2016 Princeton Tigers football team

2016 Princeton Tigers football
Ivy League co-champion
Conference	Ivy League
Record	8–2 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Bob Surace (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	James Perry (7th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Co-defensive coordinators	Steve Verbit (4th season) Jim Salgado (4th season)
Base defense	3–3–5 or 4–2–5
Home stadium	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
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2016 Ivy League football standings

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

The 2016 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Bob Surace and played their home games at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium. Princeton is a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 8–2 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to tie with Penn for the Ivy League title, their first since 2013. ^[1] Princeton averaged 8,990 fans per game.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 17	5:00 p.m.	Lafayette *	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN3	W 35–31	13,420
September 24	12:30 p.m.	at Lehigh *	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	CI	L 28–42	5,493
October 1	12:00 p.m.	at Columbia	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY	FCS	W 48–13	3,638
October 8	1:00 p.m.	at Georgetown *	Cooper Field Washington, DC	CI	W 31–17	2,263
October 15	3:00 p.m.	Brown	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	ILDN	W 31–7	5,881
October 22	1:00 p.m.	Harvard	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	ILDN	L 20–23 OT	9,963
October 29	12:30 p.m.	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	OWSPN	W 56–7	4,879
November 5	12:00 p.m.	Penn	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	ASN	W 28–0	7,367
November 12	12:30 p.m.	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	ILDN	W 31–3	15,321
November 19	1:30 p.m.	Dartmouth	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	OWSPN	W 38–21	8,320
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Lafayette

See also: 2016 Lafayette Leopards football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	14	7	3	7	31
Tigers	7	14	14	0	35

At Lehigh

See also: 2016 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	7	0	14	28
Mountain Hawks	7	14	14	7	42

At Columbia

See also: 2016 Columbia Lions football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	6	28	14	0	48
Lions	6	0	0	7	13

At Georgetown

See also: 2016 Georgetown Hoyas football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	14	7	10	0	31
Hoyas	7	7	3	0	17

Brown

See also: 2016 Brown Bears football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	0	7	7
Tigers	14	14	3	0	31

Harvard

See also: 2016 Harvard Crimson football team

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Crimson	7	7	0	3	6	23
Tigers	0	0	10	7	3	20

At Cornell

See also: 2016 Cornell Big Red football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	14	21	14	7	56
Big Red	0	0	7	0	7

Penn

See also: 2016 Penn Quakers football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Quakers	0	0	0	0	0
Tigers	6	7	8	7	28

At Yale

See also: 2016 Yale Bulldogs football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	10	0	14	31
Bulldogs	3	0	0	0	3

Dartmouth

See also: 2016 Dartmouth Big Green football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Green	7	7	0	7	21
Tigers	7	3	7	21	38

References

1. "IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONS! Football Team Rallies For 38-21 Win, 11th Ivy Title; Lovett Sets Rush TD Mark". Princeton Tigers. November 19, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2025.