2016 Princeton Tigers football team
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 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to tie with Penn for the Ivy League title, their first since 2013.
| 2016 Princeton Tigers football | |
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Ivy League co-champion | |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| 2016 record | 8–2 (6–1 Ivy) |
| Head coach | Bob Surace (7th season) |
| Offensive coordinator | James Perry (7th season) |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Steve Verbit |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Jim Salgado |
| Home stadium | Princeton University Stadium (Capacity: 27,773) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 17 | 5:00 p.m. | Lafayette* | ESPN3 | W 35–31 | 13,420 | |
| September 24 | 12:30 p.m. | at Lehigh* | CI | L 28–42 | 5,493 | |
| October 1 | Noon | at Columbia | FCS | W 48–13 | 3,638 | |
| October 8 | 1:00 p.m. | at Georgetown* | CI | W 31–17 | 2,263 | |
| October 15 | 3:00 p.m. | Brown |
| ILDN | W 31–7 | 5,881 |
| October 22 | 1:00 p.m. | Harvard |
| ILDN | L 20–23 OT | 9,963 |
| October 29 | 12:30 p.m. | at Cornell | OWSPN | W 56–7 | 4,879 | |
| November 5 | Noon | Penn |
| ASN | W 28–0 | 7,367 |
| November 12 | 12:30 p.m. | at Yale | ILDN | W 31–3 | 15,321 | |
| November 19 | 1:30 p.m. | Dartmouth |
| OWSPN | W 38–21 | 8,320 |
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Game summaries
Lafayette
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Leopards | 14 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
| Tigers | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | 4 | OT | Total | |
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| Crimson | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 23 |
| Tigers | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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| 55–46–7 | 2015 | L 7–42 |
at Cornell
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Tigers | 14 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 56 |
| Big Red | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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| 60–48–4 | 2015 | W 47–41 |
Penn
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Quakers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tigers | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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| 65–41–1 | 2015 | L 23–26OT |
at Yale
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Tigers | 7 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| Bulldogs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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| 52–76–10 | 2015 | L 28–35 |
Dartmouth
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Big Green | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Tigers | 7 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 38 |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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| 43–48–4 | 2015 | L 10–17 |
References
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