2006 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season

2006 Ivy League football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 18 Princeton +	6	–	1	9	–	1
No. 25 Yale +	6	–	1	8	–	2
Harvard	4	–	3	7	–	3
Penn	3	–	4	5	–	5
Cornell	3	–	4	5	–	5
Dartmouth	2	–	5	2	–	8
Columbia	2	–	5	5	–	5
Brown	2	–	5	3	–	7

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2006 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Roger Hughes and played their home games at Princeton Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey. Princeton shared the Ivy League championship. The 2006 season was Princeton's first nine-win season since the 1964 season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 16	1:00 p.m.	at Lehigh*		Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 14–10	8,667
September 23	6:00 p.m.	Lafayette*		Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 26–14	8,291
September 30	1:30 p.m.	at Columbia		Wien Stadium New York, NY	W 19–6	8,845
October 7	1:00 p.m.	at Colgate*		Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	W 27–26	4,220
October 13	7:00 p.m.	Brown	No. 24	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 17–3	10,136
October 21	Noon	Harvard	No. 22	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 31–28	16,284
October 28	1:00 p.m.	at Cornell	No. 18	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 7–14	2,852
November 4	1:00 p.m.	Penn	No. 23	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 31–30	14,385
November 11	12:30 p.m.	at Yale	No. 21	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 34–31	43,406
November 18	1:00 p.m.	Dartmouth	No. 18	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 27–17	12,004
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Groller, Keith (September 17, 2006). "Mistake-Prone Hawks Succumb to Princeton". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. CC1 – via Newspapers.com.
"Tigers Open Ivy Slate with Win". Home News Tribune. New Brunswick, N.J. Associated Press. October 1, 2006. p. I6 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Princeton 19, Columbia 6". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, N.J. October 1, 2006. p. H10.
"Princeton 27, Colgate 20". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, N.J. Associated Press. October 8, 2006. p. H6 – via Newspapers.com.
"Perfect Tigers (5-0) Turn Back Brown". Home News Tribune. New Brunswick, N.J. October 14, 2006. p. C4 – via Newspapers.com.
Denman, Elliott (October 22, 2006). "Princeton Knocks Off Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C15 – via Newspapers.com.
Feaver, Christopher (October 30, 2006). "Cornell Pulls Off Upset of Princeton". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
Tannenwald, Jonathan (November 5, 2006). "Penn Loses Again in OT". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D8 – via Newspapers.com.
"Terrell's Passing Leads Princeton". Home News Tribune. New Brunswick, N.J. Associated Press. November 12, 2006. p. C18 – via Newspapers.com.
"Princeton Earns Share of Ivy Crown with Win". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, N.J. Associated Press. November 19, 2006. p. H12 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Princeton Tigers football
Venues	University Field (1876–1913) Palmer Stadium (1914–1996) Powers Field at Princeton Stadium (1998–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Legacy Bowl Harvard Penn Rutgers Yale
Culture & lore	First American football game (painting) 1922 Chicago game Poe brothers "Princeton Cannon Song" Winged football helmet
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Ivy League football champions
I-A/FBS	Yale (1956) Princeton (1957) Dartmouth (1958) Penn (1959) Yale (1960) Columbia & Harvard (1961) Dartmouth (1962) Dartmouth & Princeton (1963) Princeton (1964) Dartmouth (1965) Dartmouth, Harvard, & Princeton (1966) Yale (1967) Harvard & Yale (1968) Dartmouth, Yale, & Princeton (1969) Dartmouth (1970) Dartmouth & Cornell (1971) Dartmouth (1972) Dartmouth (1973) Yale (1974) Harvard (1975) Yale & Brown (1976) Yale (1977) Dartmouth (1978) Yale (1979) Yale (1980) Yale & Dartmouth (1981)
I-AA/FCS	Dartmouth, Harvard & Penn (1982) Harvard & Penn (1983) Penn (1984) Penn (1985) Penn (1986) Harvard (1987) Penn & Cornell (1988) Yale & Princeton (1989) Dartmouth & Cornell (1990) Dartmouth (1991) Dartmouth & Princeton (1992) Penn (1993) Penn (1994) Princeton (1995) Dartmouth (1996) Harvard (1997) Penn (1998) Brown & Yale (1999) Penn (2000) Harvard (2001) Penn (2002) Penn (2003) Harvard (2004) Brown (2005) Princeton & Yale (2006) Harvard (2007) Harvard & Brown (2008) Penn (2009) Penn (2010) Harvard (2011) Penn (2012) Harvard & Princeton (2013) Harvard (2014) Harvard, Dartmouth, & Penn (2015) Princeton & Penn (2016) Yale (2017) Princeton (2018) Dartmouth & Yale (2019) No season (2020) Dartmouth & Princeton (2021) Yale (2022) Dartmouth, Harvard, & Yale (2023) Columbia, Dartmouth, & Harvard (2024)

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