2017 Princeton Tigers football team

The 2017 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-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 5–5 overall and 2–5 in Ivy League play to place seventh. Princeton averaged 7,366 fans per game.

2017 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–5 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSean Gleeson (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorSteve Verbit
Home stadiumPowers Field at Princeton Stadium
(Capacity: 27,773)
2017 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 24 Yale $  6 –1   9 –1  
Columbia  5 –2   8 –2  
Dartmouth  5 –2   8 –2  
Penn  4 –3   6 –4  
Harvard  3 –4   5 –5  
Cornell  3 –4   3 –7  
Princeton  2 –5   5 –5  
Brown  0 –7   2 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

The 2017 schedule consisted of six home games and four away games. The Tigers hosted Ivy League foes Columbia, Cornell, and Yale, and traveled to Brown, Harvard, Penn, and Dartmouth.

Princeton's non-conference opponents were San Diego of the Pioneer Football League and Lafayette and Georgetown of the Patriot League.[1]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1612:00 p.m.San Diego*
ELVNW 27–1710,421
September 236:00 p.m.at Lafayette*
STADIUMW 38–177,239
September 3012:30 p.m.Columbia
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
ELVNL 24–285,073
October 71:00 p.m.Georgetown*
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 50–304,466
October 1412:30 p.m.at Brown
W 53–03,028
October 207:30 p.m.at Harvard
NBCSNW 52–1710,114
October 287:00 p.m.Cornell
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
NBCSNL 28–295,642
November 41:00 p.m.at Penn
TCNL 35–389,073
November 111:00 p.m.Yale
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
ELVNL 31–3511,229
November 181:30 p.m.at Dartmouth
L 44–543,081

Game summaries

San Diego
See also: 2017 San Diego Toreros football team
San Diego vs. Princeton – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
San Diego 0 10 0717
Princeton 6 8 6727

at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium • Princeton, NJ

  • Date: September 16
  • Game time: Noon
  • Game weather: 78 °F (26 °C); beautiful
  • Game attendance: 10,421
  • Referee: C. Jebran
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Lafayette
See also: 2017 Lafayette Leopards football team
Princeton vs. Lafayette – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Princeton 3 21 7738
Lafayette 7 3 0717

at Fisher Stadium • Easton, PA

  • Date: September 23
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C); clear
  • Game attendance: 7,239
  • Referee: W. Gillis
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Columbia
See also: 2017 Columbia Lions football team
Columbia vs. Princeton – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Columbia 7 7 7728
Princeton 7 7 3724

at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium • Princeton, NJ

  • Date: September 30
  • Game time: 12:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C); cloudy, windy
  • Game attendance: 5,073
  • Referee: S. Cadorette
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
  • PRIN – Jesper Horsted, 9 yard pass from Chad Kanoff (Tavish Rice XP good), 11:42 (PRIN 7–0)
  • COL – R. Smith II, 46 yard pass from Anders Hill (Oren Milstein XP good), 6:29 (TIE 7–7)
Second quarter
  • PRIN – Horsted, 12 yard pass from Kanoff (Rice XP good), 8:21 (PRIN 14–7)
  • COL – Tanner Thomas, 11 yard run (Milstein XP good), 3:16 (TIE 14–14)
Third quarter
  • COL – Josh Bean, 2 yard run (Milstein XP good), 12:09 (COL 21–14)
  • PRIN – Rice, 26 yard field goal, 3:27 (COL 21–17)
Fourth quarter
  • PRIN – S. Carlson, 27 yard pass from Kanoff, 2:48 (PRIN 24–21)
  • COL – Smith II, 63 yard pass from Hill (Milstein XP good), 1:12 (COL 28–24)

Georgetown
See also: 2017 Georgetown Hoyas football team
Georgetown vs. Princeton – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Georgetown 10 0 61430
Princeton 17 19 14050

at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium • Princeton, NJ

  • Date: October 7
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C); warm, breezy
  • Game attendance: 4,466
  • Referee: T. Kichline
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Brown
See also: 2017 Brown Bears football team
Princeton vs. Brown – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Princeton 16 20 10753
Brown 0 0 000

at Brown Stadium • Providence, RI

  • Date: October 14
  • Game time: 12:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 63 °F (17 °C); light rain
  • Game attendance: 3,028
  • Referee: T. Marcella
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Harvard
See also: 2017 Harvard Crimson football team and Harvard–Princeton football rivalry
Princeton vs. Harvard – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Princeton 10 21 14752
Harvard 0 10 0717

at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA

  • Date: October 20
  • Game time: 7:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); warm, breezy
  • Game attendance: 10,114
  • Referee: M. Sechrist
  • [Box Score]
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Cornell
See also: 2017 Cornell Big Red football team
Cornell vs. Princeton – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Cornell 0 10 61329
Princeton 7 14 7028

at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium • Princeton, NJ

  • Date: October 28
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 5,642
  • Referee: W. Boyd
  • TV: NBCSN
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Penn
See also: 2017 Penn Quakers football team and Penn–Princeton football rivalry
Princeton vs. Penn – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Princeton 7 0 141435
Penn 7 10 71438

at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA

  • Date: November 4
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: About 55 °F (13 °C); brisk fall day
  • Game attendance: 9,073
  • Referee: C. Jebran
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Yale
See also: 2017 Yale Bulldogs football team and Princeton–Yale football rivalry
Yale vs. Princeton – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Yale 0 14 14735
Princeton 7 17 7031

at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium • Princeton, NJ

  • Date: November 11
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 37 °F (3 °C); cold, clear
  • Game attendance: 11,229
  • Referee: M. Sechris
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Dartmouth
See also: 2017 Dartmouth Big Green football team
Princeton vs. Dartmouth – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Princeton 6 7 141744
Dartmouth 3 17 03454

at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH

  • Date: November 18
  • Game time: 1:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 43 °F (6 °C); cold and overcast
  • Game attendance: 3,081
  • Referee: T. Marcella
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

References
  1. "Future Varsity Schedules". Princeton Tigers. Archived from the original on April 16, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
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