2018 Princeton Tigers football team

2018 Princeton Tigers football
Ivy League champion
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
STATS	No. 11
FCS Coaches	No. 9
2018 record	10–0 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach	Bob Surace (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Sean Gleeson (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Steve Verbit
Home stadium	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium (Capacity: 27,773)
Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

2018 Ivy League football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 11 Princeton $		7	–	0					10	–	0
No. 18 Dartmouth		6	–	1					9	–	1
Harvard		4	–	3					6	–	4
Yale		3	–	4					5	–	5
Penn		3	–	4					6	–	4
Columbia		3	–	4					6	–	4
Cornell		2	–	5					3	–	7
Brown		0	–	7					1	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2018 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Bob Surace and played their home games at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium. Princeton was a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 10–0 overall and 7–0 in Ivy League play to win the Ivy League title.

Previous season[]

The Tigers finished the 2017 season 5–5, 2–5 in Ivy League play to finish in seventh place.

Preseason[]

Award watch lists[]

Award	Player	Position	Year
Walter Payton Award[1]	John Lovett	QB	SR

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	6:00 p.m.	at Butler*		Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl Indianapolis, IN	Facebook Live	W 50–7	4,527
September 22	4:30 p.m.	Monmouth*		Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN+	W 51–9	11,068
September 28	6:00 p.m.	at Columbia		Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPNU	W 45–10	5,327
October 6	1:00 p.m.	Lehigh*		Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	NBCS PHIL	W 66–7	1,013
October 13	1:00 p.m.	Brown	No. 25	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN+	W 48–10	7,320
October 20	Noon	at Harvard	No. 23	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 29–21	10,876
October 27	1:00 p.m.	Cornell	No. 19	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN+	W 66–0	4,200
November 3	1:00 p.m.	No. 24 Dartmouth	No. 18	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	NBCS PHIL+	W 14–9	8,014
November 10	12:30 p.m.	at Yale	No. 13	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 59–43	12,882
November 17	1:00 p.m.	Penn	No. 11	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 42–14	7,756
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries[]

at Butler[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	17	27	0	6	50
Bulldogs	0	7	0	0	7

Monmouth[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	9	0	0	0	9
Tigers	14	16	14	7	51

at Columbia[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	13	17	15	0	45
Lions	3	7	0	0	10

Lehigh[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	7	0	0	0	7
Tigers	7	24	21	14	66

Brown[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	3	7	10
No. 25 Tigers	14	14	7	13	48

at Harvard[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Tigers	7	3	0	19	29
Crimson	0	7	0	14	21

Cornell[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Red	0	0	0	0	0
No. 19 Tigers	21	24	7	14	66

Dartmouth[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 24 Big Green	7	2	0	0	9
No. 18 Tigers	7	0	0	7	14

at Yale[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Tigers	21	21	10	7	59
Bulldogs	0	14	14	15	43

at Penn[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Quakers	0	7	7	0	14
No. 11 Tigers	7	14	7	14	42

Ranking movements[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	25	23	19	18	13	11	10	11
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	RV	25	23	21	18–T	17	14	11	9	10	9

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