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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 PENN (1-6, 1-3 IVY) AT PRINCETON (4-3, 3-1 IVY) Nov. 8, 2014 • 3:30 pm • powers Field at priNcetoN stadium TV/Video .......NBC Sports Network/NBC Sports Live Extra Last At Site ..................................Penn 28, PRINCETON 21 Radio/Audio ................... 103.3 FM/GoPrincetonTigers.com Last Five Years ..................................................... Penn 4-1 All-Time Series ............................ Princeton leads 64-40-1 Current Streak .................................................. Princeton 1 Last Year ......................................... Princeton 38, PENN 26 Next Week................at Yale (Nov. 15, 12:30 pm, Ivy Digital) FOLLOWING THE TIGERS ON TWITTER Princeton Athletics .......@PUTigers Live Coverage ......@PUTigers_Live Princeton Football .....@PUTigerFootball Follow Along … Princeton will host Penn Saturday at 3:30 pm on the NBC Sports Network, as well as NBC Princeton Sports Live Extra. Todd Harris and former Princeton offensive lineman Ross Tucker ’01 will call the action from Princeton Stadium. 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 Thank You, Military 2014 PRINCETON SCHEDULE Saturday is Military Appreciation Day. Several members of the miliatry will be honorary captains Sept. 20 SAN DIEGO 39, Princeton 29 for Princeton today and will be present for the coin toss. They are: Kirk Unruh ’70, Rear Admiral, Sept. 27 PRINCETON 56, Davidson 17 Navy – Retired; John Melkon ’90, Captain Special Forces, Army – Retired (former Princeton football Oct. 4 Princeton 38, COLUMBIA 6 player); Peter Yorck ’10, Captain, Army (former Princeton football player); Adam Kerrick, Lieu- Oct. 11 COLGATE 31, Princeton 30 tenant, Navy; Peter Dixon *10, Captain, Marines (brother of former quarterback Andrew Dixon Oct. 18 PRINCETON 27, Brown 16 ’11, who is currently overseas serving in the Marines); Bob Dougherty ’15, Battalion Commander, Oct. 25 Harvard 49, PRINCETON 7 Princeton ROTC. Nov. 1 Princeton 38, CORNELL 27 Nov. 8 Penn at Princeton@ ..............3:30 pm Home Cooking Nov. 15 Princeton at Yale^ ...............12:30 pm While Princeton has won six of its last seven home games, it hasn’t fared well against Penn in Nov. 22 Dartmouth at Princeton# ..........1 pm the 17-year history of Princeton Stadium. The Quakers have won three straight on Powers Field ^ - Ivy Digital Network ! - NBC Sports Regional and seven of the eight all-time meetings. The lone Princeton win came Nov. 4, 2006, when Rob # - ESPN3 & - Fox College Sports Toresco and Jeff Terrell combined on a famous fourth-down pitch play at the goal line for a 31-30 @ - NBC Sports Network (all games on 103.3 FM) double-overtime victory. Penn Rallying Cry Princeton trailed Penn 16-0 early in the second quarter last season, and 23-7 at halftime, but Quakers two rushing TDs by Quinn Epperly and a 14-yard pass from Epperly to Connor Kelley pushed the Tigers to a 38-26 victory at Franklin Field. It was Princeton’s first win over Penn in seven years. Head Coach .......................................... Al Bagnoli 2014 PENN SCHEDULE The Chase Is On Sept. 20 JACKSONVILLE 34, Penn 31 Harvard defeated Dartmouth 23-12 last weekend to become the lone unbeaten in Ivy League Sept. 27 Villanova 41, PENN 7 play. Princeton, Yale and Dartmouth each have only one loss, and the Tigers will play both Yale (Nov. 15) and Dartmouth (Nov. 22) in the final two games of the season. Oct. 4 DARTMOUTH 31, Penn 13 Oct. 11 FORDHAM 60, Penn 22 A PRINCETON WIN WOULD … Oct. 18 PENN 31, Columbia 7 • keep Princeton within one game of first place of the Ivy League with two to go Oct. 25 YALE 43, Penn 21 • be Princeton’s first home win over Penn since 2006 Nov. 1 Brown 21, PENN 13 • be Princeton’s second home win over Penn in the history of Princeton Stadium Nov. 8 Penn at Princeton ............... 3:30 pm • assure Princeton a winning record at home for the second straight season Nov. 15 Harvard at Penn ....................... 1 pm • put Princeton two games over .500 for the first time all season Nov. 22 Penn at Cornell ................. 12:30 pm Week 8: Penn (1-6, 1-3 Ivy) at Princeton (4-3, 3-1 GoPrincetonTigers.com 1 Princeton Game Notes 2014 Princeton Tigers Football 1957, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2006, 2013 Ivy League champions Kelley Green Senior Connor Kelley had the best game of his Princeton career last weekend. He caught 13 LAST WEEK passes for 147 yards and two touchdowns in a 38-27 road win at Cornell. The 13 catches was the most for a Princeton receiver since Nov. 5, 1983, when Derek Graham At Schoellkopf Field • Nov. 1, 2014 caught 15 against Lafayette. Only six players in Princeton history have caught more than 13 Princeton (4-3, 3-1) 3 14 14 7 - 38 passes in a single game. Cornell (0-7, 0-4) 0 14 0 13 - 27 First quarter P - Bieck 36 FG, 4:06. Movin’ On Up