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American college football season
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 Princeton University 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.
Previous season
The Tigers finished the 2018 season 10–0, 7–0 in Ivy League play to win the Ivy League title .
Preseason
The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Tigers were picked to finish in third place.[ 1]
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Yale
119 (9)
2
Dartmouth
111 (2)
3
Princeton
107 (4)
4
Harvard
93 (1)
5
Penn
67
6
Columbia
61 (1)
7
Cornell
29
8
Brown
24
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 21 5:00 p.m. Butler * ESPN+ W 49–710,625
September 28 3:30 p.m. at Bucknell * PLN W 56–233,795
October 5 1:00 p.m. Columbia No. 25 Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ ESPN+ W 21–105,225
October 11 7:00 p.m. Lafayette * No. 21 Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ ESPNU W 28–34,521
October 19 12:30 p.m. at Brown No. 17 ESPN+ W 65–224,703
October 26 1:00 p.m. Harvard No. 13 Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry ) ESPN+ W 30–249,078
November 1 6:00 p.m. at Cornell No. 12 ESPNU W 21–71,745
November 9 3:30 p.m. vs. No. 13 Dartmouth No. 10 ESPNU L 10–2721,506
November 16 1:00 p.m. Yale No. 18 Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry ) ESPN+ L 14–516,676
November 23 1:00 p.m. at Penn ESPN+ W 28–77,898
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries
Butler
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
0
0
7
7
Tigers
14
28
7
0
49
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–0
2018
W , 50–7
at Bucknell
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
7
21
14
14
56
Bison
7
7
3
6
23
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
13–3
2011
L , 9–34
Columbia
1
2
3
4
Total
Lions
3
7
0
0
10
No. 25 Tigers
7
0
7
7
21
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
70–16–1
2018
W , 45–10
Lafayette
1
2
3
4
Total
Leopards
0
3
0
0
3
No. 21 Tigers
7
7
14
0
28
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
43–4–3
2017
W , 38–17
at Brown
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 17 Tigers
17
34
7
7
65
Bears
6
13
3
0
22
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
57–28
2018
W , 48–10
Harvard
1
2
3
4
Total
Crimson
0
14
0
10
24
No. 13 Tigers
10
0
13
7
30
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
56–48–7
2018
W , 29–21
at Cornell
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 12 Tigers
0
14
7
0
21
Big Red
0
0
7
0
7
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
62–36–2
2018
W , 66–0
vs. Dartmouth
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 10 Tigers
0
7
3
0
10
No. 13 Big Green
7
10
3
7
27
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
44–49–4
2018
W , 14–9
Yale
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
3
27
7
14
51
No. 18 Tigers
0
7
7
0
14
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
53–77–10
2018
W , 59–43
at Penn
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
7
3
10
8
28
Quakers
7
0
0
0
7
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
67–42–1
2018
W , 42–14
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final STATS FCS 24 RV RV RV RV 25 21 17 13 12 10 18 RV RV RV Coaches 24 25 25 24 RV RV 19 16 13 12 9 19 RV RV —
References
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