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The 2009 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Princeton tied for fourth in the Ivy League.

ConferenceIvy League
Record4–6 (3–4 Ivy)
Headcoach
DefensivecoordinatorJared Backus (1st season)
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2009 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record4–6 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorJared Backus (1st season)
Captains
  • Scott Britton
  • Wilson Cates
  • Jordan Culbreath
  • Mark Paski
Home stadiumPowers Field at Princeton Stadium
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2009 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 20 Penn $ 7–0  8–2 
Harvard 6–1  7–3 
Brown 4–3  6–4 
Columbia 3–4  4–6 
Princeton 3–4  4–6 
Yale 2–5  4–6 
Dartmouth 2–5  2–8 
Cornell 1–6  2–8 
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
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In their tenth and final year under head coach Roger Hughes, the Tigers compiled a 4–6 record and were outscored 265 to 129. Scott Britton, Wilson Cates, Jordan Culbreath and Mark Paski were the team captains.[1]

Princeton's 3–4 conference record tied with Dartmouth for fourth in the Ivy League standings. Princeton averaged 8,178 fans per game.The Tigers were outscored 192 to 91 by Ivy opponents.[2]

The Tigers played their home games at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium, on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19 The Citadel* L 7–38 7,885 [3]
September 26 at Lehigh* W 17–14 8,168 [4]
October 3 Columbia
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 0–38 10,738 [5]
October 8 No. 23 Colgate*
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 14–21 2OT 5,685 [6]
October 17 at Brown L 17–34 8,017 [7]
October 24 at Harvard L 3–37 13,565 [8]
October 31 Cornell
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 17–14 7,100 [9]
November 7 at Penn L 7–42 14,027 [10]
November 14 Yale
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 24–17 9,483 [11]
November 21 at Dartmouth W 23–11 4,297 [12]
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