1980 Princeton Tigers football team

1980 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–4 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Mark W. Bailey
  • Paul R. Van Pelt
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale $ 6 1 0 8 2 0
Cornell 5 2 0 5 5 0
Harvard 4 3 0 7 3 0
Brown 4 3 0 6 4 0
Princeton 4 3 0 6 4 0
Dartmouth 4 3 0 4 6 0
Penn 1 6 0 1 9 0
Columbia 0 7 0 1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1980 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Princeton tied for third in the Ivy League.

In their third year under head coach Frank Navarro, the Tigers compiled a 6–4 record but were outscored 198 to 175. Mark W. Bailey and Paul R. Van Pelt were the team captains.[1]

Princeton's 4–3 conference record tied for third place in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers were outscored 137 to 124 by Ivy opponents.[2]

Ivy League football teams expanded their schedules to 10 games in 1980, making this the first year since 1953 that the Tigers played three games against non-Ivy opponents.

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. p. 29. Retrieved July 10, 2020.