2008 Princeton Tigers football team

The 2008 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Princeton averaged 9,383 fans per game.

2008 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record4–6 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumPowers Field at Princeton Stadium
Seasons
← 2007
2009 →
2008 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 15 Harvard +   6 1     9 1  
Brown +   6 1     7 3  
Penn   5 2     6 4  
Yale   4 3     6 4  
Princeton   3 4     4 6  
Cornell   2 5     4 6  
Columbia   2 5     2 8  
Dartmouth   0 7     0 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The Tigers played their home games at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at The Citadel*L 24–3713,120[1]
September 27at LehighW 10–78,836[2]
October 4ColumbiaW 27–248,733
October 11at ColgateL 24–274,688[3]
October 18at Brown
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 10–3111,814[4]
October 25at No. 25 Harvard
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 20–2410,189[5]
November 1at CornellW 31–267,122[6]
November 7at Penn
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 9–148,966[7]
November 15YaleL 0–145,711[8]
November 22Dartmouth
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 28–107,113[9]

References edit

  1. ^ "Citadel Rallies to Win". The Greenville News. Greenville, S.C. Associated Press. September 21, 2008. pp. 5C, 10C – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Groller, Keith (September 28, 2008). "Lehigh Loses at Princeton on the Last Play". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Austin, Kyle (October 12, 2008). "Dream Kick Boots Tigers". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. p. C7 – via NewsBank.
  4. ^ "Tigers' Offense Has a Brown-Out". The Trentonian. Trenton, N.J. October 19, 2008. p. C1 – via NewsBank.
  5. ^ Denman, Elliott (October 26, 2008). "In a Flash, Gordon Gives Crimson Victory". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C15 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Thomas, Brandon (November 3, 2008). "Big Red on Wrong End of a Wild Finish". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1C, 2C – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Angel, Sebastian (November 8, 2008). "Penn QB Emerges to Top Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Spiegel, Jay (November 16, 2008). "A Twin Killing: Abare Brothers Set Up Yale TDs". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E7 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Brett, Joshua (November 23, 2008). "Culbreath's 276 Carry Princeton". The Times. Trenton, N.J. p. C5 – via NewsBank.