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1965 Princeton Tigers football team - Wikipedia

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1965 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	8–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Dick Colman (9th season)
Captain	G. Paul Savidge
Home stadium	Palmer Stadium
Seasons ← 1964 1966 →

1965 Ivy League football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Dartmouth $	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Princeton	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Harvard	3	–	2	–	2	5	–	2	–	2
Cornell	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	3	–	2
Yale	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Penn	2	–	4	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
Brown	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion

The 1965 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. After winning the Ivy League championship the previous year, Princeton dropped to second place.

In their ninth year under head coach Dick Colman, the Tigers compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents 281 to 100. G. Paul Savidge was the team captain.^[1]

Princeton's 6–1 conference record was the second-best in the Ivy League standings; their only loss was to the conference champion, undefeated Dartmouth, in the final week. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 222 to 94.^[2]

Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Rutgers*	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 32–6	40,000	^[3]
October 2	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 31–0	20,137	^[4]
October 9	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 36–27	21,000	^[5]
October 16	Colgate*	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 27–0	28,000	^[6]
October 23	Penn	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 51–0	26,000	^[7]
October 30	Brown	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 45–27	22,000	^[8]
November 6	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 14–6	34,000	^[9]
November 13	Yale	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 31–6	38,000	^[10]
November 20	Dartmouth	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 14–28	45,725	^[11]
*Non-conference game

References

^ "Results". Princeton Football Record Book. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University. p. 29. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 24. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
^ "Gogolak's 6 Field Goals Set Record as Princeton Smashes Rutgers, 32-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. United Press International. September 26, 1965. sec. 3, p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Princeton Registers 31-0 Win". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. October 3, 1965. p. 56 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Princeton Rolls, 36-27 by Cornell". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. October 10, 1965. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Adams, Frank S. (October 17, 1965). "Princeton Blanks Colgate; Gogolak Sets 2 Records". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Adams, Frank S. (October 24, 1965). "Princeton Victor over Penn, 51-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Adams, Frank S. (October 31, 1965). "Princeton's Passes Stop Brown, 45-27". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Danzig, Allison (November 7, 1965). "Princeton Takes 16th in Row; Tigers Score, 14-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Danzig, Allison (November 14, 1965). "Yale Loses, 31-6; Landeck Gets Three Scores as Princeton Wins 17th in Row". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Danzig, Allison (November 21, 1965). "Tigers' Streak Ends at 17 as Indians Take Ivy Title". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.

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