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)
Offensive scheme Spread option
Co-defensive coordinators
  • Steve Verbit (3rd season)
  • Jim Salgado (3rd season)
Base defense 3–3–5 or 4–2–5
Home stadium Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
Seasons
  2014
2016  
2015 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
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.

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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

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.