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2016 Ivy League football seasonPrinceton Tigers football seasonsIvy League football champion seasons2016 in sports in New Jersey

Princeton University2016 NCAA Division I FCS football seasonBob SuracePrinceton University StadiumIvy League

2016 Princeton Tigers football
Ivy League co-champion
Conference	Ivy League
2016 record	8–2 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Bob Surace (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	James Perry
Co-defensive coordinator	Steve Verbit
Co-defensive coordinator	Jim Salgado
Home stadium	Princeton University Stadium (Capacity: 27,773)
Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 Ivy League football standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Princeton +		6	–	1					8	–	2
Penn +		6	–	1					7	–	3
Harvard		5	–	2					7	–	3
Brown		3	–	4					4	–	6
Yale		3	–	4					3	–	7
Cornell		2	–	5					4	–	6
Columbia		2	–	5					3	–	7
Dartmouth		1	–	6					4	–	6
+ – Conference co-champions The Ivy League does not participate in the FCS Playoffs Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2016 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh year head coach Bob Surace and played their home games at Princeton University Stadium. Princeton is a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 8–2, 6–1 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie with Penn for the Ivy League title, their first since 2013.

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  1 Schedule
  


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  2 Game summaries
  
  
  
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    2.1 Lafayette
    
  
  
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    2.2 at Lehigh
    
  
  
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    2.3 at Columbia
    
  
  
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    2.4 at Georgetown
    
  
  
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    2.5 Brown
    
  
  
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    2.6 Harvard
    
  
  
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    2.7 at Cornell
    
  
  
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    2.8 Penn
    
  
  
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    2.9 at Yale
    
  
  
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    2.10 Dartmouth
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 References
  

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 17	5:00 PM	Lafayette*	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN3	W 35–31	13,420
September 24	12:30 PM	at Lehigh*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	CI	L 28–42	5,493
October 1	12:00 PM	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York City, NY	FCS	W 48–13	3,638
October 8	1:00 PM	at Georgetown*	Cooper Field Washington, D.C.	CI	W 31–17	2,263
October 15	3:00 PM	Brown	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ (Rivalry)	ILDN	W 31–7	5,881
October 22	1:00 PM	Harvard	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ (Rivalry)	ILDN	L 20–23 OT	9,963
October 29	12:30 PM	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	OWSPN	W 56–7	4,879
November 5	12:00 PM	Penn	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ (Rivalry)	ASN	W 28–0	7,367
November 12	12:30 PM	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (Rivalry)	ILDN	W 31–3	15,321
November 19	1:30 PM	Dartmouth	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	OWSPN	W 38–21	8,320
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

Lafayette

See also: 2016 Lafayette Leopards football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	14	7	3	7	31
Tigers	7	14	14	0	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–4–3	2015	W 40–7

at Lehigh

See also: 2016 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	7	0	14	28
Mountain Hawks	7	14	14	7	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–16–2	2015	W 52–26

at Columbia

See also: 2016 Columbia Lions football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	6	28	14	0	48
Lions	6	0	0	7	13

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
69–15–1	2015	W 10–5

at Georgetown

See also: 2016 Georgetown Hoyas football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	14	7	10	0	31
Hoyas	7	7	3	0	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–1	2013	W 55–20

Brown

See also: 2016 Brown Bears football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	0	7	7
Tigers	14	14	3	0	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
54–28	2015	L 31–38

Harvard

See also: 2016 Harvard Crimson football team

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Crimson	7	7	0	3	6	23
Tigers	0	0	10	7	3	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
55–46–7	2015	L 7–42

at Cornell

See also: 2016 Cornell Big Red football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	14	21	14	7	56
Big Red	0	0	7	0	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
60–48–4	2015	W 47–41

Penn

See also: 2016 Penn Quakers football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Quakers	0	0	0	0	0
Tigers	6	7	8	7	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
65–41–1	2015	L 23–26OT

at Yale

See also: 2016 Yale Bulldogs football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	10	0	14	31
Bulldogs	3	0	0	0	3

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
52–76–10	2015	L 28–35

Dartmouth

See also: 2016 Dartmouth Big Green football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Green	7	7	0	7	21
Tigers	7	3	7	21	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
43–48–4	2015	L 10–17

References