Template:Infobox college sports team season Template:1966 Ivy League football standings The 1966 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. Princeton shared the championship of the Ivy League in a three-way tie.
In their tenth year under head coach Dick Colman, the Tigers compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents 135 to 103. Walter J. Kozumbo was the team captain.[1]
Princeton's 6–1 conference record earned a three-way tie for first place in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 119 to 84.[2] Princeton defeated one of its co-champions, Harvard, while suffering its only in-conference loss to the other co-champion, Dartmouth.
Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 24 | Rutgers* |
| W 16–12 | 33,000 | [3] | ||
| October 1 | Columbia |
| W 14–12 | [4] | |||
| October 8 | at Dartmouth | L 13–31 | 15,948 | [5] | |||
| October 15 | Colgate* |
| L 0–7 | 34,000 | [6] | ||
| October 22 | at Penn | W 30–13 | 20,844 | [7] | |||
| October 29 | at Brown | W 24–7 | 11,700 | [8] | |||
| November 5 | Harvard |
| W 18–14 | 35,000 | [9] | ||
| November 12 | at Yale | W 13–7 | 38,100 | [10] | |||
| November 19 | Cornell |
| W 7–0 | [11] | |||
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References[]
- ↑ "Results". Princeton Football Record Book. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University. p. 29. http://www.princetontigersfootball.com/themencode-pdf-viewer-sc/?tnc_pvfw=ZmlsZT1odHRwOi8vd3d3LnByaW5jZXRvbnRpZ2Vyc2Zvb3RiYWxsLmNvbS93cC1jb250ZW50L3VwbG9hZHMvMjAxNy8wMi9QcmluY2V0b25fRm9vdGJhbGxfUmVjb3JkX0Jvb2sucGRmJnNldHRpbmdzPSZsYW5nPWVuLVVT. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ↑ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide. Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 23. https://ivyleague.com/documents/2017/8/23/3_Year_By_Year_History_2017.pdf?id=2998. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ↑ Adams, Frank S. (September 25, 1966). "Princeton Is 16-12 Victor; Tigers Trim Rutgers". The New York Times (New York, N.Y.): p. S1.
- ↑ Adams, Frank S. (October 2, 1966). "Princeton Tops Columbia, 14-12". The New York Times (New York, N.Y.): p. S1.
- ↑ Danzig, Allison (October 9, 1966). "Princeton Beaten, 31-13; Indian Attack Explosive". The New York Times (New York, N.Y.): p. S1.
- ↑ Adams, Frank S. (October 16, 1956). "Princeton Loses to Colgate, 7 0, and Suffers First Shutout in 33 Games". The New York Times (New York, N.Y.): p. S6.
- ↑ Adams, Frank S. (October 23, 1966). "Princeton Routs Penn, 30-13; Quakers Suffer Third Loss in Row". The New York Times (New York, N.Y.): p. S9.
- ↑ Adams, Frank S. (October 30, 1966). "Princeton Defeats Brown, 24-7, as Bracken Gains 131 Yards in 18 Carries". The New York Times (New York, N.Y.): p. S7.
- ↑ Danzig, Allison (November 6, 1966). "Princeton Scores Upset; Harvard Beaten". The New York Times (New York, N.Y.): p. S1.
- ↑ Danzig, Allison (November 13, 1966). "Princeton Tops Yale; Elis Lose by 13-7". The New York Times (New York, N.Y.): p. S1.
- ↑ Danzig, Allison (November 20, 1966). "Princeton Tops Cornell; Tiger Wins, 7-0". The New York Times (New York, N.Y.): p. S1.
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