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The 1979 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Princeton tied for second in the Ivy League.
1979 Princeton Tigers football | |
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 5–4 (5–2 Ivy) |
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Home stadium | Palmer Stadium |
In their second year under head coach Frank Navarro, the Tigers compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents 166 to 152. Matthew F. McGrath and Stephen R. Reynolds were the team captains.[1]
Princeton's 5–2 conference record tied for second place in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 146 to 97.[2]
Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 22 | at Dartmouth | W 16-0 | 14,500 | [3] | |||
September 29 | Rutgers* |
| L 14–38 | 23,523 | [4] | ||
October 6 | at Brown | L 12–31 | 12,500 | [5] | |||
October 13 | Columbia |
| W 35-0 | 8,705 | [6] | ||
October 20 | Colgate* |
| L 6–17 | 12,687 | [7] | ||
October 27 | at Harvard | W 9-7 | 15,000 | [8] | |||
November 3 | at Penn | W 38–10 | 13,604 | [9] | |||
November 10 | Yale |
| L 10–35 | 22,825 | [10] | ||
November 17 | Cornell |
| W 26-14 | 11,867 | [11] | ||
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