1985 Princeton Tigers football team

1985 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–5 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Anthony P. DiTommaso
  • James G. Petrucci
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
1985 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn $ 6 1 0 7 2 1
Harvard 5 2 0 7 3 0
Princeton 5 2 0 5 5 0
Brown 4 3 0 5 4 1
Yale 3 3 1 4 4 1
Dartmouth 2 4 1 2 7 1
Cornell 2 5 0 3 7 0
Columbia 0 7 0 0 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1985 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Princeton tied for second in the Ivy League.

In their first year under head coach Ron Rogerson, the Tigers compiled a 5–5 record and were also even on points, scoring 212 and allowing 212. Anthony P. DiTommaso and James G. Petrucci were the team captains.[1]

Princeton's 5–2 conference record tied for second-best in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 127 to 96.[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. p. 31. Retrieved July 10, 2020.