2018 Princeton Tigers football team

The 2018 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Bob Surace and played their home games at Princeton University Stadium. Princeton was a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 10–0 overall and 7–0 in Ivy League play to win the Ivy League title.

2018 Princeton Tigers football
Ivy League champion
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
STATS	No. 11
FCS Coaches	No. 9
2018 record	10–0 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach	Bob Surace (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Sean Gleeson (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Steve Verbit
Home stadium	Princeton University Stadium (Capacity: 27,773)

2018 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 11 Princeton $		7	–	0					10	–	0
No. 18 Dartmouth		6	–	1					9	–	1
Harvard		4	–	3					6	–	4
Yale		3	–	4					5	–	5
Penn		3	–	4					6	–	4
Columbia		3	–	4					6	–	4
Cornell		2	–	5					3	–	7
Brown		0	–	7					1	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2017 season 5–5, 2–5 in Ivy League play to finish in seventh place.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Award	Player	Position	Year
Walter Payton Award[1]	John Lovett	QB	SR

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	6:00 p.m.	at Butler*		Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl Indianapolis, IN	Facebook Live	W 50–7	4,527
September 22	4:30 p.m.	Monmouth*		Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN+	W 51–9	11,068
September 28	6:00 p.m.	at Columbia		Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPNU	W 45–10	5,327
October 6	1:00 p.m.	Lehigh*		Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	NBCS PHIL	W 66–7	1,013
October 13	1:00 p.m.	Brown	No. 25	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN+	W 48–10	7,320
October 20	Noon	at Harvard	No. 23	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 29–21	10,876
October 27	1:00 p.m.	Cornell	No. 19	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN+	W 66–0	4,200
November 3	1:00 p.m.	No. 24 Dartmouth	No. 18	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	NBCS PHIL+	W 14–9	8,014
November 10	12:30 p.m.	at Yale	No. 13	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 59–43	12,882
November 17	1:00 p.m.	at Penn	No. 11	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 42–14	7,756
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

at Butler

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	17	27	0	6	50
Bulldogs	0	7	0	0	7

See also: 2018 Butler Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Monmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	9	0	0	0	9
Tigers	14	16	14	7	51

See also: 2018 Monmouth Hawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Columbia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	13	17	15	0	45
Lions	3	7	0	0	10

See also: 2018 Columbia Lions football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
69–16–1	September 30, 2017	L, 24–28

Lehigh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	7	0	0	0	7
Tigers	7	24	21	14	66

See also: 2018 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–16–2	September 24, 2016	L, 28–42

Brown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	3	7	10
No. 25 Tigers	14	14	7	13	48

See also: 2018 Brown Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
56–28	October 14, 2017	W, 53–0

at Harvard

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Tigers	7	3	0	19	29
Crimson	0	7	0	14	21

See also: 2018 Harvard Crimson football team and Harvard–Princeton football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
55–48–7	October 20, 2017	W, 52–17

Cornell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Red	0	0	0	0	0
No. 19 Tigers	21	24	7	14	66

See also: 2018 Cornell Big Red football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
61–36–2	October 28, 2017	L, 28–29

Dartmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 24 Big Green	7	2	0	0	9
No. 18 Tigers	7	0	0	7	14

See also: 2018 Dartmouth Big Green football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
49–43–4	November 18, 2017	W, 44–28

at Yale

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Tigers	21	21	10	7	59
Bulldogs	0	14	14	15	43

See also: 2018 Yale Bulldogs football team and Princeton–Yale football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
52–77–10	November 11, 2017	L, 31–35

at Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Quakers	0	7	7	0	14
No. 11 Tigers	7	14	7	14	42

See also: 2018 Penn Quakers football team and Penn–Princeton football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
66–42–1	November 4, 2017	L, 35–38

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	25	23	19	18	13	11	10	11
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	RV	25	23	21	18–T	17	14	11	9	10	9

References

1. "FCS football: 2018 Walter Payton Award watch list". August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
2. "2018 Football Schedule". Princeton Athletics.