1957 Princeton Tigers football team

1957 Princeton Tigers football
Ivy League champion
ConferenceIvy League
Record7–2 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainJohn C. Sapoch Jr.
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton $ 6 1 0 7 2 0
Dartmouth 5 1 1 7 1 1
Yale 4 2 1 6 2 1
Brown 3 4 0 5 4 0
Cornell 3 4 0 3 6 0
Penn 3 4 0 3 6 0
Harvard 2 5 0 3 5 0
Columbia 1 6 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1957 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as a member of the Ivy League during the 1957 college football season.

In their first year under head coach Dick Colman, the Tigers won the Ivy League championship, compiling an overall 7–2 record and outscoring opponents 206 to 95. John C. Sapoch Jr. was the team captain.[1]

Princeton's 6–1 conference record was the best in the Ivy League. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 189 to 83.[2]

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

  1. ^ "Results". Princeton Football Record Book. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University. p. 28. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 22. Retrieved July 10, 2020.

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