2018 Princeton Tigers football team

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.

2018 Princeton Tigers football
Ivy League champion
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
STATS	No. 11
FCS Coaches	No. 9
Record	10–0 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach	Bob Surace (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Sean Gleeson (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Steve Verbit
Home stadium	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium

2018 Ivy League football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
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
$ – Conference champion Rankings from STATS Poll

Preseason

Award watch lists

Award	Player	Position	Year
Walter Payton Award	John Lovett	QB	SR

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	6:00 p.m.	at Butler*		Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl Indianapolis, IN	Facebook Live	W 50–7	4,527
September 22	4:30 p.m.	Monmouth*		Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN+	W 51–9	11,068
September 28	6:00 p.m.	at Columbia		Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPNU	W 45–10	5,327
October 6	1:00 p.m.	Lehigh*		Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	NBCS PHIL	W 66–7	1,013
October 13	1:00 p.m.	Brown	No. 25	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN+	W 48–10	7,320
October 20	12:00 p.m.	at Harvard	No. 23	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 29–21	10,876
October 27	1:00 p.m.	Cornell	No. 19	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN+	W 66–0	4,200
November 3	1:00 p.m.	No. 24 Dartmouth	No. 18	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	NBCS PHIL+	W 14–9	8,014
November 10	12:30 p.m.	at Yale	No. 13	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 59–43	12,882
November 17	1:00 p.m.	Penn	No. 11	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 42–14	7,756
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

At Butler

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	17	27	0	6	50
Bulldogs	0	7	0	0	7

See also: 2018 Butler Bulldogs football team

Monmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	9	0	0	0	9
Tigers	14	16	14	7	51

See also: 2018 Monmouth Hawks football team

At Columbia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	13	17	15	0	45
Lions	3	7	0	0	10

See also: 2018 Columbia Lions football team

Lehigh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	7	0	0	0	7
Tigers	7	24	21	14	66

See also: 2018 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

Brown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	3	7	10
No. 25 Tigers	14	14	7	13	48

See also: 2018 Brown Bears football team

At Harvard

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Tigers	7	3	0	19	29
Crimson	0	7	0	14	21

See also: 2018 Harvard Crimson football team and Harvard–Princeton football rivalry

Cornell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Red	0	0	0	0	0
No. 19 Tigers	21	24	7	14	66

See also: 2018 Cornell Big Red football team

Dartmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 24 Big Green	7	2	0	0	9
No. 18 Tigers	7	0	0	7	14

See also: 2018 Dartmouth Big Green football team

At Yale

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Tigers	21	21	10	7	59
Bulldogs	0	14	14	15	43

See also: 2018 Yale Bulldogs football team and Princeton–Yale football rivalry

At Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Quakers	0	7	7	0	14
No. 11 Tigers	7	14	7	14	42

See also: 2018 Penn Quakers football team and Penn–Princeton football rivalry

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below

	Week
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