Category: Princeton Tigers
Gary Walters asserting touch on Princeton University athletics with coaching hirings
More than the 26 national championships and 180 Ivy League titles across 38 sports over 17 years as the director of athletics at Princeton University, Gary Walters hangs his hat on giving his student-athletes a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
To that… more »
POP QUIZ: What league sponsored the first Thanksgiving Day football game?
Football has become a Thanksgiving Day tradition. What league was the first to schedule a game on the holiday?
The Intercollegiate Football Association was formed in 1872. Two years later, and continuing for the next decade, the association held its… more »
Ivy League starts initiative to mitigate risks of head injury
The Ivy League is moving to address an increase in head injuries and concussions in contact sports, including football.
In response to concerns about a recent increase in head injuries across sports — including major professional sports leagues, like… more »
Balancing top academics with top athletics
Universities with exceptional academic reputations can also be a force in the world of sports
What do Condoleezza Rice, John Elway, Sandra Day O’Connor, and Jim Plunkett all share in common? All four showed up for Stanford’s Orange Bowl to support th… more »
For Jason Garrett, close-knit family and Cowboys intertwined
The Garrett family will gather in a circle Friday evening at the Southlake home of John and Honor Garrett. The 30 or so family and friends will hold hands as John says grace before their Thanksgiving meal.
They will give thanks for the many blessings… more »
Princeton Linebacker Cody out for rest of season
The football team announced the bad news it was expecting on Monday, confirming that senior co-captain and inside linebacker Steve Cody would be out for the season with a broken leg.
Cody racked up 12 tackles against Lehigh on Saturday in Bethlehem,… more »
Princeton Star Outruns Genetic Disease to Renew Football Career
Princeton University running back Jordan Culbreath blamed football training camp last season for the fatigue, headaches and sores in his mouth, until a blood test showed he had a rare genetic disorder that was slowly killing him.
After enduring 12 bl… more »
Wornham, Culbreath to lead offense
After averaging a league-low 12.9 points per game in 2009, the football team is ready to pick up the pace. A new coaching staff brings with it a fresh, high-octane offensive system that the Tigers hope will lead to an improvement on last year’s 4-6 reco… more »
Lehigh Looking To Rebound After 35-0 'Embarrassment'
Stuck between Villanova and UNH, Mountain Hawks need to beat Princeton.
It didn't matter that it came against the defending national champs and a team ranked No. 1 in the nation in one poll and No. 2 in another.
The Lehigh football team was embarr… more »
Princeton Upbeat, Wornham set at QB
Tigers have new confidence
Bob Surace has one advantage a lot of first-year head coaches don’t always get, a returning starter at quarterback.
And Surace also has another advantage because starting quarterback Tommy Wornham has already estab… more »
Surace out to bring winning ways back to Princeton
When Bob Surace looks around the Princeton University campus, there are many familiar things from his days as a student.
As the head football coach, he’d like everyone to get familiar with winning again.
After three straight losing seasons Surace… more »
Culbreath returns for PU
As comebacks go, this one could be pretty special.
Jordan Culbreath, whose senior season was cut short last year by the discovery of potentially life-threatening aplastic anemia, has been cleared by doctors to return to the Princeton University footb… more »
Princeton Announces 2010 Team Captains
Rising seniors Steven Cody and Matt Zimmerman were named co-captains for the 2010 football season, it was announced by head coach Bob Surace '90 following a team vote during the spring preseason. Both Cody and Zimmerman are two-year starters who will be… more »
Princeton: Surace Getting His First Look At Tigers
PU football scrimmages Saturday
At 1 p.m. Saturday, Princeton University football fans are invited to take a look at the Tigers, who will play a controlled intrasquad scrimmage to conclude their spring session.
”We’re still growing and build… more »
Ivy League looks to expand TV coverage
Ivy League sporting events may be coming soon to a television set near you.
In an effort to reach out to a wider fan base, Ivy League Executive Director Robin Harris said the league is in talks with multiple national cable and satellite television ne… more »