2014 Princeton Football #21 Harvard (5-0, 2-0) at Princeton (3-2, 2-0)
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Princeton Game Notes 2014 Princeton Tigers Football 1957, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2006, 2013 Ivy League champions 2014 Princeton Football #21 HARVARD (5-0, 2-0) AT PRINCETON (3-2, 2-0) Oct. 25, 2014 • 1 pm • pOwers Field at princetOn stadium TV/Video ...............................................ESPN3/WatchESPN Last At Site ............................. PRINCETON 39, Harvard 34 Radio/Audio ................... 103.3 FM/GoPrincetonTigers.com Last Five Years .................................................Harvard 3-2 All-Time Series ............................ Princeton leads 54-45-7 Current Streak .................................................. Princeton 2 Last Year .........................Princeton 51, HARVARD 48 (3 OT) Next Week........at Cornell (11/1, 12:30 pm, FOX Coll. Spts) FOLLOWING THE TIGERS ON TWITTER Princeton Athletics .......@PUTigers Live Coverage ......@PUTigers_Live Princeton Football .....@PUTigerFootball Follow Along … Princeton will host Harvard in a showdown of Ivy League unbeatens Saturday at 1 pm on ESPN3/ Princeton WatchESPN. Dave Leno and Pete Najarian will call the action on the free, live national stream, which you can access on your computer or mobile device. This will be the first of two live games on Tigers ESPN3, along with the Princeton season finale against Dartmouth. You can also listen to the game either on the radio (WPRB 103.3 FM) or online at WPRB.com. Head Coach ........................................ Bob Surace 2014 PRINCETON SCHEDULE Home Sweet Home Sept. 20 SAN DIEGO 39, Princeton 29 Princeton has won six straight home games dating back to last season, including four when Sept. 27 PRINCETON 56, Davidson 17 it scored at least 50 points. This season, Princeton has outscored its opponents 39-3 in the first Oct. 4 Princeton 38, COLUMBIA 6 quarter en route to wins of 56-17 over Davidson and 27-16 over Brown. Oct. 11 COLGATE 31, Princeton 30 The last time Princeton won at least seven straight home games was between 1993-94, when Oct. 18 PRINCETON 27, Brown 16 the Tigers earned nine straight home wins at Palmer Stadium, which opened 100 years ago Friday. Oct. 25 Harvard at Princeton# ...............1 pm Nov. 1 Princeton at Cornell& ........12:30 pm First And Goal Nov. 8 Penn at Princeton@ ..............3:30 pm Three teams entered the weekend in a tie for first place in the Ivy League, and at least one is Nov. 15 Princeton at Yale^ ...............12:30 pm assured to be there following today’s game. Both Princeton and Harvard are 2-0 in the Ivy League, Nov. 22 Dartmouth at Princeton# ..........1 pm as is Dartmouth, which plays at Columbia today. ^ - Ivy Digital Network ! - NBC Sports Regional In each of the last two seasons, Princeton and Harvard have both entered Week 6 unbeaten in # - ESPN3 & - Fox College Sports the Ivy League. In case you’ve forgotten how those games ended … @ - NBC Sports Network (all games on 103.3 FM) Rallying Cry Harvard Harvard led the 2012 meeting 34-10 with less than 12 minutes remaining, but Princeton rallied with three touchdowns and a pair of two-point conversions to cut the deficit to 34-32 with 2:27 Crimson remaining. The Tigers forced a three-and-out by inches, and drove 90 yards in 1:44 to stun Harvard for a 39-34 win. Head Coach ....................................... Tim Murphy Connor Michelsen, last weekend’s starter in the win over Brown, was named Ivy Player of the 2014 HARVARD SCHEDULE Week after throwing for 237 yards and three touchdowns, but it was Quinn Epperly who launched Sept. 19 HARVARD 41, Holy Cross 18 the 36-yard game-winning pass to Roman Wilson just inside the left side of the end zone with 13 Sept. 27 Harvard 22, BROWN 14 seconds remaining. It was Princeton’s first victory over Harvard since the 2006 Ivy title season. Oct. 4 Harvard 34, GEORGETOWN 3 Oct. 11 HARVARD 24, Cornell 7 A PRINCETON WIN WOULD … Oct. 18 HARVARD 24, Lafayette 14 • keep Princeton in at least a share of first place in the Ivy League Oct. 25 Harvard at Princeton ............... 1 pm • be Princeton’s seventh straight home win, dating back to last season Nov. 1 Harvard at Dartmouth......... 3:30 pm • be Princeton’s 3rd straight win over Harvard, the most since a 4-game streak in ‘92-95 Nov. 8 Columbia at Harvard ................ 1 pm • give Princeton a 9-1 Ivy League record since the start of 2013 Nov. 15 Harvard at Penn ....................... 1 pm • give Princeton three straight victories during Alumni Weekend Nov. 22 Yale at Harvard .................. 