2007 Princeton Tigers football team

2007 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	4–6 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach	Roger Hughes (8th season)
Captains	Brendan Circle Jon Stern
Home stadium	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium

2007 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 21 Harvard $		7	–	0					8	–	2
No. 22 Yale		6	–	1					9	–	1
Brown		4	–	3					5	–	5
Penn		3	–	4					4	–	6
Princeton		3	–	4					4	–	6
Dartmouth		3	–	4					3	–	7
Cornell		2	–	5					5	–	5
Columbia		0	–	7					1	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Lehigh Mountain Hawks at Princeton, 15 September 2007

The 2007 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Princeton tied for fourth in the Ivy League. Princeton averaged 10,215 fans per game.

In their eighth year under head coach Roger Hughes, the Tigers compiled a 4–6 record, though they were outscored 264 to 201. Brendan Circle and Jon Stern were the team captains.^[1]

Princeton's 3–4 conference record tied with Dartmouth and Penn for fourth in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers were outscored 171 to 133 by Ivy opponents.^[2]

On Nov. 10, The Tigers dedicated their playing field to alumnus William C. Powers after he donated $10 million to the University and renamed played their playing field Powers Field at Princeton Stadium,^[3] on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	Lehigh*	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 21–32	8,640	[4]
September 22	at No. 22 Lafayette*	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	W 20–14	8,921	[5]
September 29	Columbia	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 42–32	7,926	[1]
October 6	Hampton*	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 27–48	15,329	[6]
October 13	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 24–33	6,493	[7]
October 20	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 10–27	12,005	[8]
October 26	Cornell	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 34–31	5,773	[9]
November 3	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 0–7	12,397	[10]
November 10	No. 12 Yale	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 6–27	13,408	[11]
November 17	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 17–14 ^OT	4,017	[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. 43. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
3. "William C. Powers '79 Gives $10.5 Million to Princeton Football". Retrieved April 15, 2021.
4. Groller, Keith (September 16, 2007). "Young Backfield Leads Lehigh Over Princeton". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. CC1 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Haley, Craig (September 23, 2007). "Princeton Slips Past Lafayette as QB Foran Takes Command". The Times. Trenton, N.J. p. C1 – via NewsBank.
6. Gorman, Denis (October 7, 2007). "Pirates Shakes Off Slow Start, Dominate Tigers". Daily Press. Newport News, Va. p. B7 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Field Goals, Turnovers Help Brown Down Princeton". Daily Record. Morristown, N.J. Associated Press. October 14, 2007. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 14, 2007. p. D11.
8. Larson, Craig (October 21, 2007). "Harvard's Pizzotti Stars at Improv; Princeton Cannot Contain Quarterback". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D13 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Big Red Comes Up 1 Rally Short". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. October 27, 2007. p. 1F – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "College Football". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, N.J. October 28, 2007. p. H19.
10. Juliano, Joe (November 4, 2007). "One Touchdown Drive Enough to Lift Penn Over Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D13 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Hine, Tommy (November 11, 2007). "Perfect Setting for Yale-Harvard; Denny-Brown TDs Sink Princeton". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E11 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Louden's Field Goal in OT Lifts Princeton". Courier News. Bridgewater, N.J. November 18, 2007. p. C-9 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Saturday's Scores". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, N.J. November 18, 2007. p. H13.