2007 Princeton Tigers football team
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 4–6 (3–4 Ivy) |
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| Home stadium | Powers Field at Princeton Stadium |
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| No. 21 Harvard $ | 7 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Yale | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2007 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Princeton tied for fourth in the Ivy League. Princeton averaged 10,215 fans per game.
In their eighth year under head coach Roger Hughes, the Tigers compiled a 4–6 record, though they were outscored 264 to 201. Brendan Circle and Jon Stern were the team captains.[1]
Princeton's 3–4 conference record tied with Dartmouth and Penn for fourth in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers were outscored 171 to 133 by Ivy opponents.[2]
On Nov. 10, The Tigers dedicated their playing field to alumnus William C. Powers after he donated $10 million to the University and renamed played their playing field Powers Field at Princeton Stadium,[3] on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 15 | Lehigh* | L 21–32 | 8,640 | [4] | |||
| September 22 | at No. 22 Lafayette* | W 20–14 | 8,921 | [5] | |||
| September 29 | Columbia |
| W 42–32 | 7,926 | [1] | ||
| October 6 | Hampton* |
| L 27–48 | 15,329 | [6] | ||
| October 13 | at Brown | L 24–33 | 6,493 | [7] | |||
| October 20 | at Harvard | L 10–27 | 12,005 | [8] | |||
| October 26 | Cornell |
| W 34–31 | 5,773 | [9] | ||
| November 3 | at Penn | L 0–7 | 12,397 | [10] | |||
| November 10 | No. 12 Yale |
| L 6–27 | 13,408 | [11] | ||
| November 17 | at Dartmouth | W 17–14 OT | 4,017 | [12] | |||
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Results". Princeton Football Record Book. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University. p. 31. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 43. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ "William C. Powers '79 Gives $10.5 Million to Princeton Football". Retrieved April 15, 2021.
- ^ Groller, Keith (September 16, 2007). "Young Backfield Leads Lehigh Over Princeton". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. CC1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Haley, Craig (September 23, 2007). "Princeton Slips Past Lafayette as QB Foran Takes Command". The Times. Trenton, N.J. p. C1 – via NewsBank.
- ^ Gorman, Denis (October 7, 2007). "Pirates Shakes Off Slow Start, Dominate Tigers". Daily Press. Newport News, Va. p. B7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Field Goals, Turnovers Help Brown Down Princeton". Daily Record. Morristown, N.J. Associated Press. October 14, 2007. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 14, 2007. p. D11.
- ^ Larson, Craig (October 21, 2007). "Harvard's Pizzotti Stars at Improv; Princeton Cannot Contain Quarterback". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Big Red Comes Up 1 Rally Short". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. October 27, 2007. p. 1F – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "College Football". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, N.J. October 28, 2007. p. H19.
- ^ Juliano, Joe (November 4, 2007). "One Touchdown Drive Enough to Lift Penn Over Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Hine, Tommy (November 11, 2007). "Perfect Setting for Yale-Harvard; Denny-Brown TDs Sink Princeton". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Louden's Field Goal in OT Lifts Princeton". Courier News. Bridgewater, N.J. November 18, 2007. p. C-9 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Saturday's Scores". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, N.J. November 18, 2007. p. H13.