2008 Princeton Tigers football team

2008 Ivy League football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; Rankings from The Sports Network poll

2008 Princeton Tigers football
2008 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Ivy League
2008 record	4–6 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach	Roger Hughes (9th season);
Home stadium	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
	Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season.

The Tigers played their home games at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	at The Citadel*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 24–37	13,120	^[1]
September 27	at Lehigh	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 10–7	8,836	^[2]
October 4	Columbia	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY	W 27–24	8,733
October 11	at Colgate	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	L 24–27	4,688	^[3]
October 18	at Brown	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 10–31	11,814	^[4]
October 25	at No. 25 Harvard	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 20–24	10,189	^[5]
November 1	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 31–26	7,122	^[6]
November 7	at Penn	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 9–14	8,966	^[7]
November 15	Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–14	5,711	^[8]
November 22	Dartmouth	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 28–10	7,113	^[9]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

^ "Citadel Rallies to Win". The Greenville News. Greenville, S.C. Associated Press. September 21, 2008. pp. 5C, 10C – via Newspapers.com.
^ Groller, Keith (September 28, 2008). "Lehigh Loses at Princeton on the Last Play". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Austin, Kyle (October 12, 2008). "Dream Kick Boots Tigers". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. p. C7 – via NewsBank.
^ "Tigers' Offense Has a Brown-Out". The Trentonian. Trenton, N.J. October 19, 2008. p. C1 – via NewsBank.
^ Denman, Elliott (October 26, 2008). "In a Flash, Gordon Gives Crimson Victory". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C15 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Thomas, Brandon (November 3, 2008). "Big Red on Wrong End of a Wild Finish". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1C, 2C – via Newspapers.com.
^ Angel, Sebastian (November 8, 2008). "Penn QB Emerges to Top Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D3 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Spiegel, Jay (November 16, 2008). "A Twin Killing: Abare Brothers Set Up Yale TDs". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Brett, Joshua (November 23, 2008). "Culbreath's 276 Carry Princeton". The Times. Trenton, N.J. p. C5 – via NewsBank.

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v t Princeton Tigers football
Venues	University Field (1876–1913) Palmer Stadium (1914–1996) Princeton Stadium (1998–2007) Powers Field at Princeton Stadium (2007–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Legacy Bowl Harvard Penn Rutgers Yale
Culture & lore	First American football game (painting) 1922 Chicago game Poe brothers The Tiger "Princeton Cannon Song" Winged football helmet
People	NFL draftees
Seasons	1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
National championship seasons in bold

2008 Ivy League football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 15 Harvard +		6	–	1		9	–	1
Brown +		6	–	1		7	–	3
Penn		5	–	2		6	–	4
Yale		4	–	3		6	–	4
Princeton		3	–	4		4	–	6
Cornell		2	–	5		4	–	6
Columbia		2	–	5		2	–	8
Dartmouth		0	–	7		0	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from The Sports Network poll