Princeton Tigers football

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Princeton Tigers football is the collegiate football program of Princeton University, one of the oldest in the United States and a historically significant team in Ivy League and early American football history.

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instanceOf NCAA Division I FCS football program
college football team
athleticDirector John Mack
band Princeton University Band
conference Ivy League
country United States of America
surface form: United States
division NCAA Division I
fightSong The Princeton Cannon Song
firstIntercollegiateGameDate November 6, 1869
firstIntercollegiateGameOpponent Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
firstSeason 1869
formerHomeStadium Palmer Stadium
governingBody Princeton University Department of Athletics
governingConferenceSince Ivy League since 1956
hasClaimedNationalTitlesInEra 19th century
early 20th century
hasProgramStatus varsity sport at Princeton University
hasWonNationalChampionships multiple pre-AP era national titles
headCoach Bob Surace
headCoachStartYear 2010
HeismanTrophyWinner Dick Kazmaier
HeismanTrophyYear 1951
historicalName Princeton Tigers football self-linksurface differs
surface form: College of New Jersey football

Princeton Tigers football self-linksurface differs
surface form: Princeton Tigers varsity football team
homeStadium Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
isOneOfOldestProgramsIn college football in the United States
league NCAA Division I FCS
surface form: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
location Princeton, New Jersey, United States
surface form: Princeton, New Jersey
mascot The Tiger
memberOf Ivy League football
nickname Tigers
notableAlumnus Bob Surace
Dick Kazmaier
Jason Garrett
participatedIn first intercollegiate American football game
playsHomeGamesAt Princeton Stadium
playsSeason NCAA football regular season
rival Harvard Crimson
surface form: Harvard Crimson football

Penn Quakers football
Yale Bulldogs
surface form: Yale Bulldogs football
rivalry Harvard–Princeton football rivalry
Penn–Princeton football rivalry
Princeton–Yale football rivalry
sport American football
stadiumCapacity approximately 27,773
studentSection Princeton undergraduates
subdivision FCS
teamColors black
orange
university Princeton University

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Princeton Tigers football historicalName Princeton Tigers football self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: College of New Jersey football
Princeton Tigers football historicalName Princeton Tigers football self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Princeton Tigers varsity football team
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Rutgers Scarlet Knights football rival Princeton Tigers football