# 2019 Princeton Tigers football team

The 2019 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by tenth-year head coach Bob Surace and played their home games at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium. Princeton played as a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 8–2 overall and 5–2 in Ivy League play to place third. Princeton averaged 9,605 fans per game.

## Preseason
### Preseason media poll

The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Tigers were picked to finish in third place.
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Yale | 119 (9) |
| 2 | Dartmouth | 111 (2) |
| 3 | Princeton | 107 (4) |
| 4 | Harvard | 93 (1) |
| 5 | Penn | 67 |
| 6 | Columbia | 61 (1) |
| 7 | Cornell | 29 |
| 8 | Brown | 24 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 21 | 5:00 p.m. | Butler* | | Powers Field at Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ | ESPN+ | W 49–7 | 10,625 |
| September 28 | 3:30 p.m. | at Bucknell* | | Christy Mathewson–Memorial StadiumLewistown, PA | PLN | W 56–23 | 3,795 |
| October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | Columbia | No. 25 | Powers Field at Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ | ESPN+ | W 21–10 | 5,225 |
| October 11 | 7:00 p.m. | Lafayette* | No. 21 | Powers Field at Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ | ESPNU | W 28–3 | 4,521 |
| October 19 | 12:30 p.m. | at Brown | No. 17 | Brown StadiumProvidence, RI | ESPN+ | W 65–22 | 4,703 |
| October 26 | 1:00 p.m. | Harvard | No. 13 | Powers Field at Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ (rivalry) | ESPN+ | W 30–24 | 9,078 |
| November 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at Cornell | No. 12 | Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY | ESPNU | W 21–7 | 1,745 |
| November 9 | 3:30 p.m. | vs. No. 13 Dartmouth | No. 10 | Yankee StadiumBronx, NY | ESPNU | L 10–27 | 21,506 |
| November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Yale | No. 18 | Powers Field at Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ (rivalry) | ESPN+ | L 14–51 | 6,676 |
| November 23 | 1:00 p.m. | at Penn | | Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA (rivalry) | ESPN+ | W 28–7 | 7,898 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### Butler

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Tigers | 14 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 49 |

### At Bucknell

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 7 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 56 |
| Bison | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 |

### Columbia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lions | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| No. 25 Tigers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Lafayette

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Leopards | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| No. 21 Tigers | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |

### At Brown

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 17 Tigers | 17 | 34 | 7 | 7 | 65 |
| Bears | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 22 |

### Harvard

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Crimson | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| No. 13 Tigers | 10 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 30 |

### At Cornell

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 12 Tigers | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Big Red | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |

### Vs. Dartmouth

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 10 Tigers | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| No. 13 Big Green | 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 27 |

### Yale

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 3 | 27 | 7 | 14 | 51 |
| No. 18 Tigers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |

### At Penn

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 7 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| Quakers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
| STATS FCS | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 18 | RV | RV | RV |
| Coaches | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | RV | RV | 19 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 19 | RV | RV | — |