2009 Princeton Tigers football team

2009 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	4–6 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach	Roger Hughes (10th season)
Captains	Scott Britton Wilson Cates Jordan Culbreath Mark Paski
Home stadium	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium

2009 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
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

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.

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	The Citadel*	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 7–38	7,885	[3]
September 26	at Lehigh*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	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	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 17–34	8,017	[7]
October 24	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	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	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	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	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 23–11	4,297	[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

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.