1995 Princeton Tigers football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1995

| team = Princeton Tigers

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Ivy League

| short_conf = Ivy

| record = 8–1–1

| conf_record = 5–1–1

| head_coach = Steve Tosches

| hc_year = 9th

| captain = Dave Patterson

| stadium = Palmer Stadium

| champion = Ivy League champion

}}

The 1995 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Princeton won the Ivy League championship.

In their ninth year under head coach Steve Tosches, the Tigers compiled an 8–1–1 record and outscored opponents 243 to 144. Dave Patterson 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 5–1–1 conference record topped the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 148 to 98.{{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=36}}

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

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| attend = y

| source = y

| rankyear = 1995

| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA

| poll = The Sports Network

| September 16 | | Cornell

| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | W 24-22

| 7,039 | {{cite news |title=Nakielny Passes Princeton to Victory |first=John |last=Bruns |date=September 17, 1995 |page=B5 |newspaper=The Home News |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59059539/1995-cornell-princeton/ }}

| September 23 | | Bucknell

| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | W 20-3

| 6,910 | {{cite news |title=Tigers Return to Run for Win |first=John |last=Bruns |date=September 24, 1995 |page=B5 |newspaper=The Home News |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59061197/1995-bucknell-princeton/ }}

| September 30 | @ | Colgate

| Andy Kerr Stadium | Hamilton, NY | W 34-23

| 5,000 | {{cite news |title=Tailback's 3 TDs Help Princeton Beat Colgate |agency=Associated Press |date=October 1, 1995 |page=C16 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59062676/1995-colgate-princeton/ }}

| October 7 | @ | Brown

| Brown Stadium | Providence, RI | W 21-19

| 2,396 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Stays Unbeaten by Edging Brown, 21-19 |agency=Associated Press |date=October 8, 1995 |page=C16 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59063485/1995-brown-princeton/ }}

| October 14 | | Lafayette

| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | W 41-0

| 6,109 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Wallops Leopards |first=Ted |last=Meixell |date=October 15, 1995 |page=C3 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59064749/1995-lafayette-princeton/ }}

| October 21 | @ | Harvard

| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA (rivalry) | W 14-3

| 16,420 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Is Perfect; Harvard Far From It |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=October 22, 1995 |page=63 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59066185/1995-harvard-princeton/ }}

| October 28 | | Columbia

| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | W 44-14

| 10,917 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Bullies Columbia; Tigers Are Alone at Top of the Ivy |first=John |last=Bruns |date=October 29, 1995 |page=B4 |newspaper=The Home News & Tribune |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59067195/1995-columbia-princeton/ }}

| November 4 | @ | Penn

| Franklin Field | Philadelphia, PA (rivalry) | W 22-9

| 34,504 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Pounces on Penn |first=John |last=Bruns |date=November 5, 1995 |page=B1 |newspaper=The Home News & Tribune |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59068604/1995-penn-princeton/ }}

| November 11 | | Yale

| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ (rivalry) | L 13-21

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| November 18 | | Dartmouth

| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | T 10-10

| 7,118 | {{cite news |title=Tigers Tie Up Title; Deadlock with Dartmouth Gives Princeton Ivy Crown |first=John |last=Bruns |date=November 19, 1995 |page=B5 |newspaper=The Home News & Tribune |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59069643/1995-dartmouth-princeton/ }}

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References

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