American college football season
2016 Princeton Tigers football Conference Ivy League 2016 record 8–2 (6–1 Ivy) Head coach Offensive coordinator James Perry (7th season)Co-defensive coordinator Steve Verbit Co-defensive coordinator Jim Salgado Home stadium Powers Field at Princeton Stadium (Capacity: 27,773)Seasons
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.
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 17 5:00 p.m. Lafayette * Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ ESPN3 W 35–3113,420
September 24 12:30 p.m. at Lehigh * Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA CI L 28–425,493
October 1 Noon at Columbia Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY FCS W 48–133,638
October 8 1:00 p.m. at Georgetown * Cooper Field Washington, DC CI W 31–172,263
October 15 3:00 p.m. Brown Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ ILDN W 31–75,881
October 22 1:00 p.m. Harvard Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry ) ILDN L 20–23 OT 9,963
October 29 12:30 p.m. at Cornell Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY OWSPN W 56–74,879
November 5 Noon Penn Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry ) ASN W 28–07,367
November 12 12:30 p.m. at Yale ILDN W 31–315,321
November 19 1:30 p.m. Dartmouth Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ OWSPN W 38–218,320
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time
Game summaries [ ]
Lafayette [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Leopards
14
7
3
7
31
Tigers
7
14
14
0
35
at Lehigh [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
7
7
0
14
28
Mountain Hawks
7
14
14
7
42
at Columbia [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
6
28
14
0
48
Lions
6
0
0
7
13
at Georgetown [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
14
7
10
0
31
Hoyas
7
7
3
0
17
Brown [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
0
0
7
7
Tigers
14
14
3
0
31
Harvard [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Crimson
7
7
0
3 6
23
Tigers
0
0
10
7 3
20
at Cornell [ ]
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 [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Green
7
7
0
7
21
Tigers
7
3
7
21
38
References [ ]
Venues
University Field (1876–1913)
Palmer Stadium (1914–1996)
Princeton Stadium (1998–2007)
Powers Field at Princeton Stadium (2007–present)
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