2017 Princeton Football Princeton (5-4, 2-4) at Dartmouth (7-2, 4-2)
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Princeton Game Notes 2017 Princeton Tigers Football 1957, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2006, 2013, 2016 Ivy League champions 2017 Princeton Football PRINCETON (5-4, 2-4) AT DARTMOUTH (7-2, 4-2) NOV. 18, 2017 • 1:30 PM • MEMORIAL FIELD • HANOVER, N.H. TV/Video .............................................. Ivy League Network Last At Site ..............DARTMOUTH 17, Princeton 10 (2015) Radio/Audio ............................WPRB 103.3 FM/TuneIn App Last Five Years ............................................Dartmouth 4-1 All-Time Series .......................... Dartmouth leads 48-44-4 Current Streak .................................................. Princeton 1 Last Meeting ............ PRINCETON 38, Dartmouth 21 (2016) Next Week............................................. Happy Thanksgiving FOLLOWING THE TIGERS ON TWITTER/INSTAGRAM Princeton Twitter .....@PUTigers Princeton Insta .....@PrincetonAthletics Princeton Football .....@PUTigerFootball Lights, Camera, Action Princeton will conclude its 2017 at Memorial Stadium in Hanover, N.H., with a 1:30 pm show- Princeton down against Dartmouth. The game will be streamed live on the Ivy League Network. Fans can listen to Cody Chrusciel and Craig Sachson live on the Princeton IMG Sports Network (103.3 FM Tigers WPRB in Princeton) or through the TuneIn app (search “Princeton IMG Sports Network”). The RWJ Barnabas Health pregame show begins 30 minutes prior to kickoff. Head Coach ........................................ Bob Surace 2017 PRINCETON SCHEDULE History Lesson Sept. 16 PRINCETON 27, San Diego 17 This is the 96th game between Princeton and Dartmouth, a series the Big Green leads 48-44-4. Sept. 23 Princeton 38, LAFAYETTE 17 While the overall series has been close, both teams have traded series-best six-game win streaks Sept. 30 Columbia 28, PRINCETON 24 over the last 13 years. From 2004-09, Princeton won all six games, including a 27-17 win in 2006 Oct. 7 PRINCETON 50, Georgetown 30 that clinched the Tigers’ ninth Ivy League title. Oct. 14 Princeton 53, BROWN 0 The series flipped in 2010, when Dartmouth won six straight, including the 2015 finale (17-10), Oct. 20 Princeton 52, HARVARD 17 a comeback win that assured the Big Green a share of the Ivy League title. Princeton was able to Oct. 28 Cornell 29, PRINCETON 28 end that drought last year with a 38-21 home win that (you guessed it) clinched the Tigers’ 11th Nov. 4 PENN 38, Princeton 35 Ivy League title. Nov. 11 Yale 35, PRINCETON 31 Nov. 18 Princeton at Dartmouth^ .....1:30 pm Yankee Doodle Dandy Saturday will be the Tigers’ last trip to Hanover until the 2021 season. On Nov. 9, 2019, only three ^ - Ivy League Network & - NBC Sports Phila $ - NBC Sports Network * - ESPN3/WatchESPN days after the 150th anniversary of the first college football game ever — played between Prince- ! - Eleven Sports (all games on Princeton TuneIn) ton and Rutgers — Princeton will play its next road game against Dartmouth at Yankee Stadium. Climbing Ivy Dartmouth While Princeton was officially eliminated from the Ivy League race last weekend, Saturday’s game could have championship implications once again. Dartmouth enters the weekend with a Big Green 4-2 Ivy mark, one game behind Yale in the standings (Dartmouth handed Yale its only Ivy loss this season). Yale and Harvard play at 12:30; a Harvard win would allow both Dartmouth and Columbia Head Coach ...................................Buddy Teevens (which hosts Brown) an opportunity to share the Ivy title. 2017 DARTMOUTH SCHEDULE Sept. 16 Dartmouth 38, STETSON 7 That Winning Feeling Sept. 23 DARTMOUTH 27, Holy Cross 26 (ot) A Princeton win on Saturday would end the Tigers season with a 6-4 record and give the team Sept. 29 Dartmouth 16, PENN 13 back-to-back winning seasons. Princeton has put together back-to-back winning seasons only Oct. 7 DARTMOUTH 28, Yale 27 one other time since the 1994-95 seasons (2005-06). Oct. 14 Dartmouth 29, SACRED HEART 26 Oct. 21 Columbia 22, DARTMOUTH 17 A TIGER WIN WOULD … Oct. 28 HARVARD 25, Dartmouth 22 • clinch a second straight winning season, which Princeton has done once in 21 years Nov. 4 DARTMOUTH 10, Cornell 0 • be Princeton’s first win at Dartmouth since 2009 Nov. 10 Dartmouth 33, BROWN 10 • end a three-game losing streak, which has come by a total of eight points Nov. 18 Princeton at Dartmouth .......1:30 pm Week 10: Princeton (5-4, 2-4 Ivy) at Dartmouth (7-2, 5-2 GoPrincetonTigers.com 1 Princeton Game Notes 2017 Princeton Tigers Football 1957, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2006, 2013, 2016 Ivy League champions Armed And Ready Princeton quarterback Chad Kanoff has put together a historic 2017 season, and he is chasing Princeton Football several top team and Ivy League marks in the final game of his career this Saturday. By The Numbers … Single-Season Passing Yards: Kanoff needs 145 to break Doug Butler’s 34-year Princeton record of 3,175 yards (1983). He is currently 12th in Ivy single-season passing yards, but he is only 225 away 1 .................latest Princeton ranking among from second place (held by former offensive coordinator James Perry), and 382 away from the Ivy universities by U.S. News & World Report record set by Cornell’s Jeff Mathews in 2011. 