1985 Princeton Tigers football team
The 1985 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Princeton tied for second in the Ivy League.
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| 1985 record | 5–5 (5–2 Ivy) |
| Head coach | Ron Rogerson (1st season) |
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| Home stadium | Palmer Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their first year under head coach Ron Rogerson, the Tigers compiled a 5–5 record and were also even on points, scoring 212 and allowing 212. Anthony P. DiTommaso and James G. Petrucci were the team captains.[1]
Princeton's 5–2 conference record tied for second-best in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 127 to 96.[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 21 | at Dartmouth | W 10–3 | 10,985 | [3] | |||
| September 28 | Lehigh* |
| L 13–34 | 12,000 | [4] | ||
| October 5 | at Brown | L 0–17 | 5,600 | [5] | |||
| October 12 | Columbia |
| W 31–0 | 7,080 | [6] | ||
| October 19 | No. 20 Colgate* |
| L 44–49 | 8,795 | [7] | ||
| October 26 | at Harvard | W 11–6 | 18,000 | [8] | |||
| November 2 | at Penn | L 21–31 | 33,479 | [9] | |||
| November 9 | William & Mary* |
| L 28–33 | 6,738 | [10] | ||
| November 16 | Yale |
| W 21–12 | 8,941 | [11] | ||
| November 23 | Cornell |
| W 33–27 | 8,917 | [12] | ||
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References
- "Results". Princeton Football Record Book. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University. p. 30. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 31. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- Roberts, Ernie (September 22, 1985). "Princeton Grinds, 10-3". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 68 – via Newspapers.com.
- Will-Weber, Mark (September 29, 1985). "Lehigh Tames Tigers". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- Pave, Martin (October 6, 1985). "Brown Blocks Off Princeton". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 69 – via Newspapers.com.
- Esterman, Sue (October 13, 1985). "Records Fall as Princeton Drubs Columbia, 31-0". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. pp. C1, C13 – via Newspapers.com.
- Esterman, Sue (October 20, 1985). "Colgate Rallies to Defeat Princeton, 49-44". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. pp. E1, E12 – via Newspapers.com.
- Monahan, Bob (October 27, 1985). "Princeton Bursts, 11-6". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 66 – via Newspapers.com.
- Freligh, Sarajane (November 3, 1985). "Penn, Three TDs Down, Recovers for 31-21 Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-D – via Newspapers.com.
- Lettis, Louis (November 10, 1985). "Princeton Falls, 33-28, to William & Mary". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 13-E, 16-E – via Newspapers.com.
- Esterman, Sue (November 17, 1985). "Princeton Hands Yale 21-12 Loss". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
- Esterman, Sue (November 24, 1985). "Tigers Defeat Cornell". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
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