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.
Schedule
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 |
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September 16 | 12:00 p.m. | San Diego* | | ELVN | W 27–17 | 10,421 |
September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | at Lafayette* | | STADIUM | W 38–17 | 7,239 |
September 30 | 12:30 p.m. | Columbia | - Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
- Princeton, NJ
| ELVN | L 24–28 | 5,073 |
October 7 | 1:00 p.m. | Georgetown* | - Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
- Princeton, NJ
| | W 50–30 | 4,466 |
October 14 | 12:30 p.m. | at Brown | | | W 53–0 | 3,028 |
| 7:30 p.m. | at Harvard | | NBCSN | W 52–17 | 10,114 |
October 28 | 7:00 p.m. | Cornell | - Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
- Princeton, NJ
| NBCSN | L 28–29 | 5,642 |
November 4 | 1:00 p.m. | at Penn | | TCN | L 35–38 | 9,073 |
November 11 | 1:00 p.m. | Yale | - Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
- Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
| ELVN | L 31–35 | 11,229 |
November 18 | 1:30 p.m. | at Dartmouth | | | L 44–54 | 3,081 |
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Game summaries
San Diego
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- First quarter
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Lafayette
Princeton vs. Lafayette – Game summary
at Fisher Stadium • Easton, PA
- Date: September 23
- Game time: 6:00 p.m.
- Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C); clear
- Game attendance: 7,239
- Referee: W. Gillis
- Box Score
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Columbia
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- First quarter
- 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)
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Georgetown
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- First quarter
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Brown
Princeton vs. Brown – Game summary
at Brown Stadium • Providence, RI
- Date: October 14
- Game time: 12:30 p.m.
- Game weather: 63 °F (17 °C); light rain
- Game attendance: 3,028
- Referee: T. Marcella
- Box Score
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- First quarter
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Harvard
Princeton vs. Harvard – Game summary
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
- Date:
- Game time: 7:30 p.m.
- Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); warm, breezy
- Game attendance: 10,114
- Referee: M. Sechrist
- TV: NBCSN
- Box Score
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- First quarter
- Second quarter
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Cornell
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- First quarter
- PRIN – Chad Kanoff, 14 yard run (Tavish Rice XP good), 5:58 (PRIN 7–0)
- Second quarter
- COR – Hayes Nolte, 12 yard pass from Dalton Banks (Nickolas Null XP good), 14:34 (TIE 7–7)
- PRIN – S. Carlson, 23 yard pass from Kanoff (Rice XP good), 11:47 (PRIN 14–7)
- PRIN – Carlson, 20 yard pass from Kanoff (Rice XP good), 4:58 (PRIN 21–7)
- COR – Null, 23 yard field goal, 0:14 (PRIN 21–10)
- Third quarter
- COR – Chris Walker, 1 yard run (2-pt. conversion failed), 8:42 (PRIN 21–16)
- PRIN – Ryan Quigley, 7 yard run (Rice XP good), 1:37 (PRIN 28–16)
- Fourth quarter
- COR – Null, 28 yard field goal, 11:00 (PRIN 28–19)
- COR – Jake Jatis, 8 yard run (Null XP good), 7:13 (PRIN 28–26)
- COR – Null, 43 yard field goal, 0:48 (COR 29–28)
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Penn
Princeton vs. Penn – Game summary
at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA
- Date: November 4
- Game time: 1:00 p.m.
- Game weather: About 55 °F (13 °C); brisk fall day
- Game attendance: 9,073
- Referee: C. Jebran
- Box Score
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- First quarter
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Yale
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- First quarter
- Second quarter
- Third quarter
- Fourth quarter
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Dartmouth
Princeton vs. Dartmouth – Game summary
at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH
- Date: November 18
- Game time: 1:30 p.m.
- Game weather: 43 °F (6 °C); cold and overcast
- Game attendance: 3,081
- Referee: T. Marcella
- Box Score
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