2012 Princeton Tigers football team

The 2012 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Bob Surace and played their home games at Princeton Stadium. They are a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 5–5 overall and 4–3 in Ivy League play to places in a three-way tie for third. Captain Mike Catapano was Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year.[1] He was drafted in the 2013 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs with the first pick of the seventh round (207th overall) becoming Princeton's first draftee since Dennis Norman in the 2001 NFL Draft.[2]

2012 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIvy League
2012 record5–5 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJames Perry (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorJared Backus (4th season)
Home stadiumPrinceton Stadium
2012 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Penn $  6 1     6 4  
Harvard  5 2     8 2  
Brown  4 3     7 3  
Dartmouth  4 3     6 4  
Princeton  4 3     5 5  
Cornell  2 5     4 6  
Columbia  2 5     3 7  
Yale  1 6     2 8  
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1512:30 p.m.at No. 16 Lehigh*2 SportsL 14–177,346
September 217:00 p.m.Georgetown*ESPNUL 20–216,792
September 2912:30 p.m.at ColumbiaW 33–64,469
October 66:00 p.m.at Lafayette*W 35–146,821
October 13NoonBrown
  • Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
NBCSNW 19–06,482
October 201:00 p.m.No. 22 Harvard
  • Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
ESPN3W 39–3410,823
October 2712:30 p.m.at CornellL 35–374,420
November 31:00 p.m.Penn
  • Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
ESPN3L 21–287,494
November 10Noonat YaleYESW 29–721,824
November 171:00 p.m.Dartmouth
  • Princeton Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 21–358,327

References

  1. "2012 Ivy League Football: Final" (PDF). IvyLeagueSports.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
  2. Brandt, Gil (March 27, 2013). "Mike Catapano of Princeton might be first Ivy Leaguer drafted". NFL.com. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
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