6 .........................televised Princeton games Career Passing Yards: Kanoff needs 225 to break Butler’s Princeton career record of 7,291 (1983- this season; eight of the 10 games will also 85). Realistically, Butler is also the only player Kanoff could pass on the Ivy career chart; Butler is be shown on the ILN or ESPN3 sixth, one spot ahead of Kanoff, while fifth-place Gavin Hoffman of Penn is 476 yards ahead of Kanoff. Touchdown Passes: Kanoff set the Princeton single-season touchdown passes record last week- 9 ...................Princeton football players who end, when he completed his 26th of the season (moving past Butler and Quinn Epperly). He is second have been awarded Rhodes Scholarships on the career TD passes list, though he trails Butler by seven. 11 .......................Ivy League Championships Playing The Percentages won by Princeton since the league officially formed in 1956 Chad Kanoff currently has a 72.2 completion percentage this season, while the Princeton single- season record is 66.5, set by current Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett. If Kanoff throws 15 ................Princeton players picked in the 20 straight incompletions to open Saturday’s game, he would still be ahead of Garrett by percent- NFL Draft; three were taken age points. Kanoff currently has a 63.7 career completion percentage, which is sixth-best all-time. in the last five years Garrett holds the Ivy League record (66.5); Kanoff would need to complete his first 71 passes next weekend to catch Garrett … and he would set every other single game record possible. 22 ...........career interceptions by Dean Cain, former “Superman” star; total Watch And Learn remains an Ivy League record Chad Kanoff was named to the Walter Payton Award Watch List this week, which honors the top 26 ......... Princeton players and coaches who offensive player in the FCS. The Payton Award, first handed out in 1987, has had past winners such are in the College Football Hall of Fame as Steve McNair, Tony Romo, Brian Westbrook, and Jimmy Garoppolo. 28 ..............national titles won by Princeton; no college football program can claim more Last Year’s Box Score Head Of The Class 42 ................number worn by 1951 Heisman Chad Kanoff was named a semifinalist for At Princeton Stadium • Nov. 19, 2016 Trophy recipient Dick Kazmaier; the prestigious William V. Campbell Trophy, no Princeton player has worn it since Dartmouth (4-6, 1-6) 7 7 0 7 - 21 one of the top scholar-athlete honors in col- Princeton (8-2, 6-1) 7 3 7 21 - 38 lege football. Candidates for the award must 43.7 .........points per game scored by the Ivy First quarter D - Heneghan 20 run (Smith kick), 11:05; be a senior or graduate student in their final champion 2013 Princeton Tigers; P - Lovett 1 run (Rice kick), 2:21. year of eligibility, have a GPA of at least 3.2 on total remains an Ivy League record Second quarter D - Skaff 8 pass from Heneghan a 4.0 scale, have outstanding football ability as (Smith kick), 10:33; P - Rice 23 FG, 0:12. 72 .. Princeton’s total first-team All-America a first-team player or significant contributor Third quarter P - Lovett 1 run (Rice kick), 4:58. honorees; John Lovett (‘16) is the most recent Fourth quarter P - Horsted 14 pass from Kanoff and have demonstrated strong leadership and (Rice kick), 13:28; P - Carpenter 3 pass from Lovett citizenship. 153........ points Princeton scored during its last (Rice kick), 12:10; P - Volker 39 run (Rice kick), 6:36; D - Stone 1 run (Katzman kick), 0:21. four must-win games of the 2016 title season; Attendance 8,320 Double Trouble the opposing teams combined for only 31 Princeton is the first team in Ivy League his- Statistics ...................... Dartmouth ... Princeton tory to have two players catch 10 touchdown 193 ......career receptions for Kevin Guthrie, First downs ............................ 20 .................26 the all-time Princeton leader Rushing Yards ........................ 61 ................219 passes in a season. Junior Jesper Horsted set the Tiger single-season record last weekend Att-Comp-Int .....................46-30-2 ........ 30-18-0 1869 .....the year of the first college football Passing Yards ....................... 314 ...............230 when he caught his 12th, though he could pos- game, played between Rutgers & Princeton Total Yards ............................ 375 ...............449 sibly own that mark for all of a week. Stephen Punts-Net ...........................6-32.5 ...........5-31.4 Fumbles-Lost ....................... 1-1 ............... 1-0 Carlson moved into fourth place on that single- 1878 ........ Princeton’s first “Big Three” title; Penalties-Yards ................... 9-79 ............