2015 Princeton Tigers football team

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2015 Princeton Tigers football
Princeton Tigers logo.svg
Conference Ivy League
Record5–5 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator James Perry (6th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorSteve Verbit
Co-defensive coordinatorJim Salgado
Home stadium Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
Seasons
←  2014
2016  →
2015 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 20 Harvard +  6 –1   9 –1  
No. 23 Dartmouth +  6 –1   9 –1  
Penn +  6 –1   7 –3  
Yale  3 –4   6 –4  
Brown  3 –4   5 –5  
Princeton  2 –5   5 –5  
Columbia  1 –6   2 –8  
Cornell  1 –6   1 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Bob Surace and played their home games at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium. Princeton was member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 5–5 overall and 2–5 in Ivy League play to place sixth. Princeton averaged 8,265 fans per gam.

Contents

Legacy Bowl

During the off season, Princeton participated in the 2015 Legacy Bowl. The team traveled to the Kincho Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan to play Kwansei Gakuin University of the Kansai Collegiate American Football League. [1] Princeton won 36–7. [2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 196:00 p.m.at Lafayette *
W 40–79,173
September 265:00 p.m. Lehigh *
W 52–2615,023
October 27:00 p.m. Columbia
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
 NBCSN W 10–53,694
October 101:00 p.m. Colgate *
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 44–206,457
October 1712:00 p.m.at Brown
ASN L 31–386,481
October 2412:00 p.m.at No. 15 Harvard
ASNL 7–4217,444
October 313:30 p.m. Cornell
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
ASNW 47–214,528
November 712:00 p.m.at Penn
ASNL 23–26 OT11,017
November 141:00 p.m. Yale
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
L 28–3511,623
November 21Noonat No. 21 Dartmouth
ASNL 10–176,208

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References

  1. ↑ "2015 Legacy Bowl". Legacy Bowl Website. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Chad Kanoff Named Legacy Bowl MVP After 36-7 Victory". Princeton Athletics. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
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