1978 Princeton Tigers football team
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 2–5–2 (1–4–2 Ivy) |
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Home stadium | Palmer Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 23 | at Cornell | T 14–14 | 15,000 | [3] | |||
September 30 | at Rutgers* | L 0–24 | 25,307 | [4] | |||
October 7 | Brown |
| L 16-44 | 15,041 | [5] | ||
October 14 | at Columbia | L 10-14 | 7,175 | [6] | |||
October 21 | Colgate* |
| W 13-12 | 14,005 | [7] | ||
October 28 | Harvard |
| T 24-24 | 17,500 | [8] | ||
November 4 | Penn |
| W 21-0 | 10,354 | [9] | ||
November 11 | at Yale | L 7-23 | 32,000 | [10] | |||
November 18 | Dartmouth |
| L 21-28 | 19,565 | [11] | ||
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References
- ^ "Results". Princeton Football Record Book. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University. p. 29. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "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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