Princeton Tigers NCAA Football News

There were two huge stories this weekend in Ivy football outside of Penn's title-clinching game .

Despite a strong fourth-quarter effort by Conner Kempe '12, who passed for 180 yards in the last 15 minutes of the game, the Big Green football team dropped its final game of the season this Saturday to a well-prepared Princeton team.

ROGER AND OUT: Princeton University football head coach Roger Hughes ponders his options in recent action.

More details arose yesterday from The Daily Princetonian regarding the firing of Roger Hughes as the head football coach at Princeton.

In his final game in a Princeton uniform, junior running back Kenny Gunter tallied a career-high 172 yards and two touchdowns in the Tigersa s season-ending 23-11 victory over Dartmouth in Hanover, N.H. A topsy-turvy season came full circle for the football team, as the Tigers defeated Dartmouth, 23-11, on Saturday to round out their third ...

Roger Hughes has been fired as head of the football team, Director of Athletics Gary Walter announced in a statement on Sunday afternoon.

Straughn's football stadium was busy with activity Wednesday night with coaches and parents painting the field.

Sophomore quarterback Tommy Wornham will need to replicate the success he had against Yale last Saturday if the football team is to come out on top against Dartmouth tomorrow in Hanover, N.H. Photo by Habin Chung Junior wide receiver Andrew Kerr and the football team will look to extend the Tigersa winning streak to two games on Saturday.

The youthful Dartmouth football team is aiming to end its season on a high note when it hosts the Princeton Tigers on Senior Day this Saturday on Memorial Field at 12:30 p.m. in the battle for the Sawhorse Dollar, given annually to the winner of this game since 2002.

Senior offensive lineman and co-captain Mark Paski will have started every game of his collegiate career if he plays in this Saturdaya s season finale against Dartmouth.

Senior Day is coming in Gainesville, and you know The Swamp will be submerged in tears for Tim Tebow .

Missed opportunities early in the game and surrendering big plays in the second half resulted in the end to the Kingman Academy football season Saturday in Phoenix.

All might not be lost after all. In a season characterized by devastating injuries and blowout losses, the football team accomplished something it can hang its hat on.

Kenny Gunter gained 119 yards on 23 carries, including a 3-yard run for the game's first score, as Princeton defeated Yale 24-17 on Saturday.

Princetona s success this weekend will depend heavily on the Tigersa ability to throw the ball against a talented Bulldog secondary.

PRINCETON TOWNSHIP "" Princeton football coach Roger Hughes calls his freshman class one of the best of his 10 seasons guiding the program.

Week 9, November 9, 2009 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Dartmouth freshman quarterback GREG PATTON broke the Dartmouth single-game rushing record with 243 yards on the ground on 29 carries, plus scored both Big Green touchdowns in a 20-17 double-overtime victory against Cornell, in his first action in a collegiate varsity game.

The Ivy League boasted eight student-athletes on the annual ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District teams for football announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America .

Sophomore quarterback Tommy Wornham evades a defender and fires a pass during the football teama s 17-14 victory over Cornell on Oct.

Kyle Olson threw three touchdown passes to lead Pennsylvania to a 42-7 win over Princeton on Saturday.