2007 Princeton Tigers football team

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2007 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record4–6 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Brendan Circle
  • Jon Stern
Home stadiumPrinceton Stadium
Seasons
← 2006
2008 →
2007 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
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  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

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.

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]

The Tigers played their home games at Princeton Stadium, on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15 Lehigh* L 21–32 8,640 [3]
September 22 at No. 22 Lafayette* W 20–14 8,921 [4]
September 29 Columbia
  • Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 42–32 [1]
October 6 Hampton*
  • Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 27–48 15,329 [5]
October 13 at Brown L 24–33 6,493 [6]
October 20 at Harvard L 10–27 12,005 [7]
October 26 Cornell
  • Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 34–31 5,773 [8]
November 3 at Penn L 0–7 12,397 [9]
November 10 No. 12 Yale
  • Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
L 6–27 13,408 [10]
November 17 at Dartmouth W 17–14 OT 4,017 [11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Results". Princeton Football Record Book. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University. p. 31. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 43. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Groller, Keith (September 16, 2007). "Young Backfield Leads Lehigh Over Princeton". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. CC1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Haley, Craig (September 23, 2007). "Princeton Slips Past Lafayette as QB Foran Takes Command". The Times. Trenton, N.J. p. C1 – via NewsBank.
  5. ^ Gorman, Denis (October 7, 2007). "Pirates Shakes Off Slow Start, Dominate Tigers". Daily Press. Newport News, Va. p. B7 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ Juliano, Joe (November 4, 2007). "One Touchdown Drive Enough to Lift Penn Over Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D13 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Hine, Tommy (November 11, 2007). "Perfect Setting for Yale-Harvard; Denny-Brown TDs Sink Princeton". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E11 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "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.