PRINCETON FOOTBALL 2007 WWW.GOPRINCETONTIGERS.COM Princeton (0-0) vs. Lehigh (0-1) Date/Time: ..........................Sept..15/6.p.m. All-Time Series: ............Princeton.37-11-2 Field: ...Powers.Field.at.Princeton.Stadium Last Year: ............ Princeton.14,.LEHIGH.10 Location: ............................. Princeton,.N.J. Last at site: .......Lehigh.28,.PRINCETON.13 TV: ...FSN.Pittsburgh,.DirecTV.Channel.628 Last Five Years: .........................Lehigh.2-1 Radio: ................................ WPRB.103.3.FM Current Streak: .........................Princeton.1 Princeton GAME NOTES • WEEK 1 Tigers Opening Act • Princeton.has.won.three.straight.season.openers,.including.the.14-10.win.at.Lehigh. last.season..The.last.time.Princeton.lost.an.opening.game.was.2003,.when.Lehigh.won.a.28-13.night. Head.Coach............. Roger.Hughes.(8th.season) game.at.Princeton.Stadium. Overall.Record........................................... 35-34 Record.at.Princeton................................... same Patriot Games • Princeton.went.3-0.against.Patriot.League.competition.last.fall..Prior.to.last.sea- Hughes.vs..Lehigh.........................................1-2 son,.the.Tigers.hadn’t.gone.unbeaten.in.three.games.against.Patriot.teams.since.1997.. 2007 PRINCETON SCHEDULE Home Sweet Home • Princeton.found.the.new.Powers.Field.quite.friendly.last.season..For.the. Sept..15. LEHIGH.(DirecTV628)............. .6.p.m. only.time.since.Princeton.Stadium.opened.(1998),.the.Tigers.were.a.perfect.5-0.at.home.in.2006. Sept..22. at.Lafayette............................. 6.p.m. Sept..29. COLUMBIA......................... 3:30.p.m. Streaking • Princeton.opens.this.season.on.a.three-game.winning.streak..The.last.time.Princeton. Oct..6. HAMPTON.(CN8)................ 3:30.p.m. won.its.final.three.games.in.a.season.was.1966. Oct..13. at.Brown........................... 12:30.p.m. Oct..20. at.Harvard........................ 12:30.p.m. Trying Again • The.last.time.Princeton.was.the.defending.Ivy.League.champion.was.1996..The. Oct..26. CORNELL.(ESPNU)................. 7.p.m. Tigers.went.3-7.that.season. Nov..3. at.Penn.(CN8)............................ noon Nov..10. YALE.(YES.Network)................ 1.p.m. Poll Position • Princeton.was.picked.to.finish.fourth.in.the.annual. 2007 IVY MEDIA POLL Nov..17. at.Dartmouth.................... 12:30.p.m. Ivy.League.preseason.media.poll..The.Tigers.didn’t.receive.any.first- TEAM (FIRST-PLACE) ...... POINTS place.votes.in.the.poll. 1..Yale.(14)...................... 125 2..Penn.(1)...................... 102 Lehigh History Lesson • Princeton.didn’t.receive.any.first-place.votes.in. 3..Harvard.(1)................... 95 either.of.the.previous.two.years.and.went.16-4.with.one.Ivy.League.title. 4..Princeton...................... 87 Mountain Hawks and.one.second-place.finish. 5..Cornell.......................... 62 6..Columbia...................... 44 Head.Coach.................. Andy.Coen.(2nd.season) A Hughes Success • Princeton.head.coach.Roger.Hughes.made. 7..Brown........................... 33 Overall.Record...............................................6-6 history.last.season.by.becoming.the.first.coach.in.Ivy.League.history. 