1993 Princeton Tigers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1993
| team = Princeton Tigers
| sport = football
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| conference = Ivy League
| short_conf = Ivy
| record = 8–2
| conf_record = 5–2
| head_coach = Steve Tosches
| hc_year = 7th
| def_coach = Mark Harriman
| dc_year = 5th
| captain = Keith Elias
| captain2 = Reggie Harris
| stadium = Palmer Stadium
}}
{{1993 Ivy League football standings}}
The 1993 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Princeton finished third in the Ivy League.
In their seventh year under head coach Steve Tosches, the Tigers compiled an 8–2 record and outscored opponents 241 to 136. Keith Elias and Reggie Harris were the team captains.{{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 5–2 conference record placed third in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 151 to 106.{{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=35}}
Though unranked in the preseason national rankings, Princeton's seven-game win streak to open the season saw it enter the weekly top 25 in mid-October, reaching as high as No. 16. After its season-ending loss to unranked Dartmouth, Princeton dropped out of the poll and ended the year unranked.
Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.
Schedule
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| rankyear = 1993
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA
| poll = The Sports Network
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| September 18 | | Cornell |
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | W 18-12
| 10,276 | {{cite news |title=Elias Saves Tigers; 2 TDs, 188 Yards Help Sink Cornell |first=John |last=Bruns |date=September 19, 1993 |page=C1 |newspaper=The Sunday Home News |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58780131/1993-cornell-princeton/ }}
| September 25 | @ | Lafayette
| Fisher Field | Easton, PA | W 21-7
| 8,049 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Dumps 'Pards; Lafayette's Offense Fails |first=Ted |last=Meixell |date=September 26, 1993 |page=C1 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58781418/1993-lafayette-princeton/ }}
| October 2 | | Holy Cross
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | W 38-0
| 7,520 | {{cite news |title=Elias Scores 4 TDs to Key Princeton Romp |first=John |last=Bruns |date=October 3, 1993 |page=C3 |newspaper=The Sunday Home News |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58798884/1993-princeton-hc/ }}
| October 9 | @ | Brown |
| Brown Stadium | Providence, RI | W 34-16
| 3,571 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Tops Brown on Record-Setting Day |agency=Associated Press |date=October 10, 1993 |page=C9 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58800892/1993-brown-princeton/ }}
| October 16 | | Lehigh
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | W 31-23
| 11,120 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Beats Lehigh, 31-23, Moves to 5-0 |first=Tom |last=Canavan |date=October 17, 1993 |page=C10 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58802830/1993-lehigh-princeton/ }}
| October 23 | @ | Harvard | 21
| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA (rivalry) | W 21-10
| 19,309 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Gives Harvard the Slip |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=October 24, 1993 |page=62 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58803845/1993-harvard-princeton/ }}
| October 30 | | Columbia | 18
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | W 14-3
| 5,176 | {{cite news |title=Tigers Slosh by Columbia |first=John |last=Bruns |date=October 31, 1993 |page=C2 |newspaper=The Sunday Home News |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58804982/1993-columbia-princeton/ }}
| November 6 | @ | #21 Penn | 16
| Franklin Field | Philadelphia, PA (rivalry) | L 14-30
| 35,810 | {{cite news |title=Quakers Whip Tigers |first=John |last=Bruns |date=November 7, 1993 |page=C1 |newspaper=The Sunday Home News |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58806426/1993-penn-princeton/ }}
| November 13 | | Yale | 24
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ (rivalry) | W 28-7
| 17,899 | {{cite news |title=Elias' 3 TDs Give Tigers 28-7 Victory |first=Tom |last=Canavan |date=November 14, 1993 |page=C11 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58807366/1993-princeton-yale/ }}
| November 20 | @ | Dartmouth | 21
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | L 22-28
| 9,120 | {{cite news|title=Dartmouth Defeats Princeton by 28–22|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |agency=Associated Press |location=Philadelphia, Pa. |date=November 21, 1993 |page=D12 |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40572530/dartmouth_defeats_princeton_by_2822/}}
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