2016 Princeton Tigers football team

2016 Princeton Tigers football
Ivy League co-champion
Conference Ivy League
2016 record 8–2 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach Bob Surace (7th season)
Offensive coordinator James Perry
Co-defensive coordinator Steve Verbit
Co-defensive coordinator Jim Salgado
Home stadium Princeton University Stadium
(Capacity: 27,773)
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 Ivy League does not participate in the FCS Playoffs
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

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

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 17 5:00 PM Lafayette* Princeton University Stadium • Princeton, NJ ESPN3 W 35–31   13,420
September 24 12:30 PM at Lehigh* Goodman Stadium • Bethlehem, PA CI L 28–42   5,493
October 1 12:00 PM at Columbia Wien Stadium • New York City, NY FCS W 48–13   3,638
October 8 1:00 PM at Georgetown* Cooper Field • Washington, D.C. CI W 31–17   2,263
October 15 3:00 PM Brown Princeton University Stadium • Princeton, NJ (Rivalry) ILDN W 31–7   5,881
October 22 1:00 PM Harvard Princeton University Stadium • Princeton, NJ (Rivalry) ILDN L 20–23 OT  9,963
October 29 12:30 PM at Cornell Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY OWSPN W 56–7   4,879
November 5 12:00 PM Penn Princeton University Stadium • Princeton, NJ (Rivalry) ASN W 28–0   7,367
November 12 12:30 PM at Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT (Rivalry) ILDN W 31–3   15,321
November 19 1:30 PM Dartmouth Princeton University Stadium • Princeton, NJ OWSPN W 38–21   8,320
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

Lafayette

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

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

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

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

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

1 2 3 4OT Total
Crimson 7 7 0 36 23
Tigers 0 0 10 73 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
55–46–7 2015 L 7–42

at Cornell

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

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

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

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

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