	–	7					0	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions

The 2013 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Bob Surace and played their home games at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium. Princeton was a member of the Ivy League. They finished with a record of 8–2 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to share the conference title with Harvard, their first title since 2006. Princeton averaged 7,042 fans per game.

On October 26, the Tigers defeated Harvard in their rivalry game by a score of 51–48 in triple overtime. It was their first win at Harvard Stadium since 2005. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 21	6:00 p.m.	No. 22 Lehigh *		Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	NBCSN	L 28–29	6,982
September 28	2:00 p.m.	at Georgetown *		Multi-Sport Field Washington, DC		W 50–22	2,981
October 5	1:00 p.m.	Columbia		Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN3	W 53–7	5,689
October 12	1:00 p.m.	Lafayette *		Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN3	W 42–26	7,494
October 19	6:00 p.m.	at Brown		Brown Stadium Providence, RI	FCS Pacific	W 39–17	8,062
October 26	1:00 p.m.	at Harvard		Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	FCS Atlantic	W 51–48 3OT	11,188
November 2	1:00 p.m.	Cornell		Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN3	W 53–20	7,206
November 9	12:00 p.m.	at Penn		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)		W 38–26	21,214
November 16	1:00 p.m.	Yale	No. 25	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	ESPN3	W 59–23	14,824
November 23	1:30 p.m.	at Dartmouth	No. 22	Memorial Stadium Hanover, NH		L 24–28	4,386
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

References

1. Larson, Craig (October 26, 2013). "Princeton foils Harvard in triple overtime". The Boston Globe . Retrieved September 28, 2025.