1969 Princeton Tigers football team
American college football season
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The 1969 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Princeton was one of three Ivy League co-champions.
| 1969 Princeton Tigers football | |
|---|---|
Ivy League co-champion | |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 6–3 (6–1 Ivy) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Ellis O. Moore |
| Home stadium | Palmer Stadium |
In their first year under head coach Jake McCandless, the Tigers compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents 248 to 138. Ellis O. Moore was the team captain.[1]
Princeton's 6–1 conference record tied with Dartmouth and Yale as the best in the Ivy League. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 220 to 74.[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 | at Rutgers* | L 0–29 | 31,000 | [3] | |||
| October 4 | at Columbia | W 21–7 | 12,415 | [4] | |||
| October 11 | at Cornell | W 24–17 | 18,000 | [5] | |||
| October 18 | Colgate* |
| L 28–35 | 22,000 | [6] | ||
| October 25 | Penn |
| W 42–0 | 26,000 | [7] | ||
| November 1 | Brown |
| W 33–6 | 14,000 | [8] | ||
| November 8 | at Harvard | W 51–20 | 28,000 | [9] | |||
| November 15 | Yale |
| L 14–17 | 35,000 | [10] | ||
| November 22 | Dartmouth |
| W 35–7 | 35,000 | [11] | ||
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