2017 Princeton Tigers football team

2017 Princeton Tigers football
2017 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	5–5 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach	Bob Surace (8th season);
Offensive coordinator	Sean Gleeson (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Steve Verbit
Home stadium	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

Last updated December 14, 2023

2017 Ivy League football standings
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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.

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]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 16	12:00 p.m.	San Diego *	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	ELVN	W 27–17	10,421
September 23	6:00 p.m.	at Lafayette *	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	STADIUM	W 38–17	7,239
September 30	12:30 p.m.	Columbia	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	ELVN	L 24–28	5,073
October 7	1:00 p.m.	Georgetown *	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ		W 50–30	4,466
October 14	12:30 p.m.	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI		W 53–0	3,028
October 20	7:30 p.m.	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	NBCSN	W 52–17	10,114
October 28	7:00 p.m.	Cornell	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	NBCSN	L 28–29	5,642
November 4	1:00 p.m.	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	TCN	L 35–38	9,073
November 11	1:00 p.m.	Yale	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	ELVN	L 31–35	11,229
November 18	1:30 p.m.	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH		L 44–54	3,081
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

San Diego

San Diego vs. Princeton – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
San Diego	0	10	0	7	17
Princeton	6	8	6	7	27

at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium • Princeton, 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

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Princeton	3	21	7	7	38
Lafayette	7	3	0	7	17

at Fisher Stadium • Easton, 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

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Columbia	7	7	7	7	28
Princeton	7	7	3	7	24

at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium • Princeton, 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

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgetown	10	0	6	14	30
Princeton	17	19	14	0	50

at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium • Princeton, 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

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Princeton	16	20	10	7	53
Brown	0	0	0	0	0

at Brown Stadium • Providence, 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

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Princeton	10	21	14	7	52
Harvard	0	10	0	7	17

at Harvard Stadium • Boston, 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
[Box Score]

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Cornell

Cornell vs. Princeton – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Cornell	0	10	6	13	29
Princeton	7	14	7	0	28

at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium • Princeton, 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 Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Penn

Princeton vs. Penn – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Princeton	7	0	14	14	35
Penn	7	10	7	14	38

at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, 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

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Yale	0	14	14	7	35
Princeton	7	17	7	0	31

at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium • Princeton, 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

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Princeton	6	7	14	17	44
Dartmouth	3	17	0	34	54

at Memorial Field • Hanover, 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

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References

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

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2017 Princeton Tigers football team

Contents

Schedule

Game summaries

San Diego

Lafayette

Columbia

Georgetown

Brown

Harvard

Cornell

Penn

Yale

Dartmouth

Related Research Articles

References