2017 Princeton Tigers football team

2017 Princeton Tigers football
File:Princeton Tigers logo.svg
Conference	Ivy League
2017 record	5–5 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach	Bob Surace (8th year)
Offensive coordinator	Sean Gleeson (1st year)
Home stadium	Princeton University Stadium (Capacity: 27,773)
Seasons « 2016 2018 »

Template:2017 Ivy League football standings The 2017 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-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 5–5, 2–5 in Ivy League play, to finish in seventh place.

Schedule

The 2017 schedule consisted of six home games and four away games. The Tigers hosted Ivy League foes Columbia, Cornell, and Yale, and traveled to Brown, Harvard, Penn, and Dartmouth.

Princeton's non-conference opponents were San Diego of the Pioneer Football League and Lafayette and Georgetown of the Patriot League.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 16	12:00 p.m.	San Diego*	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	ELVN	W 27–17	10,421
September 23	6:00 p.m.	at Lafayette*	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	STADIUM	W 38–17	7,239
September 30	12:30 p.m.	Columbia	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	ELVN	L 24–28	5,073
October 7	1:00 p.m.	Georgetown*	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ		W 50–30	4,466
October 14	12:30 p.m.	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)		W 53–0	3,028
October 20	7:30 p.m.	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Allston, MA (rivalry)	NBCSN	W 52–17	10,114
October 28	7:00 p.m.	Cornell	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	NBCSN	L 28–29	5,642
November 4	1:00 p.m.	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	TCN	L 35–38	9,073
November 11	1:00 p.m.	Yale	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	ELVN	L 31–35	11,229
November 18	1:30 p.m.	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH		L 44–54	3,081
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

San Diego

See also: 2017 San Diego Toreros football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	2014	San Diego, 39–29

San Diego vs. Princeton – Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total San Diego 0 10 0 7 17 Princeton 6 8 6 7 27 at Princeton University Stadium • Princeton, NJ Date: September 16 Game time: 12:00 p.m. Game weather: 78 °F (26 °C); beautiful Game attendance: 10,421 Referee: C. Jebran Box Score Game information First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Lafayette

See also: 2017 Lafayette Leopards football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
41–4–3	2016	Princeton, 35–31

Princeton vs. Lafayette – Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total Princeton 3 21 7 7 38 Lafayette 7 3 0 7 17 at Fisher Stadium • Easton, PA Date: September 23 Game time: 6:00 p.m. Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C); clear Game attendance: 7,239 Referee: W. Gillis Box Score Game information First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Columbia

See also: 2017 Columbia Lions football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
70–15–1	2016	Princeton, 48–13

Columbia vs. Princeton – Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total Columbia 7 7 7 7 28 Princeton 7 7 3 7 24 at Princeton University Stadium • Princeton, NJ Date: September 30 Game time: 12:30 p.m. Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C); cloudy, windy Game attendance: 5,073 Referee: S. Cadorette Box Score Game information First quarter PRIN – Jesper Horsted, 9 yard pass from Chad Kanoff (Tavish Rice XP good), 11:42 (PRIN 7–0) COL – R. Smith II, 46 yard pass from Anders Hill (Oren Milstein XP good), 6:29 (TIE 7–7) Second quarter PRIN – Horsted, 12 yard pass from Kanoff (Rice XP good), 8:21 (PRIN 14–7) COL – Tanner Thomas, 11 yard run (Milstein XP good), 3:16 (TIE 14–14) Third quarter COL – Josh Bean, 2 yard run (Milstein XP good), 12:09 (COL 21–14) PRIN – Rice, 26 yard field goal, 3:27 (COL 21–17) Fourth quarter PRIN – S. Carlson, 27 yard pass from Kanoff, 2:48 (PRIN 24–21) COL – Smith II, 63 yard pass from Hill (Milstein XP good), 1:12 (COL 28–24)

Georgetown

See also: 2017 Georgetown Hoyas football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–1	2016	Princeton, 31–17

Georgetown vs. Princeton – Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total Georgetown 10 0 6 14 30 Princeton 17 19 14 0 50 at Princeton University Stadium • Princeton, NJ Date: October 7 Game time: 1:00 p.m. Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C); warm, breezy Game attendance: 4,466 Referee: T. Kichline Box Score Game information First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Brown

See also: 2017 Brown Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
55–28	2016	Princeton, 31–7

Princeton vs. Brown – Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total Princeton 16 20 10 7 53 Brown 0 0 0 0 0 at Brown Stadium • Providence, RI Date: October 14 Game time: 12:30 p.m. Game weather: 63 °F (17 °C); light rain Game attendance: 3,028 Referee: T. Marcella Box Score Game information First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Harvard

See also: 2017 Harvard Crimson football team and Harvard–Princeton football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
54–48–7	2016	Harvard, 23–20 (OT)

Princeton vs. Harvard – Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total Princeton 10 21 14 7 52 Harvard 0 10 0 7 17 at Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA Date: October 20 Game time: 7:30 p.m. Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); warm, breezy Game attendance: 10,114 Referee: M. Sechrist [Box Score] Game information First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Cornell

See also: 2017 Cornell Big Red football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
61–36–2	2016	Princeton, 56–7

Cornell vs. Princeton – Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total Cornell 0 10 6 13 29 Princeton 7 14 7 0 28 at Princeton University Stadium • Princeton, NJ Date: October 28 Game time: 7:00 p.m. Game attendance: 5,642 Referee: W. Boyd TV: NBCSN Box Score Game information First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Penn

See also: 2017 Penn Quakers football team and Penn–Princeton football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
66–41–1	2016	Princeton, 28–0

Princeton vs. Penn – Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total Princeton 7 0 14 14 35 Penn 7 10 7 14 38 at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA Date: November 4 Game time: 1:00 p.m. Game weather: About 55 °F (13 °C); brisk fall day Game attendance: 9,073 Referee: C. Jebran Box Score Game information First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Yale

See also: 2017 Yale Bulldogs football team and Princeton–Yale football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
53–76–10	2016	Princeton, 31–3

Yale vs. Princeton – Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total Yale 0 14 14 7 35 Princeton 7 17 7 0 31 at Princeton University Stadium • Princeton, NJ Date: November 11 Game time: 1:00 p.m. Game weather: 37 °F (3 °C); cold, clear Game attendance: 11,229 Referee: M. Sechris Box Score Game information First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Dartmouth

See also: 2017 Dartmouth Big Green football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
44–48–4	2016	Princeton, 38–21

Princeton vs. Dartmouth – Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total Princeton 6 7 14 17 44 Dartmouth 3 17 0 34 54 at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH Date: November 18 Game time: 1:30 p.m. Game weather: 43 °F (6 °C); cold and overcast Game attendance: 3,081 Referee: T. Marcella Box Score Game information First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter