2018 Princeton Tigers football team
American college football season
2018 Princeton Tigers football | |
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Ivy League champion | |
Conference | Ivy League |
Ranking | |
STATS | No. 11 |
FCS Coaches | No. 9 |
Record | 10–0 (7–0 Ivy) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Sean Gleeson (2nd season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Steve Verbit |
Home stadium | Powers Field at Princeton Stadium |
Seasons |
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No. 11 Princeton $ | 7 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Dartmouth | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Bob Surace and played their home games at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium. Princeton was a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 10–0 overall and 7–0 in Ivy League play to win the Ivy League title. Princeton averaged 6,561 fans per game.
Preseason
Award watch lists
Award | Player | Position | Year |
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Walter Payton Award[1] | John Lovett | QB | SR |
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 15 | 6:00 p.m. | at Butler* | Facebook Live | W 50–7 | 4,527 | ||
September 22 | 4:30 p.m. | Monmouth* | ESPN+ | W 51–9 | 11,068 | ||
September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | at Columbia | ESPNU | W 45–10 | 5,327 | ||
October 6 | 1:00 p.m. | Lehigh* |
| NBCS PHIL | W 66–7 | 1,013 | |
October 13 | 1:00 p.m. | Brown | No. 25 |
| ESPN+ | W 48–10 | 7,320 |
October 20 | 12:00 p.m. | at Harvard | No. 23 | ESPN+ | W 29–21 | 10,876 | |
October 27 | 1:00 p.m. | Cornell | No. 19 |
| ESPN+ | W 66–0 | 4,200 |
November 3 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 24 Dartmouth | No. 18 |
| NBCS PHIL+ | W 14–9 | 8,014 |
November 10 | 12:30 p.m. | at Yale | No. 13 | ESPN+ | W 59–43 | 12,882 | |
November 17 | 1:00 p.m. | Penn | No. 11 |
| ESPN+ | W 42–14 | 7,756 |
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Ranking movements
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
STATS FCS | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
Coaches | — | — | — | RV | 25 | 23 | 21 | 18–T | 17 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
Game summaries
At Butler
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Tigers | 17 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 50 |
Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Monmouth
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Hawks | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Tigers | 14 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 51 |
At Columbia
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Tigers | 13 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 45 |
Lions | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Lehigh
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Mountain Hawks | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Tigers | 7 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 66 |
Brown
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bears | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
No. 25 Tigers | 14 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 48 |
At Harvard
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 23 Tigers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 29 |
Crimson | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
Cornell
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Big Red | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. 19 Tigers | 21 | 24 | 7 | 14 | 66 |
Dartmouth
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 24 Big Green | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
No. 18 Tigers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
At Yale
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 13 Tigers | 21 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 59 |
Bulldogs | 0 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 43 |
At Penn
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Quakers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
No. 11 Tigers | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 42 |