2019 Princeton Tigers football team

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2019 Princeton Tigers football
Princeton Tigers logo.svg
Conference Ivy League
Record8–2 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Andrew Aurich (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorSteve Verbit
Home stadium Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
Uniform
Princeton tigers football uniforms.png
Seasons
  2018
2021  
2019 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 22 Dartmouth +  6 1   9 1  
No. 25 Yale +  6 1   9 1  
Princeton  5 2   8 2  
Penn  3 4   5 5  
Cornell  3 4   4 6  
Harvard  2 5   4 6  
Columbia  2 5   3 7  
Brown  1 6   2 8  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by tenth-year head coach Bob Surace and played their home games at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium. Princeton played as a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 8–2 overall and 5–2 in Ivy League play to place third. Princeton averaged 9,605 fans per game.

Contents

Preseason

Preseason media poll

The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Tigers were picked to finish in third place. [1]

Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Yale119 (9)
2Dartmouth111 (2)
3Princeton107 (4)
4Harvard93 (1)
5Penn67
6Columbia61 (1)
7Cornell29
8Brown24

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 215:00 p.m. Butler * ESPN+ W 49–710,625
September 283:30 p.m.at Bucknell *PLNW 56–233,795
October 51:00 p.m. Columbia No. 25
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
ESPN+W 21–105,225
October 117:00 p.m. Lafayette *No. 21
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
ESPNU W 28–34,521
October 1912:30 p.m.at Brown No. 17ESPN+W 65–224,703
October 261:00 p.m. Harvard Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 13
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
ESPN+W 30–249,078
November 16:00 p.m.at Cornell No. 12ESPNUW 21–71,745
November 93:30 p.m.vs. No. 13 Dartmouth No. 10ESPNUL 10–2721,506
November 161:00 p.m. Yale No. 18
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
ESPN+L 14–516,676
November 231:00 p.m.at Penn ESPN+W 28–77,898
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[2]

Game summaries

Butler

1234Total
Bulldogs00077
Tigers14287049

At Bucknell

1234Total
Tigers721141456
Bison773623

Columbia

1234Total
Lions370010
No. 25 Tigers707721

Lafayette

1234Total
Leopards03003
No. 21 Tigers7714028

At Brown

1234Total
No. 17 Tigers17347765
Bears6133022

Harvard

1234Total
Crimson01401024
No. 13 Tigers10013730

At Cornell

1234Total
No. 12 Tigers0147021
Big Red00707

Vs. Dartmouth

1234Total
No. 10 Tigers073010
No. 13 Big Green7103727

Yale

1234Total
Bulldogs32771451
No. 18 Tigers077014

At Penn

1234Total
Tigers7310828
Quakers70007

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
STATS FCS 24RVRVRVRV25211713121018RVRVRV
Coaches 24252524RVRV19161312919RVRV

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References

  1. "Yale Named League Favorite in 2019 Football Preseason Poll". ivyleague.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  2. "2019 Princeton Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 14, 2019.