Princeton Tigers

3-72025 record

Ivy · Princeton University Stadium · 27,800 · 4,950 avg in 2025

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat Bryant · our model 25% Princeton Tigers · a number, not a pick

Openerat Bryant · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET · Bulldog Stadium · series 0-1

Updated Tue Sep 15 · preseason

FCS Program Prestige · Princeton Tigers

Blue Blood

Blue Blood — generational elite. The standard the sport measures itself against.

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T2Mid-Major
T3Power
T4National
T5Blue Blood
T6Dynasty
T7All-Time

All-time record · Princeton Tigers

Princeton Tigers has won 66% of its games since 1869 — 72% at home, 57% on the road.

755-338-48 all-time · 135 seasons · 1869–2025

Home 519-185-21
Away 232-151-27
Neutral 4-2
2 g 1860s
85% 1870s
88% 1880s
89% 1890s
79% 1900s
73% 1910s
67% 1920s
59% 1930s
43% 1940s
74% 1950s
71% 1960s
37% 1970s
46% 1980s
49% 2000s
56% 2010s
56% 2020s

Program memory

What this program never forgets

Most weeks vanish. These didn’t.

1869

The first college football game

Princeton vs Rutgers — widely recognized as the birth of college football

1899

National championship era

Princeton wins 28 national titles by 1950, the birth-of-the-sport era

1950 National Championship

Princeton's last national championship, with Heisman winner Dick Kazmaier

2018 perfect season

Princeton goes 10–0 and wins the Ivy League outright

Moment of the Year · Princeton Tigers · 2025

Won 38-28 at Lafayette

Week 5 of 2025. Won as a 7-point underdog — the result the market didn't see coming.

Upset · was a 7-point underdog

FCS → NFL Pipeline

2023–2023

Princeton Tigers has sent 1 player to the NFL Draft since 2023.

Developing. The pipeline is real but still building volume.

1 picks · last 5 drafts
#206 Andrei Iosivas Wide Receiver · 2023 · Cincinnati
#143 all-time · 1 first-round picksthe talent factory →

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ConferenceWhere this team sits in this season's conference standings.

Ivy standing · 2025

7th in the Ivy

Princeton Tigers is 7th of 8 in the Ivy at 2-5. The path to the title is steep — the focus is on playoff positioning and rivalry wins.

#ProgramRecord
1Harvard6-1
2Yale6-1
3Dartmouth4-3
4Pennsylvania4-3
5Cornell3-4
6Brown2-5
7Princeton2-5
8Columbia1-6
Coaching historyEvery hire and departure on record, not just the current era.

Coaching history

  • Richard Colman departs75-33, 12 seasons
  • Hired Richard Colman1957
  • Charles Caldwell departs68-27-1, 11 seasons
  • Hired Charles Caldwell1946
  • Tad Wieman departs20-18-3, 5 seasons
  • Hired Tad Wieman1938
  • Fritz Crisler departs35-9-5, 6 seasons
  • Hired Fritz Crisler1932
Cultural identityWhat college football loses if this program didn't exist.
CFB Zeitgeist · team-pages synth v1.0 “Go Tigers.”
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