Year: | 1989 |
Team: | Princeton Tigers |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Ivy League |
Short Conf: | Ivy |
Record: | 7–2–1 |
Conf Record: | 6–1 |
Head Coach: | Steve Tosches |
Hc Year: | 3rd |
Def Coach: | Mark Harriman |
Dc Year: | 1st |
Captain: | Franco S. Pagnanelli |
Stadium: | Palmer Stadium |
Champion: | Ivy League co-champion |
The 1989 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Princeton tied for the Ivy League championship.
In their third year under head coach Steve Tosches, the Tigers compiled a 7–2–1 record and outscored opponents 237 to 177. Franco S. Pagnanelli was the team captain.[1]
Princeton's 6–1 conference record tied for best in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 168 to 80.[2] The Tigers' only league loss was to their co-champion, Yale.
Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.