2014 Princeton Football Princeton (2-1) at Colgate (3-2)
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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 PRINCETON (2-1) AT COLGATE (3-2) Oct. 11, 2014 • 1 pm • Andy Kerr StAdium, HAmiltOn, n.y. TV/Video ......................................... GoColgateRaiders.com Last At Site ..............COLGATE 27, Princeton 24 (10/11/08) Radio/Audio ................... 103.3 FM/GoPrincetonTigers.com Last Five Years ................................................. Colgate 1-0 All-Time Series ............................................... Tied 25-25-1 Current Streak ......................................................Colgate 3 Last Meeting ............. Colgate 44, PRINCETON 10 (10/9/10) Next Week... vs. Brown (10/18, 3:30 pm, NBC Sports Reg.) FOLLOWING THE TIGERS ON TWITTER Princeton Athletics .......@PUTigers Live Coverage ......@PUTigers_Live Princeton Football .....@PUTigerFootball Follow Along … Princeton makes a return to the Empire State this weekend for its final non-league game of the Princeton season against the Colgate Raiders. The game will be streamed live on GoColgateRaiders.com, with Matt Martucci and Ryan Vena calling the game. There is no charge for the live stream. Tigers You can also listen to the game either on the radio (WPRB 103.3 FM) or online at WPRB.com. Head Coach ........................................ Bob Surace Sixth Sense 2014 PRINCETON SCHEDULE Colgate has won six of the last seven meetings between these two teams, including each of the Sept. 20 SAN DIEGO 39, Princeton 29 last three. They have only played once since Bob Surace took over at Princeton, with Colgate earn- Sept. 27 PRINCETON 56, Davidson 17 ing a 44-10 victory on Powers Field. Oct. 4 Princeton 38, COLUMBIA 6 Oct. 11 Princeton at Colgate ..................1 pm Three-Peat? Oct. 18 Brown at Princeton!^ ............3:30 pm Princeton has won three times at Andy Kerr Stadium; two of those victories (1995, 2006) came Oct. 25 Harvard at Princeton# ...............1 pm during two of Princeton’s last three Ivy League championships. Nov. 1 Princeton at Cornell& ........12:30 pm The last Tiger win in the series, and the only one in the last decade, was a 27-26 overtime win Nov. 8 Penn at Princeton@ ..............3:30 pm in Hamilton. Jeff Terrell, who would be named Ivy League Player of the Year, threw for 293 yards Nov. 15 Princeton at Yale^ ...............12:30 pm and rushed for a TD in overtime, and Tom Methvin tackled Raider quarterback Mike Saraceno on Nov. 22 Dartmouth at Princeton# ..........1 pm a two-point try to clinch the win. ^ - Ivy Digital Network ! - NBC Sports Regional # - ESPN3 & - Fox College Sports Patriot Games @ - NBC Sports Network (all games on 103.3 FM) Besides being Princeton’s last non-league game of the season, this will be the Tigers’ only meeting with a Patriot League team this season. Since Bob Surace took over prior to the 2010 Colgate season, Princeton has gone 4-7 against the Patriot League; two of those wins (Georgetown and La- fayette came last season). This year, the Patriot League owns a 4-3 record against the Ivy League, Raiders including a Colgate win over Cornell. Head Coach ............................................Dan Hunt Quarterly Report 2014 COLGATE SCHEDULE Princeton has scored at least once in every quarter this season, and in 22 of the last 23 quarters Aug. 30 BALL STATE 30, Colgate 10 dating back to last season. The closest it has come to a scoreless quarter this season came at Sept. 13 DELAWARE 28, Colgate 25 Columbia, when senior quarterback Quinn Epperly scored on a 1-yard surge as time ran out in the Sept. 20 COLGATE 27, Cornell 12 second quarter of Princeton’s 38-6 win. Sept. 27 COLGATE 19, Georgetown 0 Oct. 4 COLGATE 20, Holy Cross 17 A PRINCETON WIN WOULD … Oct. 11 Princeton at Colgate ................ 1 pm • be a third straight win for Princeton heading into full-time Ivy League play Oct. 18 Colgate at Yale ......................... 1 om Oct. 25 Colgate at Albany ................ 3:30 pm • be Princeton’s first over Colgate since a 27-26 overtime win in 2006 Nov. 1 Colgate at Fordham ................. 1 pm • give Princeton a one-game edge (26-25-1) in the all-time series Nov. 8 Lafayette at Colgate ................. 1 pm • be only Princeton’s second win at Andy Kerr Stadium since 1998 Nov. 15 Colgate at Lehigh .............. 12:30 pm • move Princeton to 9-1 in the last three Octobers Nov. 22 Colgate at Bucknell ................. 