2019 Princeton Tigers football team

2019 Princeton Tigers football
2019 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	8–2 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach	Bob Surace (10th season);
Offensive coordinator	Andrew Aurich (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Steve Verbit
Home stadium	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
Uniform
	Seasons ← 2018 2021 →

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 Ivy League football standings
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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 edit

The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Tigers were picked to finish in third place.^[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 21	5:00 p.m.	Butler*		Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN+	W 49–7	10,625
September 28	3:30 p.m.	at Bucknell*		Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewistown, PA	PLN	W 56–23	3,795
October 5	1:00 p.m.	Columbia	No. 25	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN+	W 21–10	5,225
October 11	7:00 p.m.	Lafayette*	No. 21	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPNU	W 28–3	4,521
October 19	12:30 p.m.	at Brown	No. 17	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	ESPN+	W 65–22	4,703
October 26	1:00 p.m.	Harvard	No. 13	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 30–24	9,078
November 1	6:00 p.m.	at Cornell	No. 12	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	ESPNU	W 21–7	1,745
November 9	3:30 p.m.	vs. No. 13 Dartmouth	No. 10	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	ESPNU	L 10–27	21,506
November 16	1:00 p.m.	Yale	No. 18	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 14–51	6,676
November 23	1:00 p.m.	at Penn		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 28–7	7,898
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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