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1964 Princeton Tigers football team
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1964 Princeton Tigers football Ivy League Ivy 13 9–0 7–0 Dick Colman 8th Cosmo Iacavazzi Palmer Stadium Ivy League champion
The 1964 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. A year after sharing an Ivy League co-championship, Princeton went undefeated to win the league outright.
In their eighth year under head coach Dick Colman, the Tigers compiled a 9–0 record and outscored opponents 216 to 53. Cosmo Iacavazzi, who would later be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, was the team captain.Princeton Football Record Book Results Princeton University Princeton, N.J. 29 June 20, 2020 http://www.princetontigersfootball.com/themencode-pdf-viewer-sc/?tnc_pvfw=ZmlsZT1odHRwOi8vd3d3LnByaW5jZXRvbnRpZ2Vyc2Zvb3RiYWxsLmNvbS93cC1jb250ZW50L3VwbG9hZHMvMjAxNy8wMi9QcmluY2V0b25fRm9vdGJhbGxfUmVjb3JkX0Jvb2sucGRmJnNldHRpbmdzPSZsYW5nPWVuLVVT At the end of the year, the Tigers were ranked No. 13 in the nation the UPI Coaches Poll.
Princeton's 7–0 conference record was the best in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 197 to 46.https://ivyleague.com/documents/2017/8/23/3_Year_By_Year_History_2017.pdf?id=2998 Ivy League Football Media Guide Year-by-Year History Ivy League Princeton, N.J. 2017 July 10, 2020 23
Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.
Schedule
y y y AP 1964 September 26 Rutgers<ncg> Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry) W 10-7 38,000 Princeton Capitalizes on Two Rutgers Misplays and Registers 10-7 Triumph Frank S. Adams September 27, 1964 S8 The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 3 Columbia Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ W 23-13 22,000 Princeton Defeats Columbia, 23 to 13; Iacavazzi Excels Allison Danzig October 4, 1964 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 10 @ Dartmouth Memorial Field Hanover, NH W 37-7 15,580 Princeton Routs Dartmouth, 37-7, as M'Kay Excels Frank S. Adams October 11, 1964 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 17 Colgate<ncg> Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ W 9-0 20,000 Unbeaten Princeton Sets Back Colgate, 9-0, for Fourth Triumph of Season Frank S. Adams The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 18, 1964 S6 October 24 @ Penn Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry) W 55-0 14,982 Princeton Wins from Penn, 55-0 Frank S. Adams October 25, 1964 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 31 @ Brown Brown Stadium Providence, RI W 14-0 16,700 Unbeaten Tigers Top Brown, 14-0 Steve Cady November 1, 1964 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. November 7 Harvard Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry) W 16-0 39,000 Harvard Is Crushed, 16-0; 3 Field Goals Help Frank Litsky November 8, 1964 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. November 14 @ Yale Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry) W 35-14 60,173 Princeton Takes Ivy Title; Yale Loses, 35-14 Allison Danzig November 15, 1964 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. November 21 Cornell Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ W 17-12 32,000 Princeton Downs Cornell; Tiger 17-12 Victor Allison Danzig November 22, 1964 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y.
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