8..Dartmouth.................... 28 Record.at.Lehigh........................................ same to.improve.three.straight.teams.by.at.least.two.wins. Coen.vs..Princeton.........................................0-1 Moving Up • Roger. Hughes. (35-34). needs. one. win. to. stand. alone. in. fifth-place. on. the. all-time. 2006 LEHIGH SCHEDULE Princeton.coaching.win.list. Sept..8. Villanova.30,.LEHIGH.20 Sept..15. PRINCETON............................ 6.p.m. Winning With Class • The.Princeton.Class.of.2008.has.a.career.record.of.21-9..The.Class.of.2009. Sept..22. VMI.......................................... 1.p.m. has.a.career.record.of.16-4,.and.the.Class.of.2010.has.a.career.record.of.9-1. Sept..29. HARVARD................................ 1.p.m. Oct..6. at.Fordham.............................. 1.p.m. Oct..13. at.Yale............................... 12:30.p.m. Senior Thesis • With.at.least.five.wins,.the.Class.of.2008.would.become.the.first.Princeton.graduat- Oct..20. HOLY.CROSS........................... 1.p.m. ing.class.without.a.losing.season.since.the.Class.of.1995. Oct..27. GEORGETOWN........................ 1.p.m. Nov..3. at.Colgate......................... 12:30.p.m. Working Overtime • Princeton.has.won.four.straight.overtime.contests,.including.two.from.last. Nov..10. at.Bucknell.............................. 1.p.m. season.(27-26.at.Colgate.and.31-30.vs..Penn). Nov..17. LAFAYETTE....................... 12:30.p.m. 2007 PRINCETON FOOTBALL 1 WWW.GOPRINCETONTIGERS.COM PRINCETON FOOTBALL 2007 WWW.GOPRINCETONTIGERS.COM Rallying Cry • Princeton.came.from.behind.in.the. second.half.to.win.five.games.last.season,.including. STATISTICAL LEADERS the. 14-10. win. against. Lehigh.. Adam. Berry. and. Rob. Toresco.scored.in.the.third.quarter.to.lead.Princeton. PRINCETON (2006 STATS) LEHIGH to.its.first.win.over.the.Mountain.Hawks.since.1993.. Rushing Rushing R.C..Lagomarsino..... 118.att.,.2.TDs,.45.1.y/g Sedale.Threatt........................ 12.att.,.60.5.y/g. Oh Captain, Our Captains • Senior. wideout. Passing Passing Brendan.Circle.and.senior.linebacker.Jon.Stem.will. Jeff.Terrell...... 331-195-11,.17.TDs,.244.5.yds Sedale.Threatt........ 53-29-1,.1.TD,.302.0.y/gm serve.as.Princeton’s.2007.captains..Circle.was.a.first- Receiving Receiving team. All-Ivy. selection. last. season. after. catching. 56. Brendan.Circle............56.rec.,.7.TDs,.83.5.y/g Sekou.Yansane............... 8.rec.,.1.TD,.99.0.y/g passes,.the.ninth-best.single-season.total.in.Prince- Scoring Scoring ton.history..Stem.recorded.35.tackles,.including.three. Connor.Louden.......9.FGs,.25.PATs,.52.points Jason.Leo..................... 2.FGs,.2.PAT,.8.points sacks,.and.helped.lead.a.linebacking.corps.that.lost. Kicking Kicking four.starters.from.the.previous.season. Connor.Louden.................9/16.FG,.long.of.38 Jason.Leo............................2/3.FG,.long.of.34 Tackles Tackles Listen Up • All.Princeton.games.can.be.heard.live. Tim.Boardman.......19.UT/33.AT,.52.TT,.4.TFL Brian.Jackson..... 