Princeton Game Notes 2015 Princeton Tigers Football 1957, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2006, 2013 Ivy League champions 2015 Princeton Football PRINCETON (5-2, 2-2 IVY) AT PENN (4-3, 3-1 IVY) Nov. 7, 2015 • 12 pm • FraNkliN Field TV/Video .... American Sports Network/Ivy Digital Network Last At Site ...................... Princeton 38, PENN 26(11/9/13) Radio/Audio ................... 103.3 FM/GoPrincetonTigers.com Last Five Years ..................................................... Penn 3-2 All-Time Series ............................ Princeton leads 65-40-1 Current Streak .................................................. Princeton 2 Last Meeting ................. PRINCETON 22, Penn 17 (11/8/14) Next Week......... Senior Day vs. Yale (11/14 • 1 pm • ILDN) FOLLOWING THE TIGERS ON TWITTER Princeton Athletics .......@PUTigers Live Coverage ......@PUTigers_Live Princeton Football .....@PUTigerFootball Follow Along Princeton’s showdown with Penn will be televised on the American Sports Network (check Princeton local listings) and streamed live on the Ivy League Digital Network (subscription required). Jason Knapp and Jack Ford will call the action on the American Sports Network. Each of Tigers Princeton’s remaining games are scheduled to be streamed through the Ivy League Digital Network, and three of the four will also be shown on the American Sports Network. Head Coach ........................................ Bob Surace You can also listen live on WPRB 103.3 FM, as well as WPRB.com. 2015 PRINCETON SCHEDULE Sept. 19 Princeton 40, LAFAYETTE 7 That Winning Feeling Sept. 26 PRINCETON 52, Lehigh 26 Princeton needs one more victory for its second winning season over the last nine years. Oct. 2 PRINCETON 10, Columbia 5 Between 2007-2011, the Tigers went 18-42 (.300). Since the start of the 2012 season, the Tigers Oct. 10 PRINCETON 44, Colgate 20 have gone 23-14 (.622). Oct. 17 BROWN 38, Princeton 31 Head Of The Class Oct. 24 HARVARD 42, Princeton 7 The Princeton Class of 2015, which still has three games remaining, will be the first graduating Oct. 31 PRINCETON 47, Cornell 21 class without a single losing season (5-5, 8-2, 5-5, 5-2) since the Class of 1995. Nov. 7 Princeton at Penn& ................. 12 pm In the two years prior to the arrival of the Class of 2015, Princeton went 2-18. Nov. 14 Yale at Princeton^ ......................1 pm Nov. 21 Princeton at Dartmouth& ........ 12 pm The Streets Of Philadelphia ^ - Ivy Digital Network & - American Sports Network Princeton is looking for its first back-to-back on-field wins at Franklin Field since 1989 and (all games on 103.3 FM) 1991; the former of which included Bob Surace as the starting center for the victorious Tigers. Princeton did technically follow a 1995 victory with a win in 1997, but that came by forfeit when Penn Penn used an ineligible player. Princeton is also looking for its first three-game win streak over Penn since it won four straight Quakers games between 1989-92. Head Coach ..........................................Ray Priore Cup Of Joe 2015 PENN SCHEDULE Junior Joe Rhattigan, who missed the Brown game due to injury and was limited at Harvard, Sept. 19 LEHIGH 42, Penn 21 posted a Princeton season-best 127 rushing yards and a touchdown in the 47-21 victory over Cor- Sept. 24 Penn 24, #5 Villanova 13 nell last weekend. Rhattigan currently ranks fourth in the Ivy League with 69.3 rushing yards per game, one spot ahead of Penn junior Brian Schoenauer, who is averaging 63.4 per game. Penn and Oct. 3 Dartmouth 41, PENN 20 Princeton have four of the top nine rushers in the Ivy League. Oct. 10 Fordham 48, PENN 45 Oct. 17 Penn 42, COLUMBIA 7 A PRINCETON WIN WOULD … Oct. 24 PENN 34, Yale 20 • be the third straight win over Penn, the longest such streak since 1989-92 Oct. 31 Penn 48, BROWN 28 • secure Princeton’s second winning season in the last nine years Nov. 7 Princeton at Penn .................... 12 pm • be Princeton’s first Ivy League road win since Week 7 of the 2014 season Nov. 14 Penn at Harvard ....................... 12 pm • be the first win of the season by the visitor since a Week 1 Tiger win at Lafayette Nov. 21 Cornell at Penn ..........................1 pm Week 8: Princeton (5-2, 2-2 Ivy) at Penn (4-3, 3-1 GoPrincetonTigers.com 1 Princeton Game Notes 2015 Princeton Tigers Football 1957, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2006, 2013 Ivy League champions Dr. Dré Princeton senior Dré Nelson achieved a rare double last weekend; he both returned a kickoff 100 yards (prob- 2015 Ivy League ably closer to 103) for a touchdown and scored on a one-yard touchdown run. The return touchdown was the third Preseason Poll of his career, while it was the sixth rushing touchdown of his career. Pos. School (1st Place) ..... Points Nelson is averaging 7.3 yards per carry and 15.6 yards per catch this season. An All-Ivy League returner in 1. Harvard (11) .....................130 2014, Nelson is averaging 28.6 yards per return, 10th-best in all of FCS football. 2. Dartmouth (4) ..................116 3. Yale (1) ...............................98 Lovett Or Leave It 4. Princeton ....................... 