1987 Princeton Tigers football team

1987 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–4 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainMatthew B. Whalen
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
Seasons
← 1986
1988 →
1987 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard $ 6 1 0 8 2 0
Brown 5 2 0 7 3 0
Yale 5 2 0 7 3 0
Princeton 4 3 0 6 4 0
Cornell 4 3 0 5 5 0
Penn 3 4 0 4 6 0
Dartmouth 1 6 0 2 8 0
Columbia 0 7 0 0 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1987 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Princeton tied for fourth in the Ivy League.

In their first year under head coach Steve Tosches, the Tigers compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents 230 to 155. Matthew B. Whalen was the team captain.[1]

Princeton's 4–3 conference record tied for fourth in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 157 to 95.[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. 32. Retrieved July 10, 2020.