1979 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1979 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Princeton tied for second in the Ivy League.

1979 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–4 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Matthew F. McGrath
  • Stephen R. Reynolds
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
1979 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale $ 6 –1 –08 –1 –0
Brown 5 –2 –06 –3 –0
Princeton 5 –2 –05 –4 –0
Cornell 4 –3 –05 –4 –0
Dartmouth 4 –3 –04 –4 –1
Harvard 3 –4 –03 –6 –0
Columbia 1 –6 –01 –8 –0
Penn 0 –7 –00 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

In their second year under head coach Frank Navarro, the Tigers compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents 166 to 152. Matthew F. McGrath and Stephen R. Reynolds were the team captains.[1]

Princeton's 5–2 conference record tied for second place in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 146 to 97.[2]

Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22 at Dartmouth
W 16-0 14,500 [3]
September 29 Rutgers*
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
L 14–38 23,523 [4]
October 6 at Brown
L 12–31 12,500 [5]
October 13 Columbia
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 35-0 8,705 [6]
October 20 Colgate*
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 6–17 12,687 [7]
October 27 at Harvard
W 9-7 15,000 [8]
November 3 at Penn
W 38–10 13,604 [9]
November 10 Yale
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
L 10–35 22,825 [10]
November 17 Cornell
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 26-14 11,867 [11]
  • *Non-conference game

References
  1. "Results". Princeton Football Record Book. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University. p. 30. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 28–29. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. Roberts, Ernie (September 23, 1979). "Princeton Tips Sluggish Green". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Smith, Paul (September 30, 1979). "Rutgers Gets 24 in 2d Half, Tops Princeton, 38-14". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 12-D – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Carbone, Villella Lead Brown over Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. October 7, 1979. p. 8-D – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Smith, Paul (October 14, 1979). "Princeton Triumphs, 35-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 8D – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Smith, Paul (October 21, 1979). "Colgate's Use of a Wing-T Beats Princeton by 17 to 6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 8-D – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Visser, Lesley (October 28, 1979). "Harvard Falls". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 82 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Penn Blasted by Princeton". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 4, 1979. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Bruns, John (November 11, 1979). "Yale Shows Princeton Who's No. 1". The Home News Sunday. New Brunswick, N.J. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Smith, Paul (November 18, 1979). "Princeton Concludes with a 26-14 Triumph". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 10-D – via Newspapers.com.
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