82 Princeton sophomore John Lovett has become one of the most versatile offensive threats in the Ivy League, as 5. Brown (1) ...........................80 well as one of the most proficient scorers in the nation. Lovett leads Princeton in receptions (25) and receiving 6. Penn............................... 51 yards (318); he ranks second on the team in rushes (43) and rushing yards (284), and he ranks second on the team 7. Columbia ...........................29 in both completions (11) and passing yards (94). 8. Cornell ...............................26 Lovett also leads the Ivy League with 10 touchdowns scored (9 rush, 1 receiving), including nine over the last four weeks; he rushed for two touchdowns in the win over Cornell last weekend. Lovett has also thrown two touchdown passes this season, including one at Harvard. Double Trouble Only 11 Princeton players have rushed for double-digit touchdowns in a season at least once in their careers. Over the last decade, only Quinn Epperly (18, 2013) and Jordan Culbreath (10, 2008) have achieved that feat. John Lovett needs one more to become the 12th, and he needs three more to move into the single-season Top 10 at Princeton. Ground Attack In Princeton’s five wins this season, the Tigers have averaged 237 rushing yards per game, and 17 of their 19 rushing touchdowns have come in those wins, including four last weekend. In the two losses, Princeton has averaged only 64.5 rushing yards per game. Call For A Carpenter Junior tight end Scott Carpenter, who earned All-Ivy Honorable Mention last season, caught one pass for Princeton over the first three games of the season. Since then, he has averaged three catches per game, including four for 47 yards last weekend, and he took over the team lead in touchdown receptions with an 8-yard score against Cornell. He also caught Princeton’s only successful two-point conversion this season. Strong Arm Of The Law Junior Chad Kanoff, who became the first Princeton quarterback to win the first four starts of his career since the 1991 season, is averaging 216.1 passing yards per game. He is completing 56.4 percent of his passes, and he has spread the ball to 16 different receivers this season. Tackling The Issue Princeton safety Dorian Williams, who ranks second in the Ivy League in tackles (56), has been one of the team’s top defensive players since the opening game of his freshman season. A two-year starter at free safety and an All-Ivy League honoree last year, Williams recorded a season-best 13 tackles (10 solo), broke up three passes, and returned an interception 85 yards in the 22-17 victory over Penn last season. Cornering The Market Senior Anthony Gaffney, who recorded an interception in the victory over Cornell last season, leads all Tigers with nine interceptions in his career. That is the most for any Princeton player since Pronunciation Guide Jay McCareins ’06, who finished his career with 19 interceptions. In his only game at Franklin Field Adomitis .................................add-oh-MY-tiss (2013), Gaffney recorded a late interception to help secure a 38-26 win. Bieck ....................................................BEEK Colcolough..................................... coal-KLEE Welcome Matt Desiré .............................................deh-zir-A Princeton senior Matt Arends has been a starter in the Ivy League since Week 5 of the 2012 sea- Dreher ............................................. DRAY-er son, and he earned All-Ivy League recognition during the 2013 championship season. He may have Dziak ................................................... ZACK had his best two-game run over his career over the last two weeks. Fekula ............................................ feh-CO-la At Brown he recorded 12 tackles, including eight solo stops, and two tackles for loss, as well Frusciante .............................. fruh-SEAN-tee as two pass breakups, a sack, an interception and a blocked field goal at Brown. It was Arends’ Holuba ...........................................ho-LOU-ba second blocked kick of the season. At Harvard, Arends had 11 tackles, forced two fumbles, and he Ivanisevic ......................... ivan-eh-seh-VITCH recorded both a quarterback hurry and a tackle for loss. He would have had his third blocked kick Kanoff ........................................... cah-NOFF of the season, but it was called back on a penalty. Kappatos .....................................cap-a-TOSE Last season, Arends had a season-best 12 tackles in the 22-17 victory at Penn. He had 11 solo Kuehm ................................................. KEEM stops and an interception in the victory. Surace (Head Coach) .......................sur-ACE Sweigart .................................... sw-EYE-gart Week 8: Princeton (5-2, 2-2 Ivy) at Penn (4-3, 3-1 GoPrincetonTigers.com 2 Princeton Game Notes 2015 Princeton Tigers Football 1957, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2006, 2013 Ivy League champions An Olson Twin Following Junior lineman Birk Olson paced the Tiger defense with two sacks in the 47-21 win over Cornell last weekend.