Princeton Game Notes 2014 Princeton Tigers Football 1957, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2006, 2013 Ivy League champions 2014 Princeton Football DARTMOUTH (7-2, 5-1) AT PRINCETON (5-4, 4-2) Nov. 22, 2014 • 1 pm • powers Field at priNcetoN stadium TV/Video ................................................................... ESPN3 Last At Site ..............Dartmouth 35, PRINCETON 21 (2012) Radio/Audio ................... 103.3 FM/GoPrincetonTigers.com Last Five Years ............................................Dartmouth 4-1 All-Time Series .................................... Dartmouth 46-43-4 Current Streak ................................................ Dartmouth 4 Last Year ..............................DARTMOUTH 28, Princeton 24 Next Week................................................ season complete FOLLOWING THE TIGERS ON TWITTER Princeton Athletics .......@PUTigers Live Coverage ......@PUTigers_Live Princeton Football .....@PUTigerFootball Follow Along … The 2014 Princeton season finale will be streamed live on ESPN3/WatchESPN, with Dave Leno Princeton and Ken Dunek calling the action. The game will also be streamed on WPRB 103.3 FM with Dan Loney and Dave Giancola; the call will follow the broadcast of the men’s basketball home game Tigers against Incarnate Word at 11 am. Head Coach ........................................ Bob Surace 20-20 Vision 2014 PRINCETON SCHEDULE The Class of 2015 began its Princeton careers with a 1-11 mark in its first 12 games. With a vic- Sept. 20 SAN DIEGO 39, Princeton 29 tory today against Dartmouth, the senior class would graduate with a 20-20 record, and it would Sept. 27 PRINCETON 56, Davidson 17^ own at least one victory against every Ivy League opponent. Oct. 4 Princeton 38, COLUMBIA 6^ Oct. 11 COLGATE 31, Princeton 30 Going Green Oct. 18 PRINCETON 27, Brown 16! The members of the Class of 2015 have at least a .500 record against every other school in the Oct. 25 Harvard 49, PRINCETON 7# Ivy League, but they are winless against Dartmouth. Princeton’s last victory over the Big Green Nov. 1 Princeton 38, CORNELL 27& came in the 2009 finale. Nov. 8 PRINCETON 22, Penn 17@ Nov. 15 YALE 44, Princeton 30^ End To End Nov. 22 Dartmouth at Princeton# ..........1 pm Princeton is looking for its first win in either a season opener or a season finale under head ^ - Ivy Digital Network ! - NBC Sports Regional coach Bob Surace. Since 2012, Princeton is 18-6 in Weeks 2-9 and 0-5 in Weeks 1 and 10. # - ESPN3 & - Fox College Sports @ - NBC Sports Network (all games on 103.3 FM) Championship Picture This will be the first game Princeton has played when it was eliminated from the Ivy League race Dartmouth since the 2011 season finale. Dartmouth, however, can still earn a share of the crown with a victory on Powers Field and a Yale win over Harvard. Big Green Just Quinn Head Coach ...................................Buddy Teevens Senior quarterback Quinn Epperly, the reigning Ivy League Player of the Year, rushed for three 2014 DARTMOUTH SCHEDULE touchdowns last weekend at Yale. Heading into the final game of his career, Epperly has 38 rushing Sept. 20 DARTMOUTH 35, CCSU 25 touchdowns, second only to Keith Elias (49) in program history, Sept. 27 NEW HAMPSHIRE 52, Dartmouth 19 Epperly also has 35 career passing touchdowns, second-most in program history to Doug Butler (47). Oct. 4 DARTMOUTH 31, Penn 13 Oct. 11 Dartmouth 38, YALE 31 A PRINCETON WIN WOULD … Oct. 18 DARTMOUTH 24, Holy Cross 21 • give Princeton back-to-back winning seasons for only the second time since 1995 Oct. 25 Dartmouth 27, COLUMBIA 7 • end a four-game losing streak to Dartmouth Nov. 1 Harvard 23, DARTMOUTH 12 • be Princeton’s sixth straight victory following a loss, dating back to Week 9 of 2012 Nov. 8 Dartmouth 42, CORNELL 7 • give the Class of 2015 a career record of 20-20 (following a 1-11 start) Nov. 15 DARTMOUTH 44, Brown 21 • be Princeton’s first win in a season opener or season finale since 2009 Nov. 22 Dartmouth at Princeton ........... 1 pm Week 9: Princeton (5-3, 4-1 Ivy) at Yale (7-1, GoPrincetonTigers.com 1 Princeton Game Notes 2014 Princeton Tigers Football 1957, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2006, 2013 Ivy League champions Movin’ On Up Both Connor Kelley and Matt Costello have moved into the Princeton Top 10 in all-time recep- LAST WEEK tions this season. Costello is fourth with 148 catches, and he needs six this weekend to tie Chi- som Opara for third on the all-time list. Kelley is tied with Phil Wendler for eighth on the all-time At The Yale Bowl • Nov. 15, 2014 list (124); he needs two to tie Brendan Circle for seventh. Princeton (5-4, 4-2) 14 7 6 3 - 30 Costello is also sixth in career receiving yards (1,659); he needs 50 to tie Trey Peacock for fifth Yale (8-1, 5-1) 10 20 7 7 - 44 on the all-time list, and he needs 56 to tie Michael Lerch for fourth. Kelley is 12th with 1,356 First