Princeton Tigers

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Ivy · Princeton University Stadium · 27,800

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs UAlbany · our model 55% Princeton Tigers · a number, not a pick

LastL 14–21 at Bryant · Sat Sep 19 · Josh Smith 86 rec yds, 1 TD

Nextvs UAlbany · Sat Sep 26 · 3 pm ET · Princeton University Stadium

Updated Tue Sep 22 · through week 3

Princeton Tigers · 2026 schedule & results0-1
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
3Sep 19#248#178-2.5✗@BryantL 14–210-10-0
4Sep 26#247#183UAlbany
5Oct 3#245#243@Columbia
6Oct 10@Wagner
7Oct 17Brown
8Oct 24@Harvard
9Oct 31Cornell
10Nov 7Dartmouth
11Nov 14@Yale
12Nov 21Pennsylvania

Game Week

4d 19h

until kickoff · vs UAlbany · Sat Sep 26 · 3 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Princeton football played in the first college football game (1869 vs Rutgers), won 28 national titles, invented the winged helmet, and remains one of the most accomplished programs in American football history — even if the Ivy League won't let it prove it anymore.

Title DroughtSince 1950 · 76 yrs

Fans here believe princeton didn't just play the first college football game; the Tigers ARE the origin story. Yale got Walter Camp and Harvard got prestige, but Princeton has 28 national titles and…

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The season in chapters

Week 30-1L 14–21 at Bryant · Sat Sep 19
Ahead
Sat Sep 26Next: UAlbanyvs UAlbany · at home

What it is like to watch them2025 · 3-7 · last season

Game feel45rock fightscombined pts / game7th highest-scoring of 8 in the Ivy
Heart rate1-4white-knucklein one-score games (5 of 10)2nd most one-score games of 8 in the Ivy
Margin-3.6competitiveavg scoring margin6th best margin of 8 in the Ivy
Big plays1.21some popexplosiveness (IsoPPP)5th most explosive of 8 in the Ivy
Home crowd4,951avg attendance5th biggest crowds of 8 in the Ivy

✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among Ivy teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Princeton Tigers has lost five straight.

Hibernating. 3-7 over the last 10, and lost the last six.

Streak L6Last 5 · 0-5Last 10 · 3-7
The forecast

Next Sep 26

vs UAlbany · at home

Outcome band · Princeton Tigers · 2026

Princeton Tigers' most likely season is 0-12 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 3-9.

Floor0-12Sub-.500 season. Playoff bid out of reach.
Base0-12Mid-table finish. Conference title a stretch.
Ceiling3-9Conference title race. Playoff bid in play.

No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.

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Princeton football played in the first college football game (1869 vs Rutgers), won 28 national titles, invented the winged helmet, and remains one of the most accomplished programs in American football history — even if the Ivy League won't let it prove it anymore.

Recruiting buzzWhat fans say about the incoming class right now.

Community pulse

No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.

CFB Zeitgeist · team-pages synth v1.0 “Go Tigers.”
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