1978 Princeton Tigers football team

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1978 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record2–5–2 (1–4–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Gregory D. Bauman
  • Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth $ 6 1 0 6 3 0
Brown 5 2 0 6 3 0
Yale 4 1 2 5 2 2
Cornell 3 3 1 5 3 1
Harvard 2 4 1 4 4 1
Columbia 2 4 1 3 5 1
Princeton 1 4 2 2 5 2
Penn 1 5 1 2 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1978 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Princeton finished seventh in the Ivy League.

In their first year under head coach Frank Navarro, the Tigers compiled a 2–5–2 record and were outscored 183 to 126. Gregory D. Bauman and Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. were the team captains.[1]

Princeton's 1–4–2 conference record placed seventh in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers were outscored 147 to 113 by Ivy opponents.[2]

Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 at Cornell T 14–14 15,000 [3]
September 30 at Rutgers* L 0–24 25,307 [4]
October 7 Brown
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 16-44 15,041 [5]
October 14 at Columbia L 10-14 7,175 [6]
October 21 Colgate*
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 13-12 14,005 [7]
October 28 Harvard
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
T 24-24 17,500 [8]
November 4 Penn
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 21-0 10,354 [9]
November 11 at Yale L 7-23 32,000 [10]
November 18 Dartmouth
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 21-28 19,565 [11]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "Results". Princeton Football Record Book. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University. p. 29. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 28. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
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