2009 Princeton Tigers football team

The 2009 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Princeton tied for fourth in the Ivy League.

2009 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record4–6 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Scott Britton
  • Wilson Cates
  • Jordan Culbreath
  • Mark Paski
Home stadiumPowers Field at Princeton Stadium
2009 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 20 Penn $  7 –0   8 –2  
Harvard  6 –1   7 –3  
Brown  4 –3   6 –4  
Columbia  3 –4   4 –6  
Princeton  3 –4   4 –6  
Yale  2 –5   4 –6  
Dartmouth  2 –5   2 –8  
Cornell  1 –6   2 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

In their tenth and final year under head coach Roger Hughes, the Tigers compiled a 4–6 record and were outscored 265 to 129. Scott Britton, Wilson Cates, Jordan Culbreath and Mark Paski were the team captains.[1]

Princeton's 3–4 conference record tied with Dartmouth for fourth in the Ivy League standings. Princeton averaged 8,178 fans per game.The Tigers were outscored 192 to 91 by Ivy opponents.[2]

The Tigers played their home games at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium, on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19 The Citadel*
L 7–38 7,885 [3]
September 26 at Lehigh*
W 17–14 8,168 [4]
October 3 Columbia
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 0–38 10,738 [5]
October 8 No. 23 Colgate*
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 14–21 2OT 5,685 [6]
October 17 at Brown
L 17–34 8,017 [7]
October 24 at Harvard
L 3–37 13,565 [8]
October 31 Cornell
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 17–14 7,100 [9]
November 7 at Penn
L 7–42 14,027 [10]
November 14 Yale
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 24–17 9,483 [11]
November 21 at Dartmouth
W 23–11 4,297 [12]

References
  1. "Results". Princeton Football Record Book. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University. p. 31. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 44. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. "The Citadel Routs Princeton". The Greenville News. Greenville, S.C. September 20, 2009. pp. 5C, 6C – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Groller, Keith (September 27, 2009). "Lehigh Offense Can't Get It Done Against Princeton". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. O'Gorman, Joe (October 4, 2009). "Bad to Worse". The Trentonian. Trenton, N.J. p. 23 – via NewsBank.
  6. "Colgate 21, Princeton 14". Daily American. Somerset, Pa. Associated Press. October 9, 2009. p. C2 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "College Football: Thursday's Summaries". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, Calif. October 9, 2009. p. C12.
  7. Haley, Craig (October 18, 2009). "Princeton Loses Game, Top Tackler". The Times. Trenton, N.J. p. B6 – via NewsBank.
  8. Larson, Craig (October 25, 2009). "Rush Week at Harvard: Crimson Rip Tigers' Defense". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C16 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Peacock's Late Score Wins It for Princeton". The Trentonian. Trenton, N.J. Associated Press. November 1, 2009. p. 23 – via NewsBank.
  10. Tatum, Kevin (November 8, 2009). "Perfect Homecoming for the Quakers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. E4 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Feldman, Ryan (November 15, 2009). "Tigers' D Steps It Up". The Trentonian. Trenton, N.J. p. 22 – via NewsBank.
  12. "Tigers Win Finale". The Trentonian. Trenton, N.J. November 22, 2009. p. 24 – via NewsBank.
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