1958 Princeton Tigers football team
American college football season
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The 1958 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as a member of the Ivy League during the 1958 college football season.
| 1958 Princeton Tigers football | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 6–3 (5–2 Ivy) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Frederick W. Tiley |
| Home stadium | Palmer Stadium |
In their second year under head coach Dick Colman, the Tigers compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents 217 to 164. Frederick W. Tiley was the team captain.[1]
Princeton's 5–2 conference record tied for second place in the Ivy League. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 177 to 123.[2]
Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 27 | Rutgers* |
| L 0–28 | 26,000 | [3] | ||
| October 4 | Columbia |
| W 43–8 | 16,500 | [4] | ||
| October 11 | at Penn | W 20–14 | 22,531 | [5] | |||
| October 18 | Colgate* |
| W 40–13 | 23,500 | [6] | ||
| October 25 | at Cornell | L 8–34 | 23,000 | [7] | |||
| November 1 | Brown |
| W 28–18 | 28,000 | [8] | ||
| November 8 | Harvard |
| W 16–14 | 35,000 | [9] | ||
| November 15 | at Yale | W 50–14 | 47,680 | [10] | |||
| November 22 | Dartmouth |
| L 12–21 | 44,000 | [11] | ||
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