2019 Princeton Tigers football team

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. Princeton averaged 9,605 fans per game.

2019 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record8–2 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAndrew Aurich (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorSteve Verbit
Home stadiumPowers Field at Princeton Stadium
Uniform
Seasons
← 2018
2021 →
2019 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 22 Dartmouth +   6 1     9 1  
No. 25 Yale +   6 1     9 1  
Princeton   5 2     8 2  
Penn   3 4     5 5  
Cornell   3 4     4 6  
Harvard   2 5     4 6  
Columbia   2 5     3 7  
Brown   1 6     2 8  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from STATS Poll

Preseason

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Preseason media poll

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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

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 215:00 p.m.Butler*ESPN+W 49–710,625
September 283:30 p.m.at Bucknell*PLNW 56–233,795
October 51:00 p.m.ColumbiaNo. 25
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
ESPN+W 21–105,225
October 117:00 p.m.Lafayette*No. 21
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
ESPNUW 28–34,521
October 1912:30 p.m.at BrownNo. 17ESPN+W 65–224,703
October 261:00 p.m.Harvard No. 13
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
ESPN+W 30–249,078
November 16:00 p.m.at CornellNo. 12ESPNUW 21–71,745
November 93:30 p.m.vs. No. 13 DartmouthNo. 10ESPNUL 10–2721,506
November 161:00 p.m.YaleNo. 18
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
ESPN+L 14–516,676
November 231:00 p.m.at PennESPN+W 28–77,898
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

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Butler

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1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 0 0 7 7
Tigers 14 28 7 0 49

At Bucknell

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1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 7 21 14 14 56
Bison 7 7 3 6 23

Columbia

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1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 3 7 0 0 10
No. 25 Tigers 7 0 7 7 21

Lafayette

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1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 0 3 0 0 3
No. 21 Tigers 7 7 14 0 28

At Brown

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 17 Tigers 17 34 7 7 65
Bears 6 13 3 0 22

Harvard

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1 2 3 4 Total
Crimson 0 14 0 10 24
No. 13 Tigers 10 0 13 7 30

At Cornell

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Tigers 0 14 7 0 21
Big Red 0 0 7 0 7

Vs. Dartmouth

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Tigers 0 7 3 0 10
No. 13 Big Green 7 10 3 7 27

Yale

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1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 3 27 7 14 51
No. 18 Tigers 0 7 7 0 14

At Penn

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1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 7 3 10 8 28
Quakers 7 0 0 0 7

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
STATS FCS24RVRVRVRV25211713121018RVRVRV
Coaches24252524RVRV19161312919RVRV

References

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  1. ^ "Yale Named League Favorite in 2019 Football Preseason Poll". ivyleague.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "2019 Princeton Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 14, 2019.