1987 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1987 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Princeton tied for fourth in the Ivy League.

1987 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–4 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
  • Steve Tosches (1st season)
CaptainMatthew B. Whalen
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
1987 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard $ 6 1 08 2 0
Brown 5 2 07 3 0
Yale 5 2 07 3 0
Princeton 4 3 06 4 0
Cornell 4 3 05 5 0
Penn 3 4 04 6 0
Dartmouth 1 6 02 8 0
Columbia 0 7 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion

In their first year under head coach Steve Tosches, the Tigers compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents 230 to 155. Matthew B. Whalen was the team captain.

Princeton's 4–3 conference record tied for fourth in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 157 to 95.

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

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