American college football season
The 2017 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by eighth-year head coach Bob Surace and played their home games at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium . Princeton is a member of the Ivy League . They finished the season 5–5 overall and 2–5 in Ivy League play to place seventh. Princeton averaged 7,366 fans per game.
The 2017 schedule consisted of six home games and four away games. The Tigers hosted Ivy League foes Columbia , Cornell , and Yale , and traveled to Brown , Harvard , Penn , and Dartmouth .
Princeton's non-conference opponents were San Diego of the Pioneer Football League and Lafayette and Georgetown of the Patriot League .[1]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 16 12:00 p.m. San Diego * ELVN W 27–1710,421
September 23 6:00 p.m. at Lafayette * STADIUM W 38–177,239
September 30 12:30 p.m. Columbia Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ ELVN L 24–285,073
October 7 1:00 p.m. Georgetown * Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ W 50–304,466
October 14 12:30 p.m. at Brown W 53–03,028
7:30 p.m. at Harvard NBCSN W 52–1710,114
October 28 7:00 p.m. Cornell Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ NBCSN L 28–295,642
November 4 1:00 p.m. at Penn TCN L 35–389,073
November 11 1:00 p.m. Yale Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry ) ELVN L 31–3511,229
November 18 1:30 p.m. at Dartmouth L 44–543,081
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Princeton vs. Lafayette – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Princeton
3
21
7 7 38
Lafayette
7
3
0 7 17
at Fisher Stadium • Easton, PA
Date : September 23Game time : 6:00 p.m.Game weather : 80 °F (27 °C); clearGame attendance : 7,239Referee : W. GillisBox Score
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Columbia vs. Princeton – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Columbia
7
7
7 7 28
Princeton
7
7
3 7 24
at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium • Princeton, NJ
Date : September 30Game time : 12:30 p.m.Game weather : 64 °F (18 °C); cloudy, windyGame attendance : 5,073Referee : S. CadoretteBox Score
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PRIN – Jesper Horsted, 9 yard pass from Chad Kanoff (Tavish Rice XP good), 11:42 (PRIN 7–0)
COL – R. Smith II, 46 yard pass from Anders Hill (Oren Milstein XP good), 6:29 (TIE 7–7)
Second quarter
PRIN – Horsted, 12 yard pass from Kanoff (Rice XP good), 8:21 (PRIN 14–7)
COL – Tanner Thomas, 11 yard run (Milstein XP good), 3:16 (TIE 14–14)
Third quarter
COL – Josh Bean, 2 yard run (Milstein XP good), 12:09 (COL 21–14)
PRIN – Rice, 26 yard field goal, 3:27 (COL 21–17)
Fourth quarter
PRIN – S. Carlson, 27 yard pass from Kanoff, 2:48 (PRIN 24–21)
COL – Smith II, 63 yard pass from Hill (Milstein XP good), 1:12 (COL 28–24)
Georgetown vs. Princeton – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Georgetown
10
0
6 14 30
Princeton
17
19
14 0 50
at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium • Princeton, NJ
Date : October 7Game time : 1:00 p.m.Game weather : 81 °F (27 °C); warm, breezyGame attendance : 4,466Referee : T. KichlineBox Score
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Princeton vs. Brown – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Princeton
16
20
10 7 53
Brown
0
0
0 0 0
at Brown Stadium • Providence, RI
Date : October 14Game time : 12:30 p.m.Game weather : 63 °F (17 °C); light rainGame attendance : 3,028Referee : T. MarcellaBox Score
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Princeton vs. Harvard – Game summary
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1
2
3 4 Total
Princeton
10
21
14 7 52
Harvard
0
10
0 7 17
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
Date : Game time : 7:30 p.m.Game weather : 65 °F (18 °C); warm, breezyGame attendance : 10,114Referee : M. Sechrist[Box Score]
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Princeton vs. Penn – Game summary
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1
2
3 4 Total
Princeton
7
0
14 14 35
Penn
7
10
7 14 38
at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA
Date : November 4Game time : 1:00 p.m.Game weather : About 55 °F (13 °C); brisk fall dayGame attendance : 9,073Referee : C. JebranBox Score
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Princeton vs. Dartmouth – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Princeton
6
7
14 17 44
Dartmouth
3
17
0 34 54
at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH
Date : November 18Game time : 1:30 p.m.Game weather : 43 °F (6 °C); cold and overcastGame attendance : 3,081Referee : T. MarcellaBox Score
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