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Template:Infobox college sports team season Template:1997 Ivy League football standings The 1997 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Princeton tied for fifth in the Ivy League.

In their 11th year under head coach Steve Tosches, the Tigers compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents 148 to 132. Mike Clifford and Tim Greene were the team captains.[1]

Princeton's 4–3 conference record tied for fifth in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers were outscored 90 to 87 by Ivy opponents.[2]

For the first time in more than a century, Princeton played none of its home games on campus, as Palmer Stadium had been demolished and construction of its replacement, Princeton University Stadium, was still in progress. The Tigers' two "home" games were played at Lions Stadium, the home field of The College of New Jersey, and at Giants Stadium, the New Jersey home of two NFL teams.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 at Cornell L 10–14 7,127 [3]
September 27 vs. Fordham*
  • Lions Field
  • Ewing, NJ
W 9–7 4,050 [4]
October 4 at Holy Cross* W 21–7 8,542 [5]
October 11 at Brown W 30–13 4,022 [6]
October 18 at Colgate* W 31–28 [1]
October 25 at Harvard L 12–14 8,480 [7]
November 1 Columbia L 0–17 1,015 [8]
November 8 at Penn W 17–20a[›] 15,847 [9][10]
November 15 vs. Yale W 9–0 7,731 [11]
November 22 at Dartmouth L 9–12 OT 3,022 [12]
  • *Non-conference game

Note[]

^ a: In January 1998, Penn agreed to forfeit its Ivy League wins from 1997 after star defensive tackle Mitch Marrow was declared ineligible as a part-time student.[10] Princeton's[1] and Penn's[13] record books regard their 1997 meeting, a 20–17 Penn victory on the field, as a Princeton win, as do the 1997 win-loss records and season standings in the Ivy League record book.[2]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Results". Princeton Football Record Book. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University. p. 31. http://www.princetontigersfootball.com/themencode-pdf-viewer-sc/?tnc_pvfw=ZmlsZT1odHRwOi8vd3d3LnByaW5jZXRvbnRpZ2Vyc2Zvb3RiYWxsLmNvbS93cC1jb250ZW50L3VwbG9hZHMvMjAxNy8wMi9QcmluY2V0b25fRm9vdGJhbGxfUmVjb3JkX0Jvb2sucGRmJnNldHRpbmdzPSZsYW5nPWVuLVVT. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide. Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 37. https://ivyleague.com/documents/2017/8/23/3_Year_By_Year_History_2017.pdf?id=2998. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. McShea, Keith (September 22, 1997). "Big Red Holds Those Tigers". The Ithaca Journal (Ithaca, N.Y.): p. 3B. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59318494/1997-cornell-princeton/.
  4. Denman, Elliott (September 28, 1997). "Princeton Happy with Narrow Win". The Home News & Tribune (New Brunswick, N.J.): pp. C7, C14. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59319177/1997-fordham-princeton/.
  5. Vellante, John (October 5, 1997). "Holy Cross Kicking Itself After a Loss". Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, Mass.): p. D22. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59360979/1997-princeton-hc/.
  6. "Princeton Gives Brown Its First Loss". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Associated Press (Philadelphia, Pa.): p. C10. October 12, 1997. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59364208/1997-brown-princeton/.
  7. Concannon, Joe (October 26, 1997). "Sloppy Harvard Win Sets Up Neat Match". Boston Sunday Globe (Boston, Mass.): p. F14. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59376157/1997-o25-ivies/.
  8. "Turnovers Help Lions Dominate Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Associated Press (Philadelphia, Pa.): p. C17. November 2, 1997. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59378334/1997-columbia-princeton/.
  9. Juliano, Joe (November 26, 1997). "Penn Ices Princeton with Late Field Goal". The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pa.): p. C10. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59379586/1997-penn-princeton/.
  10. 10.0 10.1 Moran, Edward (January 3, 1998). "Penn Forfeits 5 Wins in Marrow Case". Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, Pa.): p. 39. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59296794/1997-penn-forfeits/.
  11. Finnegan, Tara (November 16, 1997). "Tigers' Nakielny Provides Relief". The Home News & Tribune (New Brunswick, N.J.): p. C6. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59380964/1997-princeton-yale/.
  12. Haley, Tom (November 23, 1997). "Bittersweet Win for Dartmouth". The Sunday Rutland Herald (Rutland, Vt.): p. B1. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59381394/1997-dartmouth-princeton/. Attendance figure in "College Football Scoreboard". The Sunday Record (Hackensack, N.J.): p. S-5. November 23, 1997.
  13. "Football Fact Book: All-Time Year-by-Year". Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania. p. 159. https://pennathletics.com/sports/2019/8/25/football-fact-book.aspx. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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