2017 Princeton Tigers football team

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2017 Princeton Tigers football
Princeton Tigers logo.svg
Conference Ivy League
Record5–5 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Sean Gleeson (1st season)
Offensive scheme Spread option
Defensive coordinatorSteve Verbit (5th season)
Base defense 4–2–5
Home stadium Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
Seasons
  2016
2018  
2017 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 24 Yale $  6 1   9 1  
Columbia  5 2   8 2  
Dartmouth  5 2   8 2  
Penn  4 3   6 4  
Harvard  3 4   5 5  
Cornell  3 4   3 7  
Princeton  2 5   5 5  
Brown  0 7   2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-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 5–5 overall and 2–5 in Ivy League play to place seventh. Princeton averaged 7,366 fans per game.

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Schedule

The 2017 schedule consisted of six home games and four away games. The Tigers hosted Ivy League foes Columbia, Cornell, and Yale, and traveled to Brown, Harvard, Penn, and Dartmouth.

Princeton's non-conference opponents were San Diego of the Pioneer Football League and Lafayette and Georgetown of the Patriot League. [1]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1612:00 p.m. San Diego * ELVN W 27–1710,421
September 236:00 p.m.at Lafayette * STADIUM W 38–177,239
September 3012:30 p.m. Columbia
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
ELVNL 24–285,073
October 71:00 p.m. Georgetown *
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 50–304,466
October 1412:30 p.m.at Brown W 53–03,028
October 207:30 p.m.at Harvard NBCSN W 52–1710,114
October 287:00 p.m. Cornell
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
NBCSNL 28–295,642
November 41:00 p.m.at Penn TCNL 35–389,073
November 111:00 p.m. Yale
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
ELVNL 31–3511,229
November 181:30 p.m.at Dartmouth L 44–543,081

Game summaries

San Diego

San Diego vs. Princeton – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
San Diego0100717
Princeton686727

at Powers Field at Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ

  • Date: September 16
  • Game time: Noon
  • Game weather: 78 °F (26 °C); beautiful
  • Game attendance: 10,421
  • Referee: C. Jebran
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Lafayette

Princeton vs. Lafayette – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Princeton3217738
Lafayette730717

at Fisher StadiumEaston, PA

  • Date: September 23
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C); clear
  • Game attendance: 7,239
  • Referee: W. Gillis
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Columbia

Columbia vs. Princeton – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Columbia777728
Princeton773724

at Powers Field at Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ

  • Date: September 30
  • Game time: 12:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C); cloudy, windy
  • Game attendance: 5,073
  • Referee: S. Cadorette
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
  • PRIN – Jesper Horsted, 9 yard pass from Chad Kanoff (Tavish Rice XP good), 11:42 (PRIN 7–0)
  • COL – R. Smith II, 46 yard pass from Anders Hill (Oren Milstein XP good), 6:29 (TIE 7–7)
Second quarter
  • PRIN – Horsted, 12 yard pass from Kanoff (Rice XP good), 8:21 (PRIN 14–7)
  • COL – Tanner Thomas, 11 yard run (Milstein XP good), 3:16 (TIE 14–14)
Third quarter
  • COL – Josh Bean, 2 yard run (Milstein XP good), 12:09 (COL 21–14)
  • PRIN – Rice, 26 yard field goal, 3:27 (COL 21–17)
Fourth quarter
  • PRIN – S. Carlson, 27 yard pass from Kanoff, 2:48 (PRIN 24–21)
  • COL – Smith II, 63 yard pass from Hill (Milstein XP good), 1:12 (COL 28–24)

Georgetown

Georgetown vs. Princeton – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Georgetown10061430
Princeton171914050

at Powers Field at Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ

  • Date: October 7
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C); warm, breezy
  • Game attendance: 4,466
  • Referee: T. Kichline
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Brown

Princeton vs. Brown – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Princeton162010753
Brown00000

at Brown StadiumProvidence, RI

  • Date: October 14
  • Game time: 12:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 63 °F (17 °C); light rain
  • Game attendance: 3,028
  • Referee: T. Marcella
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Harvard

Princeton vs. Harvard – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Princeton102114752
Harvard0100717

at Harvard StadiumBoston, MA

  • Date: October 20
  • Game time: 7:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); warm, breezy
  • Game attendance: 10,114
  • Referee: M. Sechrist
  • TV: NBCSN
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Cornell

Cornell vs. Princeton – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Cornell01061329
Princeton7147028

at Powers Field at Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ

  • Date: October 28
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 5,642
  • Referee: W. Boyd
  • TV: NBCSN
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
  • PRIN – Chad Kanoff, 14 yard run (Tavish Rice XP good), 5:58 (PRIN 7–0)
Second quarter
  • COR – Hayes Nolte, 12 yard pass from Dalton Banks (Nickolas Null XP good), 14:34 (TIE 7–7)
  • PRIN – S. Carlson, 23 yard pass from Kanoff (Rice XP good), 11:47 (PRIN 14–7)
  • PRIN – Carlson, 20 yard pass from Kanoff (Rice XP good), 4:58 (PRIN 21–7)
  • COR – Null, 23 yard field goal, 0:14 (PRIN 21–10)
Third quarter
  • COR – Chris Walker, 1 yard run (2-pt. conversion failed), 8:42 (PRIN 21–16)
  • PRIN – Ryan Quigley, 7 yard run (Rice XP good), 1:37 (PRIN 28–16)
Fourth quarter
  • COR – Null, 28 yard field goal, 11:00 (PRIN 28–19)
  • COR – Jake Jatis, 8 yard run (Null XP good), 7:13 (PRIN 28–26)
  • COR – Null, 43 yard field goal, 0:48 (COR 29–28)

Penn

Princeton vs. Penn – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Princeton70141435
Penn71071438

at Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA

  • Date: November 4
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: About 55 °F (13 °C); brisk fall day
  • Game attendance: 9,073
  • Referee: C. Jebran
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Yale

Yale vs. Princeton – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Yale01414735
Princeton7177031

at Powers Field at Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ

  • Date: November 11
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 37 °F (3 °C); cold, clear
  • Game attendance: 11,229
  • Referee: M. Sechris
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Dartmouth

Princeton vs. Dartmouth – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Princeton67141744
Dartmouth31703454

at Memorial FieldHanover, NH

  • Date: November 18
  • Game time: 1:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 43 °F (6 °C); cold and overcast
  • Game attendance: 3,081
  • Referee: T. Marcella
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

References

  1. "Future Varsity Schedules". Princeton Tigers. Archived from the original on April 16, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2017.