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.

2018 Princeton Tigers football
Ivy League champion
ConferenceIvy League
Ranking
STATSNo. 11
FCS CoachesNo. 9
Record10–0 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSean Gleeson (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorSteve Verbit
Home stadiumPowers Field at Princeton Stadium
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 11 Princeton $   7 0     10 0  
No. 18 Dartmouth   6 1     9 1  
Harvard   4 3     6 4  
Yale   3 4     5 5  
Penn   3 4     6 4  
Columbia   3 4     6 4  
Cornell   2 5     3 7  
Brown   0 7     1 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from STATS Poll

Preseason

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Award watch lists

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Award Player Position Year
Walter Payton Award[1] John Lovett QB SR

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 156:00 p.m.at Butler*Facebook LiveW 50–74,527
September 224:30 p.m.Monmouth*ESPN+W 51–911,068
September 286:00 p.m.at ColumbiaESPNUW 45–105,327
October 61:00 p.m.Lehigh*
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
NBCS PHILW 66–71,013
October 131:00 p.m.BrownNo. 25
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
ESPN+W 48–107,320
October 2012:00 p.m.at HarvardNo. 23ESPN+W 29–2110,876
October 271:00 p.m.CornellNo. 19
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
ESPN+W 66–04,200
November 31:00 p.m.No. 24 DartmouthNo. 18
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
NBCS PHIL+W 14–98,014
November 1012:30 p.m.at YaleNo. 13ESPN+W 59–4312,882
November 171:00 p.m.PennNo. 11
  • Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
ESPN+W 42–147,756

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Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCSRVRVRV2523191813111011
CoachesRV25232118–T1714119109

Game summaries

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At Butler

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

Monmouth

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

At Columbia

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

Lehigh

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

Brown

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

At Harvard

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

Cornell

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

Dartmouth

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

At Yale

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

At Penn

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

References

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  1. ^ "FCS football: 2018 Walter Payton Award watch list". August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 Football Schedule". Princeton Athletics.