2012 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 2012 Princeton Tigers football Princeton Tigers logo.svg 100 Ivy League Ivy 5–5 4–3 Bob Surace 3rd James Perry 3rd Spread option Jared Backus 4th 4–3 Powers Field at Princeton Stadium The 2012 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Bob Surace and played their home games at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium. They are a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 5–5 overall and 4–3 in Ivy League play to places in a three-way tie for third. Princeton averaged 7,984 fans per game. Captain Mike Catapano was Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/fball/2012-13/weeklyreleases/2012_Ivy_Football_Final_Release.pdf 2012 Ivy League Football: Final May 8, 2013 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20140302165452/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/fball/2012-13/weeklyreleases/2012_Ivy_Football_Final_Release.pdf March 2, 2014 dead He was drafted in the 2013 NFL draft by the Kansas City Chiefs with the first pick of the seventh round (207th overall) becoming Princeton's first draftee since Dennis Norman in the 2001 NFL draft.http://blogs.nfl.com/2013/03/27/mike-catapano-of-princeton-might-be-first-ivy-leaguer-drafted/ Mike Catapano of Princeton might be first Ivy Leaguer drafted May 4, 2013 March 27, 2013 NFL.com Brandt, Gil Schedule 2012 NCAA Division I FCS The Sports Network Eastern September 15 12:30 p.m. l y y Lehigh 16 Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA 2 Sports 14–17 7,346 September 21 7:00 p.m. l y Georgetown Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ ESPNU 20–21 6,792 September 29 12:30 p.m. w y Columbia Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY 33–6 4,469 October 6 6:00 p.m. w y y Lafayette Fisher Stadium Easton, PA 35–14 6,821 October 13 12:00 p.m. w Brown Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ NBCSN 19–0 6,482 October 20 1:00 p.m. w Harvard 22 Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ rivalry ESPN3 39–34 10,823 October 27 12:30 p.m. l y Cornell Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY 35–37 4,420 November 3 1:00 p.m. l Penn Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ rivalry ESPN3 21–28 7,494 November 10 12:00 p.m. w y Yale Yale Bowl New Haven, CT YES rivalry 29–7 21,824 November 17 1:00 p.m. l Dartmouth Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ 21–35 8,327 References Princeton Category:Princeton Tigers football seasons Princeton Tigers football