2019 Princeton Tigers football team

The 2019 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by tenth-year head coach Bob Surace and played their home games at Princeton University Stadium. Princeton played as a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 8–2 overall and 5–2 in Ivy League play to place third.

2019 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Ivy League
2019 record	8–2 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach	Bob Surace (10th season)
Offensive coordinator	Andrew Aurich (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Steve Verbit
Home stadium	Princeton University Stadium (Capacity: 27,773)
Uniform

2019 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 22 Dartmouth +		6	–	1					9	–	1
No. 25 Yale +		6	–	1					9	–	1
Princeton		5	–	2					8	–	2
Penn		3	–	4					5	–	5
Cornell		3	–	4					4	–	6
Harvard		2	–	5					4	–	6
Columbia		2	–	5					3	–	7
Brown		1	–	6					2	–	8
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

Main article: 2018 Princeton Tigers football team

The Tigers finished the 2018 season 10–0, 7–0 in Ivy League play to win the Ivy League title.

Preseason

Preseason media poll

The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Tigers were picked to finish in third place.[1]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Yale	119 (9)
2	Dartmouth	111 (2)
3	Princeton	107 (4)
4	Harvard	93 (1)
5	Penn	67
6	Columbia	61 (1)
7	Cornell	29
8	Brown	24

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 21	5:00 p.m.	Butler*		Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN+	W 49–7	10,625
September 28	3:30 p.m.	at Bucknell*		Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewistown, PA	PLN	W 56–23	3,795
October 5	1:00 p.m.	Columbia	No. 25	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN+	W 21–10	5,225
October 11	7:00 p.m.	Lafayette*	No. 21	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPNU	W 28–3	4,521
October 19	12:30 p.m.	at Brown	No. 17	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	ESPN+	W 65–22	4,703
October 26	1:00 p.m.	Harvard	No. 13	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 30–24	9,078
November 1	6:00 p.m.	at Cornell	No. 12	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	ESPNU	W 21–7	1,745
November 9	3:30 p.m.	vs. No. 13 Dartmouth	No. 10	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	ESPNU	L 10–27	21,506
November 16	1:00 p.m.	Yale	No. 18	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 14–51	6,676
November 23	1:00 p.m.	at Penn		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 28–7	7,898
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

Butler

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	0	0	7	7
Tigers	14	28	7	0	49

See also: 2019 Butler Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2018	W, 50–7

at Bucknell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	21	14	14	56
Bison	7	7	3	6	23

See also: 2019 Bucknell Bison football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–3	2011	L, 9–34

Columbia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	3	7	0	0	10
No. 25 Tigers	7	0	7	7	21

See also: 2019 Columbia Lions football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
70–16–1	2018	W, 45–10

Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	0	3	0	0	3
No. 21 Tigers	7	7	14	0	28

See also: 2019 Lafayette Leopards football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
43–4–3	2017	W, 38–17

at Brown

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 17 Tigers	17	34	7	7	65
Bears	6	13	3	0	22

See also: 2019 Brown Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
57–28	2018	W, 48–10

Harvard

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crimson	0	14	0	10	24
No. 13 Tigers	10	0	13	7	30

See also: 2019 Harvard Crimson football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
56–48–7	2018	W, 29–21

at Cornell

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Tigers	0	14	7	0	21
Big Red	0	0	7	0	7

See also: 2019 Cornell Big Red football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
62–36–2	2018	W, 66–0

vs. Dartmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 10 Tigers	0	7	3	0	10
No. 13 Big Green	7	10	3	7	27

See also: 2019 Dartmouth Big Green football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
44–49–4	2018	W, 14–9

Yale

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	3	27	7	14	51
No. 18 Tigers	0	7	7	0	14

See also: 2019 Yale Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
53–77–10	2018	W, 59–43

at Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	3	10	8	28
Quakers	7	0	0	0	7

See also: 2019 Penn Quakers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
67–42–1	2018	W, 42–14

Rankings

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	13	Final
STATS FCS	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	21	17	13	12	10	18	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	24	25	25	24	RV	RV	19	16	13	12	9	19	RV	RV	NR

References

1. "Yale Named League Favorite in 2019 Football Preseason Poll". ivyleague.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
2. "2019 Princeton Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 14, 2019.