12:30 pm Week 6: #21 Harvard (5-0, 2-0 Ivy) at Princeton (3-2, GoPrincetonTigers.com 1 Princeton Game Notes 2014 Princeton Tigers Football 1957, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2006, 2013 Ivy League champions Working Overtime You could have assumed it would have been decades before another Princeton-Harvard meet- LAST WEEK ing matched the 2012 drama, but it actually only took 52 weeks. Last season’s rematch in Boston featured 970 total yards, 99 points and three overtimes, and Princeton again came up with a At Princeton Stadium • Oct. 18, 2014 dramatic win. Brown (2-3, 0-2) 0 6 3 7 - 16 Epperly broke both the Princeton single-game completions (37) and passing touchdowns (six) Princeton (3-2, 2-0) 17 7 3 0 - 27 records on the final play of the game, a six-yard toss to the back right corner of the end zone, First quarter P - Bieck 26 FG, 11:16; P - Powers 9 where Wilson again broke the Crimson hearts. Wilson, who evened the game on a nine-yard run run (Bieck kick), 4:11; P - Costello 49 pass from in the first overtime session, caught the winning touchdown in a 51-48 victory that eventually Michelsen (Bieck kick), 2:14. catapulted Princeton to the Ivy League title. Second quarter P - Costello 17 pass from Michelsen (Bieck kick), 14:04; B - Senne 28 FG, 11:20; B - Senne 33 FG, 9:15. Poll Position Third quarter B - Senne 19 FG, 5:13; P - Bieck 26 Both of today’s opponents on Powers Field picked up all 17 first-place votes in the annual pre- FG, 2:56. season media poll. Princeton was picked as the Ivy League favorite for the first time since 1992 Fourth quarter B - Strachan 20 pass from Fuller (Senne kick), 6:13. with nine of the votes, while Harvard was picked second with the other eight first-place votes. In Attendance 5,807 all 17 polls, either Princeton or Harvard was picked second to the other team. Princeton would love to break a recent trend in the voting, as no preseason favorite has won Statistics ..........................Brown ...... Princeton the outright Ivy League title in a decade. First downs ............................ 20 .................25 Rushing Yards ........................ -7 ................118 Grounded Att-Comp-Int .....................71-29-2 ........ 45-33-1 Passing Yards ....................... 454 ...............367 Princeton currently leads the FCS in rushing defense, allowing only 61.0 rushing yards per Total Yards ............................ 447 ...............485 game this season. The Tigers added to that total last weekend, holding Brown to minus-7 yards Punts-Net ...........................7-36.1 ...........8-37.9 on the ground. Fumbles-Lost ....................... 0-0 ............... 1-0 Penalties-Yards ................... 5-40 ............. 8-65 Today will feature a pair of the nation’s best run defenses, as Harvard enters the game ranked 3rd-Down Conversions ........5 of 23 .......... 3 of 16 fifth nationally. The Crimson allow only 83.2 rushing yards per game Time of Possession..............30:07 ............ 29:53 Individual Leaders Tackling The Issue Rushing: B - Coke 7-7; Doles 1-7. Senior co-captain Mike Zeuli, who leads the Ivy League with 1.8 tackles for loss per game this P - Powers 13-69, TD; Nelson 8-33. season, had one of his best performances last season at Harvard. He recorded a team-high 13 Passing: B - Fuller 71-29-2, 454 yds, TD. P - Michelsen 45-33-1, 367 yds, 2 TDs. tackles and added two sacks in the triple overtime win in Boston. One year earlier, it was his Receiving: B - Strachan 10-146, TD; Doles 6-200. ankle tackle of future NFL draft pick Kyle Juszczyk that forced Harvard’s final punt of the game P - DeValve 10-120; Costello 8-121, 2 TDs. and gave Princeton the chance for its winning touchdown. Zeuli currently ranks 10th in the Ivy League in tackles with 6.8 per game. Hylton Express Sophomore Rohan Hylton ranks third in the Ivy League with 9.2 tackles per game. He has averaged more than 10 per game over the last three weeks, and he ranks in the top three of the league in both tackles for loss and sacks Margin Of Success Princeton had its first positive margin in the turnover department last week, as both Khamal Brown and Andrew Frisby recorded interceptions to help the Tigers finish as +1. Welcome Matt Senior Matt Costello moved to sixth on the all-time Princeton receptions list last weekend during a career day aginst Brown. He caught eight passes for 121 yards and two touchdowns; he now has 133 career catches, and he needs four more to tie Judd Garrett for fifth on the all-time Princeton list. Pronunciation Guide (4) Epperly ..............................................EPP-er-lee (8) Bieck ........................................................BEEK Where There’s A Will … (11) Kanoff ............................................. cah-NOFF Senior running back Will Powers has rushed for touchdowns in each of the Tigers’ last four games. (12) Michelsen .....................................MIKE-el-son Last weekend against Brown, when starter DiAndre Atwater missed the game with an injury, Powers (34) Zeuli ...................................................ZOO-lee rushed 13 times for 69 yards, including a nine-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. (41) Kappatos .......................................cap-a-TOSE (44) Desiré ...............................................deh-zir-A (46) Leicht ..................................................