1966 Princeton Tigers football team explained

Year:1966
Team:Princeton Tigers
Sport:football
Conference:Ivy League
Short Conf:Ivy
Record:7–2
Conf Record:6–1
Head Coach:Dick Colman
Hc Year:10th
Captain:Walter J. Kozumbo
Stadium:Palmer Stadium
Champion:Ivy League co-champion

The 1966 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. Princeton shared the championship of the Ivy League in a three-way tie.

In their tenth year under head coach Dick Colman, the Tigers compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents 135 to 103. Walter J. Kozumbo was the team captain.[1]

Princeton's 6–1 conference record earned a three-way tie for first place in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 119 to 84.[2] Princeton defeated one of its co-champions, Harvard, while suffering its only in-conference loss to the other co-champion, Dartmouth.

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

Notes and References

  1. Book: Princeton Football Record Book . Results . . Princeton, N.J. . 29 . June 20, 2020 .
  2. Book: Ivy League Football Media Guide. Year-by-Year History. Ivy League. Princeton, N.J.. 2017. July 10, 2020. 23.