1976 Princeton Tigers football team

1976 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record2–7 (2–5 Ivy League)
Head coach
CaptainDaniel E. Fournier
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
Seasons
← 1975
1977 →
1976 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale + 6 1 0 8 1 0
Brown + 6 1 0 8 1 0
Harvard 4 3 0 6 3 0
Dartmouth 4 3 0 6 3 0
Columbia 2 5 0 3 6 0
Penn 2 5 0 3 6 0
Princeton 2 5 0 2 7 0
Cornell 2 5 0 2 7 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1976 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Princeton tied for last place in the Ivy League.

In their fourth year under head coach Robert Casciola, the Tigers compiled a 2–7 record and were outscored 152 to 63. Daniel E. Fournier was the team captain.[1]

Princeton's 2–5 conference record placed it in a four-way tie for fifth place, at the bottom of the Ivy League standings. The Tigers were outscored 118 to 56 by Ivy opponents.[2]

Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.

  1. ^ "Results". Princeton Football Record Book. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University. p. 29. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 27–28. Retrieved July 10, 2020.