The 1979 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Princeton tied for second in the Ivy League.
| 1979 Princeton Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 5–4 (5–2 Ivy) |
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| Home stadium | Palmer Stadium |
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| Yale $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their second year under head coach Frank Navarro, the Tigers compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents 166 to 152. Matthew F. McGrath and Stephen R. Reynolds were the team captains.[1]
Princeton's 5–2 conference record tied for second place in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 146 to 97.[2]
Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 22 | at Dartmouth | W 16-0 | 14,500 | [3] | |||
| September 29 | Rutgers* |
| L 14–38 | 23,523 | [4] | ||
| October 6 | at Brown | L 12–31 | 12,500 | [5] | |||
| October 13 | Columbia |
| W 35-0 | 8,705 | [6] | ||
| October 20 | Colgate* |
| L 6–17 | 12,687 | [7] | ||
| October 27 | at Harvard | W 9-7 | 15,000 | [8] | |||
| November 3 | at Penn | W 38–10 | 13,604 | [9] | |||
| November 10 | Yale |
| L 10–35 | 22,825 | [10] | ||
| November 17 | Cornell |
| W 26-14 | 11,867 | [11] | ||
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References
edit- ^ "Results". Princeton Football Record Book. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University. p. 30. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 28–29. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ Roberts, Ernie (September 23, 1979). "Princeton Tips Sluggish Green". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Smith, Paul (September 30, 1979). "Rutgers Gets 24 in 2d Half, Tops Princeton, 38-14". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 12-D – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Carbone, Villella Lead Brown over Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. October 7, 1979. p. 8-D – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Smith, Paul (October 14, 1979). "Princeton Triumphs, 35-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 8D – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Smith, Paul (October 21, 1979). "Colgate's Use of a Wing-T Beats Princeton by 17 to 6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 8-D – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Visser, Lesley (October 28, 1979). "Harvard Falls". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 82 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Penn Blasted by Princeton". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 4, 1979. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bruns, John (November 11, 1979). "Yale Shows Princeton Who's No. 1". The Home News Sunday. New Brunswick, N.J. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Smith, Paul (November 18, 1979). "Princeton Concludes with a 26-14 Triumph". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 10-D – via Newspapers.com.