American college football season
Lehigh Mountain Hawks at Princeton, 15 September 2007The2007 Princeton Tigers football team was anAmerican football team that representedPrinceton University during the2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season . Princeton tied for fourth in theIvy League . Princeton averaged 10,215 fans per game.
In their eighth year under head coachRoger Hughes , the Tigers compiled a 4–6 record, though they were outscored 264 to 201. Brendan Circle and Jon Stern were the team captains.[ 1]
Princeton's 3–4 conference record tied withDartmouth andPenn for fourth in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers were outscored 171 to 133 by Ivy opponents.[ 2]
On Nov. 10, The Tigers dedicated their playing field to alumnus William C. Powers after he donated $10 million to the University and renamed played their playing fieldPowers Field at Princeton Stadium ,[ 3] on the university campus inPrinceton, New Jersey .
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 15 Lehigh * L 21–32 8,640 [ 4] September 22 at No. 22Lafayette * W 20–14 8,921 [ 5] September 29 Columbia Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ W 42–32 7,926 [ 1] October 6 Hampton * Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ L 27–48 15,329 [ 6] October 13 atBrown L 24–33 6,493 [ 7] October 20 atHarvard L 10–27 12,005 [ 8] October 26 Cornell Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ W 34–31 5,773 [ 9] November 3 atPenn L 0–7 12,397 [ 10] November 10 No. 12Yale Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry ) L 6–27 13,408 [ 11] November 17 atDartmouth W 17–14OT 4,017 [ 12]
^a b "Results".Princeton Football Record Book . Princeton, N.J.:Princeton University . p. 31. RetrievedJune 20, 2020 . ^ "Year-by-Year History".Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF) . Princeton, N.J.:Ivy League . 2017. p. 43. RetrievedJuly 10, 2020 . ^ "William C. Powers '79 Gives $10.5 Million to Princeton Football" . RetrievedApril 15, 2021 .^ Groller, Keith (September 16, 2007)."Young Backfield Leads Lehigh Over Princeton" .The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. CC1 – viaNewspapers.com . ^ Haley, Craig (September 23, 2007). "Princeton Slips Past Lafayette as QB Foran Takes Command".The Times . Trenton, N.J. p. C1 – viaNewsBank . ^ Gorman, Denis (October 7, 2007)."Pirates Shakes Off Slow Start, Dominate Tigers" .Daily Press . Newport News, Va. p. B7 – viaNewspapers.com . ^ "Field Goals, Turnovers Help Brown Down Princeton" .Daily Record . Morristown, N.J.Associated Press . October 14, 2007. p. C7 – viaNewspapers.com . Attendance figure in"Summaries".Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. October 14, 2007. p. D11. ^ Larson, Craig (October 21, 2007)."Harvard's Pizzotti Stars at Improv; Princeton Cannot Contain Quarterback" .Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. D13 – viaNewspapers.com . ^ "Big Red Comes Up 1 Rally Short" .The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. October 27, 2007. p. 1F – viaNewspapers.com . Attendance figure in"College Football".Asbury Park Press . Asbury Park, N.J. October 28, 2007. p. H19. ^ Juliano, Joe (November 4, 2007)."One Touchdown Drive Enough to Lift Penn Over Princeton" .The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. D13 – viaNewspapers.com . ^ Hine, Tommy (November 11, 2007)."Perfect Setting for Yale-Harvard; Denny-Brown TDs Sink Princeton" .Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. E11 – viaNewspapers.com . ^ "Louden's Field Goal in OT Lifts Princeton" .Courier News . Bridgewater, N.J. November 18, 2007. p. C-9 – viaNewspapers.com . Attendance figure in"Saturday's Scores".Asbury Park Press . Asbury Park, N.J. November 18, 2007. p. H13.
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