2016 Princeton Tigers football team

2016 Princeton Tigers football
Ivy League co-champion
ConferenceIvy League
Record8–2 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJames Perry (7th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorSteve Verbit
Co-defensive coordinatorJim Salgado
Home stadiumPowers Field at Princeton Stadium
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Princeton +   6 – 1     8 – 2  
Penn +   6 – 1     7 – 3  
Harvard   5 – 2     7 – 3  
Brown   3 – 4     4 – 6  
Yale   3 – 4     3 – 7  
Cornell   2 – 5     4 – 6  
Columbia   2 – 5     3 – 7  
Dartmouth   1 – 6     4 – 6  
  • + – Conference co-champions

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 Powers Field at Princeton Stadium. Princeton is a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 8–2 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to tie with Penn for the Ivy League title, their first since 2013. Princeton averaged 8,990 fans per game.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 175:00 p.m.Lafayette*
ESPN3W 35–3113,420
September 2412:30 p.m.at Lehigh*
CIL 28–425,493
October 112:00 p.m.at Columbia
FCSW 48–133,638
October 81:00 p.m.at Georgetown*
CIW 31–172,263
October 153:00 p.m.Brown
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
ILDNW 31–75,881
October 221:00 p.m.Harvard
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
ILDNL 20–23 OT9,963
October 2912:30 p.m.at Cornell
OWSPNW 56–74,879
November 512:00 p.m.Penn
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
ASNW 28–07,367
November 1212:30 p.m.at Yale
ILDNW 31–315,321
November 191:30 p.m.Dartmouth
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
OWSPNW 38–218,320

Game summaries

Lafayette

See also: 2016 Lafayette Leopards football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 14 7 3 7 31
Tigers 7 14 14 0 35

At Lehigh

See also: 2016 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 7 7 0 14 28
Mountain Hawks 7 14 14 7 42

At Columbia

See also: 2016 Columbia Lions football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 6 28 14 0 48
Lions 6 0 0 7 13

At Georgetown

See also: 2016 Georgetown Hoyas football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 14 7 10 0 31
Hoyas 7 7 3 0 17

Brown

See also: 2016 Brown Bears football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 0 7 7
Tigers 14 14 3 0 31

Harvard

See also: 2016 Harvard Crimson football team
1 2 3 4OT Total
Crimson 7 7 0 36 23
Tigers 0 0 10 73 20

At Cornell

See also: 2016 Cornell Big Red football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 14 21 14 7 56
Big Red 0 0 7 0 7

Penn

See also: 2016 Penn Quakers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Quakers 0 0 0 0 0
Tigers 6 7 8 7 28

At Yale

See also: 2016 Yale Bulldogs football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 7 10 0 14 31
Bulldogs 3 0 0 0 3

Dartmouth

See also: 2016 Dartmouth Big Green football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Big Green 7 7 0 7 21
Tigers 7 3 7 21 38

References