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Princeton Game Notes 2018 Princeton Tigers Football 1957, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2006, 2013, 2016 Ivy League champions 2018 Princeton Football #11 PRINCETON (8-0, 5-0 IVY) AT YALE (5-3, 3-2 IVY) 11/10/18 • 12:30 PM • NEW HAVEN, CONN. • YALE BOWL TV/Video ................................................................... ESPN+ Last At Site ...........................PRINCETON 31, Yale 3 (2016) Radio/Audio ............................WPRB 103.3 FM/TuneIn App Last Five Years ....................................................... Yale 3-2 All-Time Series ....................................Yale leads 77-53-10 Current Streak ............................................................Yale 1 Last Meeting ........................Yale 35, PRINCETON 31 (2017) Next Week................... Penn at Princeton • Nov. 17 • 1 pm FOLLOWING THE TIGERS ON TWITTER/INSTAGRAM Twitter .............................. @PUTigerFootball/@PUTigers Princeton Insta ... @PUTigerFootball/@PrincetonAthletics Lights, Camera, Action The 11th-ranked Princeton Tigers head to New Haven, Conn., this Saturday for a 12:30 pm Princeton showdown with its most historic rival, Yale. The game will be streamed live on ESPN+, with Jack Ford and Josh Ivy Standings Tigers Hess providing the commentary. You can also listen to Ivy Overall Head Coach ........................................ Bob Surace Cody Chrusciel and Craig Sachson live on TuneIn Radio Team W L Pct. W L Pct. and WPRB 103.3 FM. Princeton 5 0 1.000 8 0 1.000 2018 PRINCETON SCHEDULE Dartmouth 4 1 .800 7 1 .875 Sept. 15 Princeton 50, BUTLER 7 Movin’ On Up Penn 3 2 .600 6 2 .750 Sept. 22 PRINCETON 51, Monmouth 9 Princeton (8-0, 5-0 Ivy) is currently ranked 11th in the Yale 3 2 .600 5 3 .625 Sept. 28 Princeton 45, COLUMBIA 10 AFCA FCS Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, and it is 13th in the FCS Harvard 2 3 .400 4 4 .500 Oct. 6 PRINCETON 66, Lehigh 7 Stats Media Poll. Cornell 2 3 .400 3 5 ..375 Columbia 1 4 .200 4 4 .500 This is the highest Princeton has been ranked in either Oct. 13 PRINCETON 48, Brown 10 Brown 0 5 .000 1 7 .125 poll since Division I-AA/FCS level began in 1978. Oct. 20 Princeton 29, HARVARD 21 Oct. 27 PRINCETON 66, Cornell 0 Championship Hunting Nov. 3 PRINCETON 14, Dartmouth 9 A victory over Yale would clinch at least a share of Princeton’s 12th Ivy League championship. It Nov. 10 Princeton at Yale+ ...............12:30 pm would be the second title in three years, a feat that Princeton hasn’t accomplished since 1964/1966, Nov. 17 Penn at Princeton+ ....................1 pm as well as its third in six years, which hasn’t happened since 1964/1966/1969. + - ESPN+ $ - NBC Sports Phil. (all games on Princeton TuneIn) Elite Eight This is the first time Princeton has been 8-0 since 1995, and it is only the eighth time in the last Yale 100 years that Princeton has been 8-0. Princeton has lost its last two games after 8-0 starts (1995, 1965) , including a 1995 loss to Yale; the Tigers tied Dartmouth the next weekend to win the outright Bulldogs Ivy League championship. Princeton did win its first six games after 8-0 starts, including wins at the Head Coach .......................................... Tony Reno Yale Bowl in both 1933 and 1935. 2018 YALE SCHEDULE History Lesson Sept. 15 HOLY CROSS 31, Yale 28 (OT) Princeton and Yale is the second-longest active rivalry in Division I football, trailing only Lehigh- Sept. 22 Yale 30, CORNELL 24 Lafayette. This will be the 141st meeting between the two schools, and the 51st at the Yale Bowl. Yale leads the all-time series 77-53-10, and it has won 28 of the first 50 meetings at the Bowl. Princeton Sept. 29 YALE 35, Maine 14 won the last meeting in 2016, and the two teams have split the last two, four, and six meetings there. Oct. 5 Dartmouth 41, YALE 18 Oct. 13 YALE 35, Mercer 28 A TIGER WIN WOULD … Oct. 19 Yale 23, PENN 10 • clinch at least a share of Princeton’s 12th Ivy League championship Oct. 27 COLUMBIA 17, Yale 10 • give Princeton two Ivy League titles in three years for the first time since 1964/1966 Nov. 3 YALE 46, Brown 16 • clinch Princeton’s first 9-win season since 1964 Nov. 10 Princeton at Yale .................12:30 pm • give Princeton its first 9-game win streak since 1964 Nov. 17 Yale at Harvard ......................... 12 pm Week 9: #11 Princeton (8-0, 5-0 Ivy) at Yale (5-3, 3-2 @PUTigerFootball GoPrincetonTigers.com 1 Princeton Game Notes 2018 Princeton Tigers Football 1957, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2006, 2013, 2016 Ivy League champions Perfect Attendance Princeton won a battle of unbeatens against #24 Dartmouth last weekend, and it remains one of Princeton Football seven Division I programs undefeated in 2018, as well as one of only three at the FCS level (North Da- By The Numbers … kota State and Colgate are the other two). The four FBS unbeatens are #1 Alabama, #2 Clemson, #3 Notre Dame and #11 Central Florida. 