2016 Princeton Tigers football team

Princeton Tigers football
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 year)
Offensive coordinator	James Perry (7th year)
Home stadium	Princeton University Stadium; (Capacity: 27,773)
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Template:2016 Ivy League football standings 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, 6–1 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie with Penn for the Ivy League title, their first since 2013.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 17	5:00 PM	Lafayette*	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN3	W 35–31	13,420
September 24	12:30 PM	at Lehigh*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	CI	L 28–42	5,493
October 1	12:00 PM	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York City, NY	FCS	W 48–13	3,638
October 8	1:00 PM	at Georgetown*	Cooper Field Washington, D.C.	CI	W 31–17	2,263
October 15	3:00 PM	Brown	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ (Rivalry)	ILDN	W 31–7	5,881
October 22	1:00 PM	Harvard	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ (Rivalry)	ILDN	L 20–23 ^OT	9,963
October 29	12:30 PM	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	OWSPN	W 56–7	4,879
November 5	12:00 PM	Penn	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ (Rivalry)	ASN	W 28–0	7,367
November 12	12:30 PM	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (Rivalry)	ILDN	W 31–3	15,321
November 19	1:30 PM	Dartmouth	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	OWSPN	W 38–21	8,320
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

Source: Schedule

Game summaries[]

Lafayette[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Leopards	14	7	3	7	31
Tigers	7	14	14	0	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–4–3	2015	W 40–7

at Lehigh[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
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	OT
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	OT
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	OT
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
Crimson	7	7	0	3	23
Tigers	0	0	10	7	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
55–46–7	2015	L 7–42

at Cornell[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Tigers	14	21	14	7	56
Big Red	0	0	7	0	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
60–48–4	2015	W 47–41

Penn[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Quakers	0	0	0	0	0
Tigers	6	7	8	7	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
65–41–1	2015	L 23–26^OT

at Yale[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Tigers	7	10	0	14	31
Bulldogs	3	0	0	0	3

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
52–76–10	2015	L 28–35

Dartmouth[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Big Green	7	7	0	7	21
Tigers	7	3	7	21	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
43–48–4	2015	L 10–17

References[]

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