2008 Princeton Tigers football team

The 2008 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season.

2008 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Ivy League
2008 record	4–6 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach	Roger Hughes (9th season)
Home stadium	Princeton Stadium

2008 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 15 Harvard +		6	–	1					9	–	1
Brown +		6	–	1					7	–	3
Penn		5	–	2					6	–	4
Yale		4	–	3					6	–	4
Princeton		3	–	4					4	–	6
Cornell		2	–	5					4	–	6
Columbia		2	–	5					2	–	8
Dartmouth		0	–	7					0	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The Tigers played their home games at Princeton Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	at The Citadel*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 24–37	13,120	[1]
September 27	at Lehigh	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 10–7	8,836	[2]
October 4	Columbia	Wien Stadium New York, NY	W 27–24	8,733
October 11	at Colgate	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	L 24–27	4,688	[3]
October 18	at Brown	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 10–31	11,814	[4]
October 25	at No. 25 Harvard	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 20–24	10,189	[5]
November 1	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 31–26	7,122	[6]
November 7	at Penn	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 9–14	8,966	[7]
November 15	Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–14	5,711	[8]
November 22	Dartmouth	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 28–10	7,113	[9]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "Citadel Rallies to Win". The Greenville News. Greenville, S.C. Associated Press. September 21, 2008. pp. 5C, 10C – via Newspapers.com.
2. Groller, Keith (September 28, 2008). "Lehigh Loses at Princeton on the Last Play". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Austin, Kyle (October 12, 2008). "Dream Kick Boots Tigers". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. p. C7 – via NewsBank.
4. "Tigers' Offense Has a Brown-Out". The Trentonian. Trenton, N.J. October 19, 2008. p. C1 – via NewsBank.
5. Denman, Elliott (October 26, 2008). "In a Flash, Gordon Gives Crimson Victory". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C15 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Thomas, Brandon (November 3, 2008). "Big Red on Wrong End of a Wild Finish". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1C, 2C – via Newspapers.com.
7. Angel, Sebastian (November 8, 2008). "Penn QB Emerges to Top Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D3 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Spiegel, Jay (November 16, 2008). "A Twin Killing: Abare Brothers Set Up Yale TDs". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E7 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Brett, Joshua (November 23, 2008). "Culbreath's 276 Carry Princeton". The Times. Trenton, N.J. p. C5 – via NewsBank.