1979 Princeton Tigers football team

1979 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–4 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Matthew F. McGrath
  • Stephen R. Reynolds
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale $ 6 1 0 8 1 0
Brown 5 2 0 6 3 0
Princeton 5 2 0 5 4 0
Cornell 4 3 0 5 4 0
Dartmouth 4 3 0 4 4 1
Harvard 3 4 0 3 6 0
Columbia 1 6 0 1 8 0
Penn 0 7 0 0 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1979 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Princeton tied for second in the Ivy League.

In their second year under head coach Frank Navarro, the Tigers compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents 166 to 152. Matthew F. McGrath and Stephen R. Reynolds were the team captains.[1]

Princeton's 5–2 conference record tied for second place in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 146 to 97.[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. 30. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 28–29. Retrieved July 10, 2020.