Second quarter C - Rogers 17 pass from Hagy (Wells Senior wide receivers Connor Kelley and Matt Costello have both moved into the Princeton kick), 14:54; P - Nelson 3 pass from Michelsen Top 10 in all-time receptions during this season. Costello is tied with Trey Peacock ’11 for fourth (Bieck kick), 6:47; P - Carpenter 16 pass from Michelsen (Bieck kick), 6:47; C - Shapiro 5 pass with 141 catches, while Kelley — who went over the 100-catch mark last weekend — is eighth from Somborn (Wells kick), 1:16. with 109 catches. Third quarter P - Kelley 21 pass fropm Michelsen Costello is also in the Top 10 in career receiving yards (10th, 1,580), while Kelley moved to 13th (Bieck kick), 14:02; P - Kelley 28 pass from Mi- last week (1,194 career yards). chelsen (Bieck kick), 0:13. Fourth quarter C - Shapiro 10 pass from Somborn (Wells kick), 10:01; P - Bostic 2 run (Bieck kick), Armed and Ready 7:13; C - Hagy 6 run (pass failed), 4:46. Senior Connor Michelsen had one of the best games of his career last weekend, throwing for Attendance 5,313 281 yards and four touchdowns in the 38-27 victory at Cornell. After throwing for eight touch- Statistics ....................... Princeton ......Cornell down passes between the start of the 2012 season and Week 3 of the current season, Michelsen First downs ............................ 26 .................23 has thrown seven touchdown passes in the last four weeks alone. Rushing Yards ....................... 130 ................86 Att-Comp-Int .....................37-26-1 ........ 50-27-1 Passing Yards ....................... 320 ...............361 The Powers That Be Total Yards ............................ 450 ...............447 Senior running back Will Powers went over the 1,000-yard mark for his career last week. Pow- Punts-Net ...........................3-36.7 ...........5-29.6 ers rushed for 83 yards on 14 carries and enters the final three games of his career with 1,016 Fumbles-Lost ....................... 2-2 ............... 2-0 Penalties-Yards ................... 5-50 ............ 10-89 rushing yards. 3rd-Down Conversions ........4 of 11 .......... 8 of 18 One of the most spectacular plays of Powers’ career came in this matchup two years ago, Time of Possession..............22:59 ............ 37:01 when he caught a pass down the Princeton sidelines and dove just inside the pylon for a 30-yard Individual Leaders touchdown catch. Rushing: P - Powers 14-83; Kelley 2-19. C - Hagy 16-91, TD; Wrout 1-4. Passing Fancy Passing: P - Michelsen 33-23-1, 4 TDs, 281 yds. C - Somborn 40-23-0, 2 TDs, 315 yds. It’s safe to expect plenty of passing Saturday afternoon, as Princeton and Penn both rank in Receiving: P - Kelley 13-147, 2 TDs; Frusciante 4-45. the Ivy Top 3 in passing this season. Princeton is currently second with 264.9 passing yards per C - Shapiro 12-165, 2 TDs; Rogers 5-78, TD. game, while Penn is third with 258.7 yards per game. Hylton Express Sophomore Rohan Hylton is already showing what kind of impact he can have in this league over the next couple of seasons. Hylton currently ranks second in the league in both sacks (4.5) and tackles for loss (9.5), and he ranks sixth with 7.7 tackles per game. Mike’d Up Senior linebacker Mike Zeuli, an All-Ivy honoree last season, led Princeton with eight tackles, a tackle for loss and a forced fumble last weekend. He leads the Ivy League with 10 tackles for loss and is eighth with 7.6 tackles per game. Turn The Paige Sophomore R.J. Paige had seven tackles in last weekend’s victory at Cornell. In the last four weeks, Paige has averaged more than six tackles per game, including an 11-stop effort at Colgate. Pronunciation Guide Block Party (4) Epperly ..............................................EPP-er-lee (8) Bieck ........................................................BEEK Junior Khamal Brown recorded Princeton’s first field goal block in a span of 14 games last week- (11) Kanoff ............................................. cah-NOFF end, when he blocked a 20-yard field goal attempt by John Wells in the third quarter. Brown, who (12) Michelsen .....................................MIKE-el-son recorded an interception in the win over Brown, missed 16 games between 2012-13 after undergoing (34) Zeuli ...................................................ZOO-lee emergency brain surgery during the fall of 2012. (41) Kappatos .......................................cap-a-TOSE (44) Desiré ...............................................deh-zir-A (46) Leicht ................................................... LIGHT Dynamic Duo (72) Sweigart ..................................... sw-EYE-gart After losing two defensive linemen to the NFL Draft over the last two seasons (Mike Catapano, (79) Colcolough ..................................... COAL-klee 2013; Caraun Reid, 2014), Princeton has turned to a pair of underclassmen to lead the line moving (89) Frusciante ...............................