1983 Princeton Tigers football team

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1983 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record4–6 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorHank Small (1st season)
Captains
  • Steven K. Stearns
  • Jeffrey J. Urbany
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →
1983 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard + 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 2
Penn + 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Brown 4 – 2 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Dartmouth 4 – 2 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Cornell 3 – 3 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Princeton 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Columbia 1 – 5 – 1 1 – 7 – 2
Yale 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1983 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Princeton finished sixth in the Ivy League.

In their sixth year under head coach Frank Navarro, the Tigers compiled a 4–6 record but outscored opponents 285 to 277. Steven K. Stearns and Jeffrey J. Urbany were the team captains.[1]

Princeton's 2–5 conference record placed sixth in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers were outscored 179 to 169 by Ivy opponents.[2]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17 at Dartmouth
L 3–21 10,022 [3]
September 24 Bucknell*
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 46–28 10,170 [4]
October 1 at Brown
W 27–16 10,009 [5]
October 8 Columbia
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 35–26 12,240 [6]
October 15 Navy*
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 29–37 21,730 [7]
October 22 at Harvard
L 26–28 15,500 [8]
October 29 at Penn
L 27–28 36,579 [9]
November 5 Lafayette*
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 41–33 10,117 [10]
November 12 Yale
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
L 21–28 27,140 [11]
November 19 Cornell
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 30–32 9,170 [12]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "Results". Princeton Football Record Book. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University. p. 30. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 30. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
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