1990 Princeton Tigers football team

1990 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	3–7 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach	Steve Tosches (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Mark Harriman (2nd season)
Captain	Mike Hirou
Home stadium	Palmer Stadium

1990 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 17 Dartmouth +	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
Cornell +	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Yale	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Harvard	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Penn	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Princeton	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Brown	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

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.

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 14–17	14,000	[3]
September 22	Fordham*	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 23–14	4,127	[4]
September 29	at Colgate*	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	L 13–39	4,315	[5]
October 6	Brown	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 27–23	14,528	[6]
October 13	at Bucknell*	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 9–14	8,432	[7]
October 20	Harvard	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 20–23	24,345	[8]
October 27	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York, NY	L 15–17	10,750	[9]
November 3	Penn	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 34–20	18,534	[10]
November 10	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 7–34	5,500	[11]
November 17	No. 17 Dartmouth	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 6–23	9,842	[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the 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. 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.
5. Shipley, John C. Jr. (September 30, 1990). "Colgate Defeats Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 12-D – via Newspapers.com.
6. Shipley, John C. Jr. (October 7, 1990). "Princeton Overcomes Brown". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 14-E – via Newspapers.com.
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.
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.
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.
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.