1993 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1993 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Princeton finished third in the Ivy League.

1993 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIvy League
1993 record8–2 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Keith Elias
  • Reggie Harris
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
1993 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 16 Penn $ 7 –0 –0  10 –0 –0
Dartmouth 6 –1 –0  7 –3 –0
Princeton 5 –2 –0  8 –2 –0
Brown 3 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Cornell 3 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Yale 2 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Harvard 1 –6 –0  3 –7 –0
Columbia 1 –6 –0  2 –8 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

In their seventh year under head coach Steve Tosches, the Tigers compiled an 8–2 record and outscored opponents 241 to 136. Keith Elias and Reggie Harris were the team captains.[1]

Princeton's 5–2 conference record placed third in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 151 to 106.[2]

Though unranked in the preseason national rankings, Princeton's seven-game win streak to open the season saw it enter the weekly top 25 in mid-October, reaching as high as No. 16. After its season-ending loss to unranked Dartmouth, Princeton dropped out of the poll and ended the year unranked.

Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18 Cornell
W 18–12 10,276 [3]
September 25 at Lafayette*
W 21–7 8,049 [4]
October 2 Holy Cross*
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 38–0 7,520 [5]
October 9 at Brown
W 34–16 3,571 [6]
October 16 Lehigh* No. 24
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 31–23 11,120 [7]
October 23 at Harvard No. 21
W 21–10 19,309 [8]
October 30 Columbia No. 18
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 14–3 5,176 [9]
November 6 at No. 21 Penn No. 16
L 14–30 35,810 [10]
November 13 Yale No. 24
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 28–7 17,899 [11]
November 20 at Dartmouth No. 21
L 22–28 9,120 [12]

References
  1. "Results". Princeton Football Record Book. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University. p. 31. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 35. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. Bruns, John (September 19, 1993). "Elias Saves Tigers; 2 TDs, 188 Yards Help Sink Cornell". The Sunday Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Meixell, Ted (September 26, 1993). "Princeton Dumps 'Pards; Lafayette's Offense Fails". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Bruns, John (October 3, 1993). "Elias Scores 4 TDs to Key Princeton Romp". The Sunday Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Princeton Tops Brown on Record-Setting Day". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. October 10, 1993. p. C9 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Canavan, Tom (October 17, 1993). "Princeton Beats Lehigh, 31-23, Moves to 5-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C10 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Concannon, Joe (October 24, 1993). "Princeton Gives Harvard the Slip". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 62 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Bruns, John (October 31, 1993). "Tigers Slosh by Columbia". The Sunday Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. C2 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Bruns, John (November 7, 1993). "Quakers Whip Tigers". The Sunday Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Canavan, Tom (November 14, 1993). "Elias' 3 TDs Give Tigers 28-7 Victory". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C11 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Dartmouth Defeats Princeton by 28–22". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. November 21, 1993. p. D12 – via Newspapers.com.
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