1964 Princeton Tigers football team
American college football season
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The 1964 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. A year after sharing an Ivy League co-championship, Princeton went undefeated to win the league outright.
| 1964 Princeton Tigers football | |
|---|---|
Ivy League champion | |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 13 |
| Record | 9–0 (7–0 Ivy) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Cosmo Iacavazzi |
| Home stadium | Palmer Stadium |
In their eighth year under head coach Dick Colman, the Tigers compiled a 9–0 record and outscored opponents 216 to 53. Cosmo Iacavazzi, who would later be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, was the team captain.[1] At the end of the year, the Tigers were ranked No. 13 in the nation the UPI Coaches Poll.
Princeton's 7–0 conference record was the best in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 197 to 46.[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 26 | Rutgers* |
| W 10–7 | 38,000 | [3] | ||
| October 3 | Columbia |
| W 23–13 | 22,000 | [4] | ||
| October 10 | at Dartmouth | W 37–7 | 15,580 | [5] | |||
| October 17 | Colgate* |
| W 9–0 | 20,000 | [6] | ||
| October 24 | at Penn | W 55–0 | 14,982 | [7] | |||
| October 31 | at Brown | W 14–0 | 16,700 | [8] | |||
| November 7 | Harvard |
| W 16–0 | 39,000 | [9] | ||
| November 14 | at Yale | W 35–14 | 60,173 | [10] | |||
| November 21 | Cornell |
| W 17–12 | 32,000 | [11] | ||
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