1957 Princeton Tigers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1957
| team = Princeton Tigers
| sport = football
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| conference = Ivy League
| short_conf = Ivy
| record = 7–2
| conf_record = 6–1
| head_coach = Dick Colman
| hc_year = 1st
| captain = John C. Sapoch Jr.
| stadium = Palmer Stadium
| champion = Ivy League champion
}}
{{1957 Ivy League football standings}}
The 1957 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as a member of the Ivy League during the 1957 college football season.
In their first year under head coach Dick Colman, the Tigers won the Ivy League championship, compiling an overall 7–2 record and outscoring opponents 206 to 95. John C. Sapoch Jr. was the team captain.{{cite book |title=Princeton Football Record Book |chapter=Results |publisher=Princeton University |location=Princeton, N.J. |page=28 |access-date=June 20, 2020 |url=http://www.princetontigersfootball.com/themencode-pdf-viewer-sc/?tnc_pvfw=ZmlsZT1odHRwOi8vd3d3LnByaW5jZXRvbnRpZ2Vyc2Zvb3RiYWxsLmNvbS93cC1jb250ZW50L3VwbG9hZHMvMjAxNy8wMi9QcmluY2V0b25fRm9vdGJhbGxfUmVjb3JkX0Jvb2sucGRmJnNldHRpbmdzPSZsYW5nPWVuLVVT}}
Princeton's 6–1 conference record was the best in the Ivy League. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 189 to 83.{{cite book|url=https://ivyleague.com/documents/2017/8/23/3_Year_By_Year_History_2017.pdf?id=2998|title=Ivy League Football Media Guide|chapter=Year-by-Year History|publisher=Ivy League|location=Princeton, N.J.|date=2017|access-date=July 10, 2020|page=22}}
Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
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| poll = AP
| rankyear = 1957
| September 28 | | Rutgers
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ (rivalry) | W 7-0
| 21,150 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Sinks Rutgers on Late Touchdown, 7-01 |first=Lincoln A. |last=Werden |date=September 29, 1957 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
| October 5 | @ | Columbia
| Baker Field | New York, NY | W 47-6
| 15,000 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Trips Columbia; Tigers Win, 47 to 6 |first=Allison |last=Danzig |date=October 6, 1957 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
| October 12 | | Penn
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ (rivalry) | W 13-9
| 26,000 | {{cite news |title=Tigers' 4th-Quarter Tally Overcomes Penn, 13 to 9 |first=Joseph M. |last=Sheehan |date=October 13, 1957 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
| October 19 | | Colgate
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | L 10-12
| 25,000 | {{cite news |title=Red Raiders Halt Princeton, 12-10 |first=Louis |last=Effrat |date=October 20, 1957 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
| October 26 | | Cornell
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | W 47-14
| 25,000 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Routs Cornell, 47 to 14 |first=Lincoln A. |last=Werden |date=October 27, 1957 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
| November 2 | @ | Brown
| Brown Stadium | Providence, RI | W 7-0
| 9,000 | {{cite news |title=Tigers Shut Out Brown in Mud, 7-0 |first=William J. |last=Briordy |date=November 3, 1957 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
| November 9 | @ | Harvard
| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA (rivalry) | W 28-20
| 31,000 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Downs Harvard, 28 to 20 |first=Joseph M. |last=Sheehan |date=November 10, 1957 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
| November 16 | | Yale
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ (rivalry) | L 13-20
| 46,000 | {{cite news |title=Yale Beats Princeton, 20-13; Eli Passes Click |first=Allison |last=Danzig |date=November 17, 1957 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
| November 23 | | Dartmouth
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | W 34-14
| 46,000 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Tops Dartmouth, 34-14; Tigers Take Title |first=Allison |last=Danzig |date=November 24, 1957 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
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References
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{{Ivy League football champions}}
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