2019 Princeton Tigers football team
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 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.
| 2019 Princeton Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| 2019 record | 8–2 (5–2 Ivy) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Andrew Aurich (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Steve Verbit |
| Home stadium | Princeton Stadium (Capacity: 27,773) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Dartmouth + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Yale + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Previous season
The Tigers finished the 2018 season 10–0, 7–0 in Ivy League play to win the Ivy League title.
Preseason
Preseason media poll
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) |
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| 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 |
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| September 21 | 5:00 p.m. | Butler* | ESPN+ | W 49–7 | 10,625 | ||
| September 28 | 3:30 p.m. | at Bucknell* | PLN | W 56–23 | 3,795 | ||
| October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | Columbia | No. 25 |
| ESPN+ | W 21–10 | 5,225 |
| October 11 | 7:00 p.m. | Lafayette* | No. 21 |
| ESPNU | W 28–3 | 4,521 |
| October 19 | 12:30 p.m. | at Brown | No. 17 | ESPN+ | W 65–22 | 4,703 | |
| October 26 | 1:00 p.m. | Harvard | No. 13 |
| ESPN+ | W 30–24 | 9,078 |
| November 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at Cornell | No. 12 | ESPNU | W 21–7 | 1,745 | |
| November 9 | 3:30 p.m. | vs. No. 13 Dartmouth | No. 10 | ESPNU | L 10–27 | 21,506 | |
| November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Yale | No. 18 |
| ESPN+ | L 14–51 | 6,676 |
| November 23 | 1:00 p.m. | at Penn | ESPN+ | W 28–7 | 7,898 | ||
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Game summaries
Butler
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Tigers | 14 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 49 |
at Bucknell
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Tigers | 7 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 56 |
| Bison | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 |
Columbia
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Lions | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| No. 25 Tigers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Lafayette
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Leopards | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| No. 21 Tigers | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
at Brown
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 17 Tigers | 17 | 34 | 7 | 7 | 65 |
| Bears | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
Harvard
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Crimson | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| No. 13 Tigers | 10 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 30 |
at Cornell
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 12 Tigers | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Big Red | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
vs. Dartmouth
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 10 Tigers | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| No. 13 Big Green | 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
Yale
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bulldogs | 3 | 27 | 7 | 14 | 51 |
| No. 18 Tigers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
at Penn
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Tigers | 7 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| Quakers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Rankings
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| 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 | NR | ||||||
References
- "Yale Named League Favorite in 2019 Football Preseason Poll". ivyleague.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- "2019 Princeton Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
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