1965 Princeton Tigers football team
American college football season
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The 1965 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. After winning the Ivy League championship the previous year, Princeton dropped to second place.
| 1965 Princeton Tigers football | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 8–1 (6–1 Ivy) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | G. Paul Savidge |
| Home stadium | Palmer Stadium |
In their ninth year under head coach Dick Colman, the Tigers compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents 281 to 100. G. Paul Savidge was the team captain.[1]
Princeton's 6–1 conference record was the second-best in the Ivy League standings; their only loss was to the conference champion, undefeated Dartmouth, in the final week. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 222 to 94.[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 25 | Rutgers* |
| W 32–6 | 40,000 | [3] | ||
| October 2 | at Columbia | W 31–0 | 20,137 | [4] | |||
| October 9 | at Cornell | W 36–27 | 21,000 | [5] | |||
| October 16 | Colgate* |
| W 27–0 | 28,000 | [6] | ||
| October 23 | Penn |
| W 51–0 | 26,000 | [7] | ||
| October 30 | Brown |
| W 45–27 | 22,000 | [8] | ||
| November 6 | at Harvard | W 14–6 | 34,000 | [9] | |||
| November 13 | Yale |
| W 31–6 | 38,000 | [10] | ||
| November 20 | Dartmouth |
| L 14–28 | 45,725 | [11] | ||
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