1965 Princeton Tigers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1965
| team = Princeton Tigers
| sport = football
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| conference = Ivy League
| short_conf = Ivy
| record = 8–1
| conf_record = 6–1
| head_coach = Dick Colman
| hc_year = 9th
| captain = G. Paul Savidge
| stadium = Palmer Stadium
}}
{{1965 Ivy League football standings}}
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.{{cite book |title=Princeton Football Record Book |chapter=Results |publisher=Princeton University |location=Princeton, N.J. |page=29 |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 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.{{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=24}}
Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.
Schedule
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| September 25 | | Rutgers
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ (rivalry) | W 32-6
| 40,000 | {{cite news |title=Gogolak's 6 Field Goals Set Record as Princeton Smashes Rutgers, 32-6 |agency=United Press International |date=September 26, 1965 |at=sec. 3, p. 2 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa. |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55693411/1965-princeton-rutgers}}
| October 2 | @ | Columbia
| Baker Field | New York, NY | W 31-0
| 20,137 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Registers 31-0 Win |agency=Associated Press |date=October 3, 1965 |page=56 |newspaper=The Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass. |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55695665/1965-columbia-princeton}}
| October 9 | @ | Cornell
| Schoellkopf Field | Ithaca, NY | W 36-27
| 21,000 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Rolls, 36-27 by Cornell |agency=Associated Press |date=October 10, 1965 |page=54 |newspaper=The Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass. |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55697115/1965-cornell-princeton}}
| October 16 | | Colgate
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | W 27-0
| 28,000 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Blanks Colgate; Gogolak Sets 2 Records |first=Frank S. |last=Adams |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y. |date=October 17, 1965 |page=S1}}
| October 23 | | Penn
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ (rivalry) | W 51-0
| 26,000 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Victor over Penn, 51-0 |first=Frank S. |last=Adams |date=October 24, 1965 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
| October 30 | | Brown
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | W 45-27
| 22,000 | {{cite news |title=Princeton's Passes Stop Brown, 45-27 |first=Frank S. |last=Adams |date=October 31, 1965 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
| November 6 | @ | Harvard
| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA (rivalry) | W 14-6
| 34,000 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Takes 16th in Row; Tigers Score, 14-6 |first=Allison |last=Danzig |date=November 7, 1965 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
| November 13 | | Yale
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ (rivalry) | W 31-6
| 38,000 | {{cite news |title=Yale Loses, 31-6; Landeck Gets Three Scores as Princeton Wins 17th in Row |first=Allison |last=Danzig |date=November 14, 1965 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
| November 20 | | Dartmouth
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | L 14-28
| 45,725 | {{cite news |title=Tigers' Streak Ends at 17 as Indians Take Ivy Title |first=Allison |last=Danzig |date=November 21, 1965 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
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