1977 Princeton Tigers football team
The 1977 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Princeton finished sixth in the Ivy League.
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Conference | Ivy League |
1977 record | 3–6 (3–4 Ivy) |
Head coach | Robert Casciola (5th season) |
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Home stadium | Palmer Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their fifth and final year under head coach Robert Casciola, the Tigers compiled a 3–6 record and were outscored 144 to 137. Bobby L. Isom and Lawrence P. Lutz were the team captains.[1]
Princeton's 3–4 conference record placed sixth in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 118 to 103.[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 17 | at Dartmouth | L 11–14 | 12,200 | [3] | |||
September 24 | Rutgers* |
| L 6–10 | 19,500 | [4] | ||
October 1 | at Brown | L 7–10 | 8,500 | [5] | |||
October 8 | Columbia |
| W 28–7 | 8,483 | [6] | ||
October 15 | Colgate* |
| L 13–31 | 14,940 | [7] | ||
October 22 | at Harvard | W 20–7 | 19,000 | [8] | |||
October 29 | at Penn | L 10-21 | 14,696 | [9] | |||
November 5 | Yale |
| L 8-44 | 23,142 | [10] | ||
November 12 | Cornell |
| W 34-0 | 8,677 | [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.
- Keese, Parton (September 18, 1977). "Dartmouth Sets Back Princeton". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S8.
- McGowen, Deane (September 25, 1977). "Princeton Bows to Rutgers by 10 to 6; 19,500 See Tigers Drop 12th in Row at Home". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S8.
- McGowen, Deane (October 2, 1977). "Brown Tops Princeton; Bruins Prevail, 10-7, on Score in Last Minute". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S8.
- "Princeton Slams Lid on Columbia, 28-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. October 9, 1977. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
- Harvin, Al (October 16, 1977). "Unbeaten Colgate Wins Sixth in Rout of Princeton". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S10.
- Concannon, Joe (October 23, 1977). "Isom, Tigers Shove Harvard into Ivy Jam, 20-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 72 – via Newspapers.com.
- Harvin, Al (October 30, 1977). "Penn Passes for 0 Yards, Runs by Princeton, 21-10". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S6.
- Wallace, William N. (November 6, 1977). "Yale Victor, Leads Ivy League; Eli Runs Humble Princeton, 44 to 8". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- "Princeton Sets Back Cornell, 34-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 13, 1977. p. S8.
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