1990 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1990 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Princeton tied for second-to-last in the Ivy League.

1990 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record3–7 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainMike Hirou
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
1990 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 17 Dartmouth + 6 1 07 2 1
Cornell + 6 1 07 3 0
Yale 5 2 06 4 0
Harvard 3 4 05 5 0
Penn 3 4 03 7 0
Princeton 2 5 03 7 0
Brown 2 5 02 8 0
Columbia 1 6 01 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

In their fourth year under head coach Steve Tosches, the Tigers compiled a 3–7 record and were outscored 224 to 168. Mike Hirou was the team captain.[1]

Princeton's 2–5 conference record tied for sixth in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers were outscored 157 to 123 by Ivy opponents.[2]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15 at Cornell L 14–17 14,000 [3]
September 22 Fordham* W 23–14 4,127 [4]
September 29 at Colgate* L 13–39 4,315 [5]
October 6 Brown
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 27–23 14,528 [6]
October 13 at Bucknell* L 9–14 8,432 [7]
October 20 Harvard
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
L 20–23 24,345 [8]
October 27 at Columbia L 15–17 10,750 [9]
November 3 Penn
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 34–20 18,534 [10]
November 10 at Yale L 7–34 5,500 [11]
November 17 No. 17 Dartmouth
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 6–23 9,842 [12]

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. 33–34. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. Benson, Frank (September 17, 1990). "Big Red Holds On to Outlast Princeton". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. B1 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Shipley, John C., Jr. (September 23, 1990). "Princeton and Hamilton Outrun Fordham, 23-14". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 12-C via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. Shipley, John C., Jr. (September 30, 1990). "Colgate Defeats Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 12-D via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. Shipley, John C., Jr. (October 7, 1990). "Princeton Overcomes Brown". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 14-E via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. Shipley, John C., Jr. (October 14, 1990). "Princeton Falls to Bucknell, 14-9". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 10-E via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. Knobelman, Bob (October 21, 1990). "Harvard Edges Princeton in Sloppy but Close Game". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. E1 via Newspapers.com.
  9. Shipley, John C., Jr. (October 28, 1990). "Columbia Squeaks by Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 12-C via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. Knobelman, Bob (November 4, 1990). "Tigers Strike Early, Beat Penn". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. E1 via Newspapers.com.
  11. Shipley, John C., Jr. (November 11, 1990). "Yale Cruises Past Princeton, 34-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 14-E via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. Shipley, John C., Jr. (November 18, 1990). "Dartmouth Wins, 23-6, Clinches Share of Title". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 12-E via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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