2007 Princeton Tigers football team

2007 Princeton Tigers football
2007 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	4–6 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach	Roger Hughes (8th season);
Captains	Brendan Circle; Jon Stern;
Home stadium	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
	Seasons ← 2006 2008 →

ConferenceIvy League

Record4–6 (3–4 Ivy)

Headcoach

Roger Hughes (8th season)

Captains

Brendan Circle
Jon Stern

2007 Ivy League football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 21 Harvard $	7	–	0	8	–	2
No. 22 Yale	6	–	1	9	–	1
Brown	4	–	3	5	–	5
Penn	3	–	4	4	–	6
Princeton	3	–	4	4	–	6
Dartmouth	3	–	4	3	–	7
Cornell	2	–	5	5	–	5
Columbia	0	–	7	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2007 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Princeton tied for fourth in the Ivy League. Princeton averaged 10,215 fans per game.

In their eighth year under head coach Roger Hughes, the Tigers compiled a 4–6 record, though they were outscored 264 to 201. Brendan Circle and Jon Stern were the team captains.^[1]

Princeton's 3–4 conference record tied with Dartmouth and Penn for fourth in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers were outscored 171 to 133 by Ivy opponents.^[2]

On Nov. 10, The Tigers dedicated their playing field to alumnus William C. Powers after he donated $10 million to the University and renamed played their playing field Powers Field at Princeton Stadium,^[3] on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	Lehigh*	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 21–32	8,640	^[4]
September 22	at No. 22 Lafayette*	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	W 20–14	8,921	^[5]
September 29	Columbia	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 42–32	7,926	^[1]
October 6	Hampton*	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 27–48	15,329	^[6]
October 13	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 24–33	6,493	^[7]
October 20	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 10–27	12,005	^[8]
October 26	Cornell	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 34–31	5,773	^[9]
November 3	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 0–7	12,397	^[10]
November 10	No. 12 Yale	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 6–27	13,408	^[11]
November 17	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 17–14 ^OT	4,017	^[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

v t e Princeton Tigers football
Venues	University Field (1876–1913) Palmer Stadium (1914–1996) Powers Field at Princeton Stadium (1998–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Legacy Bowl Harvard Penn Rutgers Yale
Culture & lore	First American football game (painting) 1922 Chicago game Poe brothers "Princeton Cannon Song" Winged football helmet
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold

2007 Princeton Tigers football team

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