1988 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1988 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Princeton tied for third in the Ivy League.

1988 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–4 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainJason Garrett
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
1988 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn + 6 –1 –09 –1 –0
Cornell + 6 –1 –07 –2 –1
Princeton 4 –3 –06 –4 –0
Dartmouth 4 –3 –05 –5 –0
Yale 3 –3 –13 –6 –1
Columbia 2 –5 –02 –8 –0
Harvard 2 –5 –02 –8 –0
Brown 0 –6 –10 –9 –1
  • + – Conference co-champions

In their second year under head coach Steve Tosches, the Tigers compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents 269 to 208. Quarterback Jason Garrett was the team captain.[1]

Princeton's 4–3 conference record tied for third in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 167 to 130.[2]

Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17 at Cornell
W 26–17 12,000 [3]
September 24 Holy Cross*
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 26–30 10,200 [4]
October 1 Brown
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 31–27 10,800 [5]
October 8 at Columbia
L 13–16 5,420 [6]
October 15 at Bucknell*
W 41–35 8,645 [7]
October 22 Harvard
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 23–8 17,400 [8]
October 29 Penn
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
L 23–31 24,500 [9]
November 5 Colgate*
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 45–13 2,000 [10]
November 12 at Yale
W 24–7 23,688 [11]
November 19 Dartmouth
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 17–24 8,500 [12]
  • *Non-conference game

References
  1. "Results". Princeton Football Record Book. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University. p. 30. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 32–33. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. Knobelman, Bob (September 18, 1988). "Princeton Opens by Shading Big Red". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. O'Sullivan, Sean (September 25, 1988). "Holy Cross Steals It, 30-26". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 81 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Goodman, Brett (October 2, 1988). "Princeton Hands Loss to Brown". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 13-E – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Goodman, Brett (October 9, 1988). "Columbia Ends 44-Game Loss Skid". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-F – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Knobelman, Bob (October 16, 1988). "Tigers Rumble over Bison". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Powers, John (October 23, 1988). "Princeton Dumps Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 74 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Knobelman, Bob (October 30, 1988). "Penn Cracks Tigers". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. F1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Knobelman, Bob (November 6, 1988). "Tigers Splash to Easy Victory". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. E1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Knobelman, Bob (November 13, 1988). "Tigers End Jinx of Yale". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. E1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Knobelman, Bob (November 20, 1988). "Tigers' Season Ends in Defeat". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. E1 – via Newspapers.com.
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