# 2018 Princeton Tigers football team

The 2018 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Bob Surace and played their home games at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium. Princeton was a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 10–0 overall and 7–0 in Ivy League play to win the Ivy League title. Princeton averaged 6,561 fans per game.

## Preseason
### Award watch lists

| Award | Player | Position | Year |
| Walter Payton Award | John Lovett | QB | SR |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 15 | 6:00 p.m. | at Butler* | | Bud and Jackie Sellick BowlIndianapolis, IN | Facebook Live | W 50–7 | 4,527 |
| September 22 | 4:30 p.m. | Monmouth* | | Powers Field at Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ | ESPN+ | W 51–9 | 11,068 |
| September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | at Columbia | | Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien StadiumNew York, NY | ESPNU | W 45–10 | 5,327 |
| October 6 | 1:00 p.m. | Lehigh* | | Powers Field at Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ | NBCS PHIL | W 66–7 | 1,013 |
| October 13 | 1:00 p.m. | Brown | No. 25 | Powers Field at Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ | ESPN+ | W 48–10 | 7,320 |
| October 20 | 12:00 p.m. | at Harvard | No. 23 | Harvard StadiumBoston, MA (rivalry) | ESPN+ | W 29–21 | 10,876 |
| October 27 | 1:00 p.m. | Cornell | No. 19 | Powers Field at Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ | ESPN+ | W 66–0 | 4,200 |
| November 3 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 24 Dartmouth | No. 18 | Powers Field at Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ | NBCS PHIL+ | W 14–9 | 8,014 |
| November 10 | 12:30 p.m. | at Yale | No. 13 | Yale BowlNew Haven, CT (rivalry) | ESPN+ | W 59–43 | 12,882 |
| November 17 | 1:00 p.m. | Penn | No. 11 | Powers Field at Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ (rivalry) | ESPN+ | W 42–14 | 7,756 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below :
| | 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 | Final |
| STATS FCS | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
| Coaches | — | — | — | RV | 25 | 23 | 21 | 18–T | 17 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 |

## Game summaries
### At Butler

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 17 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 50 |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Monmouth

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hawks | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Tigers | 14 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 51 |

### At Columbia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 13 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 45 |
| Lions | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

### Lehigh

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountain Hawks | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Tigers | 7 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 66 |

### Brown

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| No. 25 Tigers | 14 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 48 |

### At Harvard

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 23 Tigers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 29 |
| Crimson | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |

### Cornell

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Big Red | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. 19 Tigers | 21 | 24 | 7 | 14 | 66 |

### Dartmouth

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 24 Big Green | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| No. 18 Tigers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |

### At Yale

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 13 Tigers | 21 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 59 |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 43 |

### At Penn

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Quakers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| No. 11 Tigers | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 42 |