2016 Princeton Tigers football team

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2016 Ivy League football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Princeton +		6	–	1					8	–	2
Penn +		6	–	1					7	–	3
Harvard		5	–	2					7	–	3
Brown		3	–	4					4	–	6
Yale		3	–	4					3	–	7
Cornell		2	–	5					4	–	6
Columbia		2	–	5					3	–	7
Dartmouth		1	–	6					4	–	6
+ – Conference co-champions

The 2016 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh year head coach Bob Surace and played their home games at Princeton University Stadium. Princeton is a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 8–2, 6–1 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie with Penn for the Ivy League title, their first since 2013.

Schedule

September 175:00 PMLafayette*

• Princeton University Stadium
• Princeton, NJ

ESPN3W 35–31 13,420 September 2412:30 PMat Lehigh*

• Goodman Stadium
• Bethlehem, PA

CIL 28–42 5,493 October 112:00 PMat Columbia

• Wien Stadium
• New York City, NY

FCSW 48–13 3,638 October 81:00 PMat Georgetown*

• Cooper Field
• Washington, D.C.

CIW 31–17 2,263 October 153:00 PMBrown

• Princeton University Stadium
• Princeton, NJ (Rivalry)

ILDNW 31–7 5,881 October 221:00 PMHarvard

• Princeton University Stadium
• Princeton, NJ (Rivalry)

ILDNL 20–23 ^OT9,963 October 2912:30 PMat Cornell

• Schoellkopf Field
• Ithaca, NY

OWSPNW 56–7 4,879 November 512:00 PMPenn

• Princeton University Stadium
• Princeton, NJ (Rivalry)

ASNW 28–0 7,367 November 1212:30 PMat Yale

• Yale Bowl
• New Haven, CT (Rivalry)

ILDNW 31–3 15,321 November 191:30 PMDartmouth

• Princeton University Stadium
• Princeton, NJ

OWSPNW 38–21 8,320

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

Lafayette

See also: 2016 Lafayette Leopards football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	14	7	3	7	31
Tigers	7	14	14	0	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–4–3	2015	W 40–7

at Lehigh

See also: 2016 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	7	0	14	28
Mountain Hawks	7	14	14	7	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–16–2	2015	W 52–26

at Columbia

See also: 2016 Columbia Lions football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	6	28	14	0	48
Lions	6	0	0	7	13

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
69–15–1	2015	W 10–5

at Georgetown

See also: 2016 Georgetown Hoyas football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	14	7	10	0	31
Hoyas	7	7	3	0	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–1	2013	W 55–20

Brown

See also: 2016 Brown Bears football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	0	7	7
Tigers	14	14	3	0	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
54–28	2015	L 31–38

Harvard

See also: 2016 Harvard Crimson football team

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Crimson	7	7	0	3	6	23
Tigers	0	0	10	7	3	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
55–46–7	2015	L 7–42

at Cornell

See also: 2016 Cornell Big Red football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	14	21	14	7	56
Big Red	0	0	7	0	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
60–48–4	2015	W 47–41

Penn

See also: 2016 Penn Quakers football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Quakers	0	0	0	0	0
Tigers	6	7	8	7	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
65–41–1	2015	L 23–26OT

at Yale

See also: 2016 Yale Bulldogs football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	10	0	14	31
Bulldogs	3	0	0	0	3

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
52–76–10	2015	L 28–35

Dartmouth

See also: 2016 Dartmouth Big Green football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Green	7	7	0	7	21
Tigers	7	3	7	21	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
43–48–4	2015	L 10–17