1 pm Week 4: Princeton (2-1) at Colgate (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 Run To Daylight Saturday’s matchup features two teams with run-heavy offenses. Colgate ranks 16th in the lASt WeeK nation with 227.0 yards per game, and it has scored eight rushing touchdowns. Princeton ranks 32nd nationally with 200.3 rushing yards per game, though it has averaged 250.5 in its last two At Wien Stadium • Oct. 4, 2014 games. Princeton (2-1, 1-0 Ivy) 3 7 21 7 - 38 Columbia (0-3, 0-1 Ivy) 3 3 0 0 - 6 Grounded First quarter P - Bieck 40 FG, 8:24; C - Zgrablich 37 While Colgate’s ground game will be the best Princeton has seen this season, the Tigers’ run FG, 0:00. defense will easily be the highest-ranked opponent the Raiders have faced this season. After al- Second quarter C - Zgrablich 25 FG, 12:52; lowing only 27 yards on the ground last weekend, Princeton ranks first in the FCS with only 67.0 P - Epperly 1 run (Bieck kick), 0:00. Third quarter P - Atwater 51 run (Bieck kick), 14:17; rushing yards allowed per game. P - Epperly 1 run (Bieck kick), 3:39; P - Kelley 14 pass from Epperly (Bieck kick), 0:00. 30 For 30 Fourth quarter P - Powers 19 run (Bieck kick), 3:50. Thirty has been the magic number for Princeton recently. In its last 14 games, the Tigers are Attendance 3,321 10-0 in games they have scored 30 or more points and 0-4 in games they have scored 29 or fewer. Those four losses have either been in season openers or season finales. Statistics ....................... Princeton .... Columbia First downs ............................ 25 .................12 Besides its loss to FCS opponent Ball State in the season opener, Colgate hasn’t allowed a Rushing Yards ....................... 268 ................27 team to reach 30 points this season; no team has even reached 20 at Andy Kerr Stadium. Att-Comp-Int .....................34-21-0 ........ 42-19-2 Passing Yards ....................... 204 ...............204 The Hunt For An Orange October Total Yards ............................ 472 ...............231 Punts-Net ...........................5-38.2 ...........8-38.0 Over the last three years, Princeton is 8-1 in October. The Tigers have won their last five Octo- Fumbles-Lost ....................... 4-2 ............... 0-0 ber games, a stretch that began with a Patriot League win (Lafayette) last season. Penalties-Yards ................... 2-21 ............. 6-40 3rd-Down Conversions ........7 of 14 .......... 6 of 19 Elite Eight Time of Possession..............27:37 ............ 32:23 Junior DiAndre Atwater earned a spot on the Ivy League Honor Roll last weekend after rush- Individual Leaders ing for a season-best 107 yards and a touchdowns in the 38-6 win over Columbia. He scored on a Rushing: P - Atwater 11-107, TD; Powers 7-63, TD. C - Molina 21-47; DeMuth 3-8. 51-yard run 43 seconds into the second-half to open a 17-6 lead for the Tigers, and he currently Passing: P - Epperly 28-16-0, 170 yds, TD. leads Princeton with an 8.4 yard-per-carry average and 76.0 per game this season. C - Nottingham 37-17-2, 183 yds. Entering the season, Atwater averaged 4.7 yards per carry and 49.1 per game. Receiving: D - Huelskamp 9-82; Morris 6-60, TD. P - Kelley 6-72; Costello 3-48. Just Quinn, Baby Senior quarterback Quinn Epperly has rushed for six touchdowns over the last two weeks, including a 1-yard score at Columbia that moved him past Judd Garrett for second on the all-time Princeton list with 33; he needs 16 to tie Keith Elias for first. His 33 touchdowns also ranks 10th most in Ivy League history, and the most ever by a quarterback. Multiplication Tables Senior quarterback Quinn Epperly has now accounted for multiple touchdowns in 13 straight games, dating back to last season. In fact, he has ac- counted for at least three touchdowns in 12 straight games. After leading FCS football last year in points responsible for per game (26.6), he currently ranks sixth nationally (20.0); he also ranks 12th nationally with seven rushing touchdowns. Kelley Green In The Red Zone Senior wide receiver Connor Kelley leads Princeton with 14 receptions and 180 receiving yards. After ranking second on the team with six touchdown receptions last season, he caught a 14-yard touchdown pass last weekend and set up another score with a career-long reception of 44 yards. Kelley ranks sixth in the Ivy League in both receptions (4.7) and receiving yards (60.0) per game. Welcome Matt Pronunciation Guide Senior Matt Costello ranks eighth all-time at Princeton with 119 career receptions. He needs five (4) Epperly .............................................epp-er-LEE (8) Bieck ........................................................BEEK more to move into a tie for seventh with Phil Wendler ’00. Costello also ranks 11th with 1299 receiving (11) Kanoff ............................................. cah-NOFF yards, and he needs 86 to move into a tie for 10th with Judd Garrett. (12) Michelsen .....................................MIKE-el-son (34) Zeuli ...................................................ZOO-lee Pick It Up (41) Kappatos .......................................cap-a-TOSE (44) Desiré ...............................................deh-zir-A Princeton entered the Columbia game without a single interception, but two-time first-team All- (46) Leicht ..................................................