2012 Princeton Football Week 10: Dartmouth (5-4, 3-3) at Princeton (5-4, 4-2) Nov
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Princeton Football 2012 Education Through Athletics Education 2012 Princeton Football WEEK 10: DARTMOUTH (5-4, 3-3) AT PRINCETON (5-4, 4-2) Nov. 17, 2012 • 1 pm • powers Field at priNcetoN stadium • SENIOR DAY TV/Video .......................................GoPrincetonTigers.TV Last At Site ............Dartmouth 31, PRINCETON 0 (2010) Radio/Audio ...............103.3 FM/GoPrincetonTigers.com Last Five Years .......................................... Princeton 3-2 All-Time Series ................................Dartmouth 44-43-4 Last Princeton Win .Princeton 23, DARTMOUTH 11 (2009) Last Year ......................... DARTMOUTH 24, Princeton 17 Current Streak .............................................Dartmouth 2 FollowiNg the tigers oN twitter Princeton Athletics ....................................... @PUTigers Princeton Football..............................@PUTigerFootball Princeton’s Last Time Out Junior Trocon Davis picked off a trick pass late in the second quarter and returned it for a Princeton record 100 yards to lead the Tigers to a 29-7 win at Yale last weekend. Sophomore quarterback Quinn Epperly ran for a touchdown and threw for another to lead Princeton, which won its first game at the Yale Bowl since 2006. Dartmouth’s Last Time Out Junior Dominick Pierre ran the ball 28 times for 136 yards and two touchdowns, but Dartmouth was unable to hold onto a 10-point lead in the final seven minutes against Brown. An 18-yard touchdown pass with 1:14 remaining gave the Bears a 28-24 road victory; that score capped a drive that saw Dartmouth recover a Brown fumble that had been ruled to have touched the sideline before the Big Green took possession. That Winning Feeling With Princeton’s 29-7 victory over Yale last weekend, the Tigers enter today with a chance to clinch the program’s first winning season since the 2006 Ivy League championship season. The current stretch of six consecutive seasons without a winning record is the program’s longest since an eight-year streak between 1971 and 1978. Princeton Head Of The Class Princeton will also be looking to send its senior class out with a victory. The Class of 2013, Tigers which is featured on Page 4 of this week’s game program, has helped bring the program from consecutive one-win seasons to the top half of the Ivy League standings, and possibly even Head Coach .............. Bob Surace (third season) more. Princeton Record ........................................7-22 Ivy League Record .......................................5-15 Seeing Red 2012 Record ...........................................5-4, 4-2 While Princeton can control a winning season and a positive exit for its senior class, it can also hope for a share of the program’s 10th Ivy League championship. If Princeton defeats Dartmouth and Cornell defeats Penn (a 12:30 start in Ithaca), Princeton would clinch either a 2012 PRINCETON SCHEDULE two-way or three-way (if Harvard also wins) share of the Ivy League title. Sept. 15 LEHIGH 17, Princeton 14 As a reminder, Harvard was picked to finish first in the Ivy League. Penn was picked to finish Sept. 21 Georgetown 21, PRINCETON 20@ second. Princeton was picked to finish last. Both Harvard and Penn won one Ivy League title Sept. 29 Princeton 33, COLUMBIA 6 apiece between the last two seasons. During that stretch, Princeton won one Ivy League game. Oct. 6 Princeton 35, LAFAYETTE 14 Oct. 13 PRINCETON 19, Brown 0# Poll Position Oct. 20 PRINCETON 39, Harvard 34^ A Princeton win would assure the Tigers no worse than a second-place finish in the Ivy Oct. 27 CORNELL 37, Princeton 35 League. Only one team picked to finish eighth has ever finished second (Yale, 1998). No team Nov. 3 Penn 28, PRINCETON 21 ever picked to finish last has ended the year as Ivy League champion. Nov. 10 Princeton 29, YALE 7 Nov. 17 DARTMOUTH* .......................... 1 pm A PRINCETON WIN WOULD … • assure Princeton its first winning season since 2006 @ — ESPNU • assure Princeton its first winning record at home since 2006 # — NBC Sports Network • give Princeton a chance at sharing the Ivy League title, based on Penn-Cornell result ^ — ESPN3 ! — YES Network • give Princeton only its third 5-win Ivy League season since 1996 * — Verizon FIOS ONE • even the all-time series with Dartmouth at 44-44-4 11/17: Dartmouth (5-4, 3-3 Ivy) at Princeton (5-4, 4-2 Ivy) Ivy) at Princeton 11/17: Dartmouth (5-4, 3-3 www.GoPrincetonTigers.com 1 Princeton Football 2012 11/10: Princeton (4-4, 3-2 Ivy) at Yale (2-6, 1-4 (4-4, 3-2 11/10: Princeton Rising Up Princeton has already assured itself its biggest turnaround season Statistical Leaders in more than 20 years. The last Tiger team to win at least four more games than it had the previous season was the 1991 team, which im- Rushing Season ............................................................Will Powers, 42.7 y/gm proved from 3-7 (1990) to 8-2. That team featured a sophomore running Last Week ............................................................... Quinn Epperly, 91 back named Keith Elias, who ended his career as Princeton’s all-time rushing leader. Passing Season ............................................... Connor Michelsen, 181.6 y/gm World Series Last Week ................................................Connor Michelsen, 126 yds The all-time series with Dartmouth is the closest of any of Princ- eton’s Ivy League opponents. The Tigers, who won six straight between Receptions Season ............................................ Roman Wilson, 33 rec., 3.7 r/gm 2004-2009 to temporarily take a one-game lead, trails Dartmouth 44- Last Week ................................. Seth DeValve & Connor Kelley, 4 rec 43-4 in a series that dates back to Oct. 30, 1897. Receiving Yards Fired Up Season ....................................................... Roman Wilson, 68.4 y/gm One of the Princeton traditions is to hold a bonfire for the team on Last Week .......................................................... Seth DeValve, 70 yds Cannon Green during any season that it sweeps the “Big Three.” For the 25th time in program history, Princeton swept Harvard (39-34) and Touchdowns Season ..................................................................... Roman Wilson, 7 Yale (29-7), and will be honored with a bonfire Saturday night at 7 pm. Last Week ...................................... Wilson/Davis/Epperly/Costello, 1 Harvard led Princeton 34-10 with 12 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter on Powers Field during Week 6, and Yale led Princeton 7-0 in Tackles the Yale Bowl early last week. In both cases, Princeton finished the Season ......................................................... Andrew Starks, 8.9 t/gm game scoring 29 unanswered points to secure the victory. Last Week ....................................................................Matt Arends, 8 Just Quinn, Baby Sacks Season ................................................................Mike Catapano, 10.5 Sophomore quarterback Quinn Epperly has both rushed for a touch- Last Week ....................................................................................none down and thrown for a touchdown in three of Princeton’s last four games. He has accounted for nine Tiger touchdowns in the last four Interceptions weeks (five passing, four rushing), and he currently ranks third in the Ivy Season .................................................................. Anthony Gaffney, 3 League in passing efficiency. Last Week ................................................................... Trocon Davis, 1 First Impression winning 34-yard touchdown pass from Quinn Epperly to lead Princeton Quinn Epperly made his first career start in the 2011 season finale past Harvard. at Dartmouth. He rushed for two touchdowns in a 24-17 loss and was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week. Quarterly Report Princeton hasn’t scored a first quarter point since the Week 5 game When In Roman against Brown, when Spencer Huston took a throwback and ran for a Junior wideout Roman Wilson has scored at least one touchdown in 15-yard touchdown. Princeton’s only two scores in the first quarter over six of Princeton’s last seven games. He rushed for a one-yard score last the last six games have been Huston’s run and a 93-yard kickoff return weekend to even the score at 7-7 against Yale, and he caught the game- for a touchdown on the first play at Columbia. Princeton has 21 first-quarter points this season. The Tigers have at least three times as many in every other quarter (71 in both the second and third, 82 in the fourth). Sack Exchange Senior Mike Catapano, who will be play- ing his final game today, leads the Ivy League and ranks second nationally with 1.1 sacks per game. Seven of his sacks have come in Ivy League games, including two apiece against Columbia, Brown and Penn. Tackling The Issue The race for the Ivy League tackle leader will come down to the final weekend, and TOP ROW: Andrew Starks, Mandela Sheaffer, Alec Egan, Charlie Langerhans, Mike Catapano, two of the top three currently will be on the Kevin Mill, Matt Landry. MIDDLE ROW: Stuart Ahlum, Greg Kohles, Joe Cloud, Tim Kingsbury, field today. Columbia’s Zach Olinger leads Jason Tiemeier, Brian Pourciau, Brad Megay, Caraun Reid. BOTTOM ROW: Luke Taylor, Kevin Education Through Athletics Education the league with 9.2 stops per game (83 total), Navetta, Akil Sharp, Mark Hayes, Shane Wilkinson, Tim Dondanville, Tom Moak. while Dartmouth’s Michael Runger is second 2 www.GoPrincetonTigers.com Princeton Football 2012 with 9.0 stops (81). Princeton senior Andrew Through Athletics Education Starks, a two-time All-Ivy League selection, is LAST WEEKEND Following third with 8.9 stops (80). At the Yale Bowl • Nov. 10, 2012 Princeton Return To Sender Princeton (5-4, 4-2 Ivy) 0 14 8 7 - 29 Junior Trocon Davis’ 100-yard interception Yale (2-7, 1-5 Ivy) 7 0 0 0 - 7 Football return last weekend matched the school record First quarter Y - Wallace 14 pass from Furman (Panico The Official Athletics Web Site of James Anderson, who did the same during a kick), 6:27. Complete coverage of Princeton football, victory at Cornell on Sept. 22, 1984. Second quarter P - Wilson 1 run (Bieck kick), 6:48; including pre-game stories and post-game P - Davis 100 INT return (Bieck kick), 1:01.