American college football season
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 Powers Field at Princeton 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. Princeton averaged 9,605 fans per game.
Preseason[edit]
Preseason media poll[edit]
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[edit]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 21 | 5:00 p.m. | Butler* | | | ESPN+ | W 49–7 | 10,625 |
September 28 | 3:30 p.m. | at Bucknell* | | | PLN | W 56–23 | 3,795 |
October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | Columbia | No. 25 | - Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
- Princeton, NJ
| ESPN+ | W 21–10 | 5,225 |
October 11 | 7:00 p.m. | Lafayette* | No. 21 | - Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
- Princeton, NJ
| ESPNU | W 28–3 | 4,521 |
October 19 | 12:30 p.m. | at Brown | No. 17 | | ESPN+ | W 65–22 | 4,703 |
October 26 | 1:00 p.m. | Harvard | No. 13 | - Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
- Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
| ESPN+ | W 30–24 | 9,078 |
November 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at Cornell | No. 12 | | ESPNU | W 21–7 | 1,745 |
November 9 | 3:30 p.m. | vs. No. 13 Dartmouth | No. 10 | | ESPNU | L 10–27 | 21,506 |
November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Yale | No. 18 | - Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
- Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
| ESPN+ | L 14–51 | 6,676 |
November 23 | 1:00 p.m. | at Penn | | | 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[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Tigers | 14 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 49 |
At Bucknell[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tigers | 7 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 56 |
Bison | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 |
Columbia[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Lions | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
No. 25 Tigers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Lafayette[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Leopards | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
No. 21 Tigers | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
At Brown[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 17 Tigers | 17 | 34 | 7 | 7 | 65 |
Bears | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
Harvard[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Crimson | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
No. 13 Tigers | 10 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 30 |
At Cornell[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 12 Tigers | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
Big Red | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Vs. Dartmouth[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 10 Tigers | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
No. 13 Big Green | 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulldogs | 3 | 27 | 7 | 14 | 51 |
No. 18 Tigers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
At Penn[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tigers | 7 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
Quakers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Rankings[edit]
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
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STATS FCS | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 18 | RV | RV | RV |
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Coaches | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | RV | RV | 19 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 19 | RV | RV | — |
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References[edit]
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National championship seasons in bold |