quarter P - Frusciante 16 pass from Michelsen yards, and he would move to 11th with 29 receiving yards. (Bieck kick), 12:34; Y - Clemons 7 pass from Rob- Kelley is tied for fifth at Princeton with 10 career touchdown receptions; Costello, who caught erts (Cazzetta kick), 8:38; P - Epperly 7 run (Bieck a 30-yard touchdown pass last season at Dartmouth, needs two today to get into the Top 5. kick), 5:43; Y - Cazzetta 21 FG, 2:03. Second quarter Y - Graham 0 blocked punt return (Cazzetta kick), 13:54; Y - Cazzetta 29 FG, 10:42; Catching On Y - Varga 30 run (Cazzetta kick), 4:48; P - Epperly 1 In the first seven games of the season, sophomore wideout James Frusciante averaged three run (Bieck kick), 1:04; Y - Cazzetta 19 FG, 0:00. catches and 24.7 receiving yards per game. Over the last two weeks, Frusciante has averaged Third quarter Y - Varga 13 pass from Roberts (Ca- zzetta kick), 7:52; P - Epperly 8 run (pass failed), seven catches and 78.5 receiving yards per game, and he recorded his first career touchdown 6:06. reception at Yale last week. Fourth quarter Y - Varga 6 run (Cazzetta kick), 14:30; P - Bieck 27 FG, 7:53. Running Away Attendance 23,260 Junior running back DiAndre Atwater has suffered through an injury-plagued season, but he Statistics ....................... Princeton ... Dartmouth has had a dramatic impact in Princeton’s run game this season. In the six games he has played, First downs ............................ 29 .................28 Rushing Yards ....................... 130 ...............163 Princeton has averaged 186 rushing yards per game; in the three he missed, the Tigers averaged Att-Comp-Int .....................51-28-0 ........ 42-27-1 100.7. Passing Yards ....................... 256 ...............405 Atwater is averaging 7.4 yards per carry this season, the most for any starting running back Total Yards ............................ 386 ...............568 in the Ivy League. Punts-Net ...........................5-16.6 ...........2-38.0 Fumbles-Lost ....................... 0-0 ............... 0-0 Penalties-Yards ................... 6-53 ............ 10-88 At A Loss 3rd-Down Conversions .......11 of 23 ......... 8 of 15 Senior co-captain Mike Zeuli leads all Ivy League players with 14.5 tackles for loss, which is Time of Possession..............29:12 ............ 30:48 four more than any other player in the league and 6.5 more than any player outside of Princeton. Individual Leaders He had three tackles for loss at Yale last weekend. Rushing: P - Rhattigan 6-29; Atwater 3-27. Zeuli needs nine tackles this weekend to go over the 200-mark for his career. Y - Varga 26-137, 2 TDs; Keys 7-17. Passing: P - Michelsen 39-21-0, 203 yds, TD. Y - Roberts 42-27-1, 405 yds, 2 TDs. Slam The Dor-ian Receiving: P - Kelley 7-66; Frusciante 7-64, TD. Sophomore Dorian Williams had a career game in Princeton’s last home game, a 22-17 win Y - Wallace 10-149; Randall 6-112. over Penn. Williams recorded 13 tackles, three pass break-ups, an interception and an 85-yard fumble return that set up a score in the victory. Williams now leads Princeton in tackles (73) and pass breakups (six), and he ranks third in the Ivy League with 8.1 tackles 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 (10.5), and he ranks 10th with 7.2 tackles per game. Welcome Matt Junior Matt Arends, who has started 25 straight games for Princeton at either cornerback or safety, set up a Tiger touchdown last weekend with his second interception of the season. Arends is fourth on the team with 52 tackles, including 10 last weekend, and he leads all non-seniors on the Princ- eton roster with 157 career stops. Ty Score Pronunciation Guide Sophomore defensive lineman Ty Desiré had two sacks and five tackles in Princeton’s victory over (4) Epperly ..............................................EPP-er-lee (8) Bieck ........................................................BEEK Penn two weeks ago. He leads all Princeton defensive linemen with five tackles for loss and three (11) Kanoff ............................................. cah-NOFF sacks this season. (12) Michelsen .....................................MIKE-el-son Junior Ian McGeary leads all Princeton defensive linemen with 22 tackles, while Kurt Holuba leads (34) Zeuli ...................................................ZOO-lee all Tiger freshmen with 18 tackles and 4.5 tackles for loss this season. (41) Kappatos .......................................cap-a-TOSE (44) Desiré ...............................................deh-zir-A (46) Leicht ................................................... LIGHT Passing Fancy (72) Sweigart ..................................... sw-EYE-gart In Princeton’s four losses this season, the Tigers have allowed at least 9.5 yards per pass; in its (79) Colcolough ..................................... COAL-klee five wins, the highest yards-per-pass allowed in a single game was 7.2 (Cornell).