1 ...................latest Princeton ranking among universities by U.S. News & World Report Point, Counterpoint 6 .............................home games this season, Princeton has scored 369 points this season, which is 7th most in Ivy League history with two the most for Princeton since 2010 games remaining in the season. The Ivy record is 437 points, set by the 2013 Princeton Tigers during their Ivy League championship season. That team averaged 43.7 points per game, while the current 9 ........ Princeton football games on ESPN+ or team is averaging 46.1 points per game. ESPNU this season as part of The next touchdown Princeton scores will move the Tigers to fourth-most on the Ivy list. the Ivy League on ESPN partnership The Defense Doesn’t Rest 11 ......................... Ivy League Championships won by Princeton since the league On the flip side, the Princeton defense has allowed only 73 points this season after allowing 127 in officially formed in 1956 only three games last November. Princeton ranks #1 in the Ivy League in scoring defense (9.1), total defense (262.0 yards/game), and pass defense (158.4 yards/game), and it ranks second in rushing 15 .................. Princeton players picked in the defense (103.6 yards/game). NFL Draft; three were taken At the FCS national level, Princeton ranks #2 in scoring defense and #5 in total defense. in the last six years Lovett Or Leave It 22 .............career interceptions by Dean Cain, former “Superman” star; total John Lovett, the 2016 Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year and three-time Ivy League Player of remains an Ivy League record the Week this season, has played in 24 games since the start of the 2015 season; Princeton is 20-4 in those games, including 16-2 in the last 18. 26 ...................Princeton players and coaches Lovett has only played in one Yale game, a 31-3 road victory at the Yale Bowl. He rushed for the who are in the College Football Hall of Fame final three touchdowns in that game, which helped keep the Tigers on pace to win the Ivy 28 ................ national titles won by Princeton; Last Year’s Box Score no college football program can claim more League title. At Princeton Stadium • Nov. 11, 2017 42 ..................number worn by 1951 Heisman Yale (7-1, 5-1) 0 14 14 7 - 35 We’re Going Streaking Trophy recipient Dick Kazmaier; Princeton (5-4, 2-4) 7 17 7 0 - 31 John Lovett has scored a rushing touchdown no Princeton player has worn the number since in 18 straight games, which is both a Princeton First quarter P - Horsted 88 pass from Kanoff (Rice 72 .....Princeton’s total first-team All-America kick), 0:47. record and only one shy of the Ivy League re- honorees; John Lovett (2016) is the most recent Second quarter P - Carlson 18 pass from Kanoff cord, held by Yale’s Mike McLeod (2006-2008). (Rice kick), 8:02; Y - Dudek 47 run (Galland kick), Lovett is second in Princeton history with 39 7:22; P - Rice 21 FG, 3:07; P - Bech 58 pass from 92 ...... catches by Jesper Horsted last season, rushing touchdowns; he moved past Quinn Kanoff (Rice kick), 1:51; Y - Graham 58 pass from which set a Princeton single-season record Rawlings (Galland kick), 1:22. Epperly last weekend with the game-winning Third quarter Y - Drwal 33 pass from Rawlings score against Dartmouth. 96 ....yards in the longest rushing TD in program (Galland kick), 12:08; Y - Dudek 1 run (Galland history, set by Charlie Volker at Brown last year kick), 3:58; P - Horsted 12 pass from Kanoff (Rice kick), 1:53. What A Catch 193 ........ career receptions for Kevin Guthrie, Fourth quarter Y - Dudek 4 run (Galland kick), 12:14. Senior receiver Jesper Horsted already the all-time Princeton leader Attendance 11,229 owns the Princeton record for touchdown Statistics ........................... Yale ........ Princeton catches (24), and he is only 10 catches shy of 1869 ........the year of the first college football First downs ............................ 24 .................19 Kevin Guthrie’s program record for career re- game, played between Rutgers and Princeton Rushing Yards ....................... 209 ................73 ceptions (193). Att-Comp-Int .....................34-26-0 ........ 41-23-1 Horsted also has an outside chance at the 1878 ........... Princeton’s first “Big Three” title; Passing Yards ....................... 304 ...............454 the University celebrates with a bonfire on Total Yards ............................ 513 ...............527 Princeton record for career receiving yards; Punts-Net ...........................5-34.8 ...........4-33.5 he needs 325 over the last two games to catch Cannon Green when the Tigers sweep Harvard and Yale Fumbles-Lost ....................... 1-0 ..............