2018 Princeton Tigers football team

2018 Princeton Tigers football
2018 Princeton Tigers football
Ivy League champion
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
STATS	No. 11
FCS Coaches	No. 9
Record	10–0 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach	Bob Surace (9th season);
Offensive coordinator	Sean Gleeson (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Steve Verbit
Home stadium	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
	Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

Last updated December 13, 2023

2018 Ivy League football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 11 Princeton $	7	–	0	10	–	0
No. 18 Dartmouth	6	–	1	9	–	1
Harvard	4	–	3	6	–	4
Yale	3	–	4	5	–	5
Penn	3	–	4	6	–	4
Columbia	3	–	4	6	–	4
Cornell	2	–	5	3	–	7
Brown	0	–	7	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2018 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Bob Surace and played their home games at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium. Princeton was a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 10–0 overall and 7–0 in Ivy League play to win the Ivy League title. Princeton averaged 6,561 fans per game.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Award	Player	Position	Year
Walter Payton Award ^[1]	John Lovett	QB	SR

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	6:00 p.m.	at Butler *		Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl Indianapolis, IN	Facebook Live	W 50–7	4,527
September 22	4:30 p.m.	Monmouth *		Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN+	W 51–9	11,068
September 28	6:00 p.m.	at Columbia		Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPNU	W 45–10	5,327
October 6	1:00 p.m.	Lehigh *		Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	NBCS PHIL	W 66–7	1,013
October 13	1:00 p.m.	Brown	No. 25	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN+	W 48–10	7,320
October 20	12:00 p.m.	at Harvard	No. 23	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 29–21	10,876
October 27	1:00 p.m.	Cornell	No. 19	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN+	W 66–0	4,200
November 3	1:00 p.m.	No. 24 Dartmouth	No. 18	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	NBCS PHIL+	W 14–9	8,014
November 10	12:30 p.m.	at Yale	No. 13	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 59–43	12,882
November 17	1:00 p.m.	Penn	No. 11	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 42–14	7,756
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

At Butler

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	17	27	0	6	50
Bulldogs	0	7	0	0	7

Monmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	9	0	0	0	9
Tigers	14	16	14	7	51

At Columbia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	13	17	15	0	45
Lions	3	7	0	0	10

Lehigh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	7	0	0	0	7
Tigers	7	24	21	14	66

Brown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	3	7	10
No. 25 Tigers	14	14	7	13	48

At Harvard

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Tigers	7	3	0	19	29
Crimson	0	7	0	14	21

Cornell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Red	0	0	0	0	0
No. 19 Tigers	21	24	7	14	66

Dartmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 24 Big Green	7	2	0	0	9
No. 18 Tigers	7	0	0	7	14

At Yale

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Tigers	21	21	10	7	59
Bulldogs	0	14	14	15	43

At Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Quakers	0	7	7	0	14
No. 11 Tigers	7	14	7	14	42

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:**██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	25	23	19	18	13	11	10	11
Coaches	—	—	—	RV	25	23	21	18–T	17	14	11	9	10	9

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References

↑ "FCS football: 2018 Walter Payton Award watch list". August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
↑ "2018 Football Schedule". Princeton Athletics.

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[1] "FCS football: 2018 Walter Payton Award watch list". August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.

[2] "2018 Football Schedule". Princeton Athletics.

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