5.UT/5.AT,.2.5.TFL,.2.sacks on. WPRB. 103.3. FM. and. on. GoPrincetonTigers.com.. Ed.Benkin.returns.for.his.seventh.year.as.the.play-by-play.man,.and.he.will.be.joined.by.former.Princeton.and.NFL.lineman.Ross.Tucker.’01..Tucker.played. for.Hughes.during.his.first.season.as.Tiger.head.coach.. Watch Out • Saturday’s.game.with.Lehigh.can.be.seen.live.on.WFMZ-TV,.Fox.SportsNet.Pittsburgh.and.DirecTV.channel.628..Princeton.will.have.two.games. televised.on.CN8.(Oct..6.vs..Hampton.and.Nov..3.at.Penn),.and.one.game.each.on.ESPNU.(Oct..26.vs..Cornell).and.the.YES.Network.(Nov..10.vs..Yale)..All.Princ- eton.home.games,.excluding.the.ESPNU.contest,.will.be.streamed.live.on.www.GoPrincetonTigers.com. At Goodman Stadium • Sept. 16, 2006 Princeton (1-0) 0 0 14 0 - 14 THE LAST TIME … Lehigh (1-2) 10 0 0 0 - 10 Princeton. 14, LEHIGH 10 First quarter .L.-.Leo.23.FG,.8:21;.L.-.Threatt.3.run. (Leo.kick),.2:13. BETHLEHEM,.Pa..–.Princeton.football.coach.Roger.Hughes.believed.in.his.team’s.talent.and.character,. Second quarter.none but.he.just.didn’t.know.how.his.Tigers.would.respond.in.game.conditions..With.15.new.starters,.Hughes. Third quarter.P.-.Toresco.7.run.(Louden.kick),. just.didn’t.know.how.his.squad.would.react.when.it.got.punched.in.the.mouth. 13:10;.P.-.Berry.12.pass.from.Terrell.(Louden. kick),.6:56. In.front.of.8,667.excited.fans.at.Goodman.Stadium,.the.Lehigh.football.team.helped.Hughes.find.that. Fourth quarter.none answer.early..The.Mountain.Hawks,.coming.off.a.thrilling.win.at.Villanova,.punched.Princeton.early..Then. Attendance 8,667. they.punched.the.Tigers.again. Hughes. saw. a. Princeton. team. that. never. backed. down.. It. composed. itself,. wound. up. and. threw. Statistics ....................... Princeton ...... Lehigh a. couple. punches. of. its. own.. And. then. it. walked. away. from. Lehigh. with. its. first. win. at. Goodman. Sta- First.downs............................. 19..................16 dium.since.1992..Touchdowns.by.Rob.Toresco.and.Adam.Berry,.along.with.a.pair.of.interceptions.from. Rushing.Yards..................... 34-108.......... 37-182 Tim. Strickland. and. an. overall. brilliant. effort. by. the. Tiger. defense,. led. Princeton. to. a. 14-10. win. at. Att-Comp-Int......................27-16-3......... 21-13-2 Passing.Yards........................ 205................207 Lehigh..The.win.was.the.third.straight.in.a.season.opener.and.second.straight.on.the.road. Total.Yards............................. 313................389 Senior. quarterback. Jeff. Terrell. threw. for. 205. yards. and. a. touchdown. to. improve. to. 8-3. as. Punts....................................4-44.5............3-38.7 a. starter.. Toresco. led. Princeton. with. 40. yards. rushing,. and. just. as. he. did. the. season. before. at. Fumbles-Lost........................ 1-0................ 0-0 Lafayette,.was.able.to.gain.the.critical.late.first.downs.to.keep.the.dangerous.Lehigh.offense.off.the.field.. Penalties-Yards.................... 9-78.............. 9-84 3rd-Down.Conversions.........3.of.11............ 2.of.9 Seven.Tigers.caught.at.least.one.pass,.with.starters.Brendan.Circle.and.Brian.Brigham.leading.the.way. Time.of.Possession..............31:18............. 28:42 with.four.apiece. Individual Leaders Strickland.and.fellow.defensive.back.Kevin.Kelleher.led.the.defense.with.seven.tackles.apiece,.but.it.was. Rushing:.P.-.Toresco.10-40,.TD;.Lagomarsino.