Template:Infobox college sports team season Template:1979 Ivy League football standings The 1979 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Princeton tied for second in the Ivy League.
In their second year under head coach Frank Navarro, the Tigers compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents 166 to 152. Matthew F. McGrath and Stephen R. Reynolds were the team captains.[1]
Princeton's 5–2 conference record tied for second place in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 146 to 97.[2]
Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 22 | at Dartmouth | W 16-0 | 14,500 | [3] | |||
| September 29 | Rutgers* |
| L 14–38 | 23,523 | [4] | ||
| October 6 | at Brown | L 12–31 | 12,500 | [5] | |||
| October 13 | Columbia |
| W 35-0 | 8,705 | [6] | ||
| October 20 | Colgate* |
| L 6–17 | 12,687 | [7] | ||
| October 27 | at Harvard | W 9-7 | 15,000 | [8] | |||
| November 3 | at Penn | W 38–10 | 13,604 | [9] | |||
| November 10 | Yale |
| L 10–35 | 22,825 | [10] | ||
| November 17 | Cornell |
| W 26-14 | 11,867 | [11] | ||
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References[]
- ↑ "Results". Princeton Football Record Book. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University. p. 30. 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. pp. 28-29. https://ivyleague.com/documents/2017/8/23/3_Year_By_Year_History_2017.pdf?id=2998. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ↑ Roberts, Ernie (September 23, 1979). "Princeton Tips Sluggish Green". Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, Mass.): p. 88. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56451457/1979-s22-ivies.
- ↑ Smith, Paul (September 30, 1979). "Rutgers Gets 24 in 2d Half, Tops Princeton, 38-14". The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pa.): p. 12-D. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56457251/1979-princeton-rutgers.
- ↑ "Carbone, Villella Lead Brown over Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Associated Press (Philadelphia, Pa.): p. 8-D. October 7, 1979. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56459995/1979-brown-penn.
- ↑ Smith, Paul (October 14, 1979). "Princeton Triumphs, 35-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pa.): p. 8D. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56460709/1979-o13-ivies-2.
- ↑ Smith, Paul (October 21, 1979). "Colgate's Use of a Wing-T Beats Princeton by 17 to 6". The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pa.): p. 8-D. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56461431/1979-colgate-princeton.
- ↑ Visser, Lesley (October 28, 1979). "Harvard Falls". Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, Mass.): p. 82. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56462309/1979-harvard-princeton.
- ↑ "Penn Blasted by Princeton". Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, Mass.): p. 52. November 4, 1979. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/.
- ↑ Bruns, John (November 11, 1979). "Yale Shows Princeton Who's No. 1". The Home News Sunday (New Brunswick, N.J.): p. B1. https://www.newspapers.com/clip56465913/1979-princeton-yale.
- ↑ Smith, Paul (November 18, 1979). "Princeton Concludes with a 26-14 Triumph". The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pa.): p. 10-D. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56468041/1979-n17-ivies.
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