American college football season
The 2019 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by tenth-year head coach Bob Surace and played their home games at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium . Princeton played as a member of the Ivy League . They finished the season 8–2 overall and 5–2 in Ivy League play to place third.
Previous season [ ]
The Tigers finished the 2018 season 10–0, 7–0 in Ivy League play to win the Ivy League title .
Preseason [ ]
Preseason media poll [ ]
The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Tigers were picked to finish in third place.[1]
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Yale
119 (9)
2
Dartmouth
111 (2)
3
Princeton
107 (4)
4
Harvard
93 (1)
5
Penn
67
6
Columbia
61 (1)
7
Cornell
29
8
Brown
24
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 21 5:00 p.m. Butler * ESPN+ W 49–710,625
September 28 3:30 p.m. at Bucknell * PLN W 56–233,795
October 5 1:00 p.m. Columbia No. 25 Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ ESPN+ W 21–105,225
October 11 7:00 p.m. Lafayette * No. 21 Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ ESPNU W 28–34,521
October 19 12:30 p.m. at Brown No. 17 ESPN+ W 65–224,703
October 26 1:00 p.m. Harvard No. 13 Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry ) ESPN+ W 30–249,078
November 1 6:00 p.m. at Cornell No. 12 ESPNU W 21–71,745
November 9 3:30 p.m. vs. No. 13 Dartmouth No. 10 ESPNU L 10–2721,506
November 16 1:00 p.m. Yale No. 18 Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry ) ESPN+ L 14–516,676
November 23 1:00 p.m. at Penn ESPN+ W 28–77,898
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
[2]
Game summaries [ ]
Butler [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
0
0
7
7
Tigers
14
28
7
0
49
at Bucknell [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
7
21
14
14
56
Bison
7
7
3
6
23
Columbia [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Lions
3
7
0
0
10
No. 25 Tigers
7
0
7
7
21
Lafayette [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Leopards
0
3
0
0
3
No. 21 Tigers
7
7
14
0
28
at Brown [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 17 Tigers
17
34
7
7
65
Bears
6
13
3
0
22
Harvard [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Crimson
0
14
0
10
24
No. 13 Tigers
10
0
13
7
30
at Cornell [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 12 Tigers
0
14
7
0
21
Big Red
0
0
7
0
7
vs. Dartmouth [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 10 Tigers
0
7
3
0
10
No. 13 Big Green
7
10
3
7
27
Yale [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
3
27
7
14
51
No. 18 Tigers
0
7
7
0
14
at Penn [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
7
3
10
8
28
Quakers
7
0
0
0
7
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ 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
13
Final
STATS FCS
24
RV
RV
RV
RV
25
21
17
13
12
10
18
RV
RV
RV
Coaches
24
25
25
24
RV
RV
19
16
13
12
9
19
RV
RV
NR
References [ ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold