1992 Princeton Tigers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1992
| team = Princeton Tigers
| sport = football
| image =
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| conference = Ivy League
| short_conf = Ivy
| record = 8–2
| conf_record = 6–1
| head_coach = Steve Tosches
| hc_year = 6th
| def_coach = Mark Harriman
| dc_year = 4th
| captain = Aaron Harris
| stadium = Palmer Stadium
| champion = Ivy League co-champion
}}
{{1992 Ivy League football standings}}
The 1992 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Princeton was co-champion of the Ivy League.
In their sixth year under head coach Steve Tosches, the Tigers compiled an 8–2 record and outscored opponents 264 to 175. Aaron Harris was the team captain.{{cite book |title=Princeton Football Record Book |chapter=Results |publisher=Princeton University |location=Princeton, N.J. |page=31 |access-date=June 20, 2020 |url=http://www.princetontigersfootball.com/themencode-pdf-viewer-sc/?tnc_pvfw=ZmlsZT1odHRwOi8vd3d3LnByaW5jZXRvbnRpZ2Vyc2Zvb3RiYWxsLmNvbS93cC1jb250ZW50L3VwbG9hZHMvMjAxNy8wMi9QcmluY2V0b25fRm9vdGJhbGxfUmVjb3JkX0Jvb2sucGRmJnNldHRpbmdzPSZsYW5nPWVuLVVT}}
Princeton's 6–1 conference record tied atop the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy League opponents 181 to 102.{{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|pages=34–35}} Princeton's only conference loss was the season-ending showdown with co-champion Dartmouth.
By the closing weeks of the season, Princeton had cracked the national top 20 rankings, listed as No. 20 in the poll of November 9 and No. 17 in the poll of November 16. Following the loss to Dartmouth, Princeton was unranked in the season's final poll.
Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
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| rankyear = 1992
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA
| poll = NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee
| September 19 | @ | Cornell
| Schoellkopf Field | Ithaca, NY | W 22-20
| 13,000 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Gets Breaks to Edge Cornell, 22-20 |first=John |last=Bruns |date=September 20, 1992 |page=D1 |newspaper=The Home News |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58617906/1992-cornell-princeton/ }}
| September 26 | | Lafayette
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | W 38-35
| 6,820 | {{cite news |title=Elias Sets Mark to Boost Tigers Past Lafayette |first=John |last=Bruns |date=September 27, 1992 |page=D1 |newspaper=The Home News |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58619691/1992-lafayette-princeton/ }}
| October 3 | @ | Lehigh
| Goodman Stadium | Bethlehem, PA | W 38-28
| 13,448 | {{cite news |title=Elias Carries Princeton, 38-28 |first=Marc |last=Gesualdo |date=October 4, 1992 |page=D13 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58620651/1992-lehigh-princeton/ }}
| October 10 | | Brown
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | W 28-14
| 14,275 | {{cite news |title=Tigers Do It Right -- Again |first=John |last=Bruns |date=October 11, 1992 |page=E1 |newspaper=The Home News |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58621092/1992-brown-princeton/ }}
| October 17 | @ | Holy Cross
| Fitton Field | Worcester, MA | L 7-10
| 8,114 | {{cite news |title=Princeton's Day Full of Surprises |first=John |last=Bruns |date=October 18, 1992 |page=D1 |newspaper=The Home News |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58621847/1992-princeton-hc/ }}
| October 24 | | Harvard
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ (rivalry) | W 21-6
| 19,250 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Dumps Harvard |first=Shawn |last=Naunton |date=October 25, 1992 |page=C12 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58646478/1992-harvard-princeton/ }}
| October 31 | @ | Columbia
| Wien Stadium | New York, NY | W 34-7
| 9,335 | {{cite news |title=Elias Carries Princeton Over Columbia, 34-7 |agency=Associated Press |date=November 1, 1992 |page=D11 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58649929/1992-columbia-princeton/ }}
| November 7 | | Penn
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ (rivalry) | W 20-14
| 17,421 | {{cite news |title=Tigers Hold Off Quakers |first=John |last=Bruns |date=November 8, 1992 |page=D1 |newspaper=The Home News |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58668704/1992-penn-princeton/ }}
| November 14 | @ | Yale
| Yale Bowl | New Haven, CT (rivalry) | W 36-7
| 16,450 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Holds Yale in a Clinch |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=November 15, 1992 |page=61 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58669861/1992-princeton-yale/ }}
| November 21 | | Dartmouth
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | L 20-34
| 24,120 | {{cite news |title=Dartmouth Wins, Shares Ivy Title |first=Shawn |last=Naunton |date=November 22, 1992 |page=E11 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58671111/1992-dartmouth-princeton/ }}
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References
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{{Ivy League football champions}}
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