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Princeton University Athletics
Tigers Host Yale in Final Home Game
November 09, 1999 | Football
Nov. 9, 1999
YALE (7-1, 4-1) at PRINCETON (3-5, 1-4)
The Date: Nov. 13, 1999
The Kickoff: 1:07 p.m.
The Site: Princeton Stadium o Princeton, N.J.
The Series: Yale leads 65-46-10
Last Year: Yale defeated Princeton 31-28
Last Week: Princeton lost to Pennsylvania 41-13 Yale defeated Cornell 37-20
The Coaches: Princeton: Steve Tosches (13th season, 78-48-2) Yale: Jack Siedlecki (12th season, 70-36-2)
TV/Radio: The game can be heard live on the Princeton Radio Network, which includes flagship station WHWH AM 1350 in Princeton, WHTG AM 1410 in Eatontown and the Princeton Web site (www.goprincetontigers.com), as well as student-run station WPRB FM 103.3. The game can also be seen live CN8 and on RCN, which will televise the game on tape delay Saturday and Tuesday at 8 p.m.
The Storyline: Princeton looks to reverse Yale's last visit to Central New Jersey
This Week's Note of the Week History lesson — The last time Princeton and Yale met when one team was in first place and the other was below .500 was in 1995, when Princeton was 8-0 and Yale was 2-6. Yale defeated Princeton 21-13 to hand the Tigers their only loss of their championship season. Five more notes no media person should be without More history — Princeton and Yale have met every year since 1876 except the World War I years of 1917 and 1918 and the World War II year of 1944.
Welcome back — Yale has not played in Princeton since 1995. The teams met in New Haven in 1996 and 1998 and at the Meadowlands in 1997.
First one to one wins — Princeton has not led at any point in any of its losses or trailed at any point of its wins.
More one — There has not been a lead change at any point of Princeton's first eight games. Last year's Princeton-Yale game featured two lead changes in a 21-second span of the fourth quarter.
Century city — Princeton is 3-0 when it has a 100-yard rusher and 0-5 when it does not.
Others receiving votes Up and down — Since Week 2, Princeton has gone loss, win, loss, win, loss, win, loss.
Quarterly report — Princeton is outscoring its opponents 105-103 in the second and fourth quarters and is being outscored 80-40 in the first and third quarters.
Be like Mike — Mike Higgins has had three double-figure tackle games in the last four weeks. Higgins had not had a double-figure tackle game in his career prior to that.
More Mike — Mike Higgins is Princeton's leading tackler.
Phil it up — Phil Wendler ranks third in Division I-AA in receptions per game (7.6). His high school teammate at Kentwood High outside Seattle, Stephen Campbell of Brown, is first.
More Phil — Phil Wendler has 61 receptions, more than the next five Tigers combined.
Still more Phil — Phil Wendler has had at least six receptions in every game.
Even more Phil — Phil Wendler has 61 receptions. Danny Brian is second on the team with 19, 42 behind Wendler.
Another Phil — Phil Wendler is sixth on Princeton's single-season receptions list with 61. He needs one to tie for fifth, five to tie for fourth and 14 to tie for third.
Last Phil — Phil Wendler is fourth all-time at Princeton with 111 career receptions. He needs 26 to tie Judd Garrett for third.
Center of attention — Bernie Marczyk has started 32 straight games at center for Princeton, a school record for games started by an offensive lineman.
Getting his kicks — Taylor Northrop is 5 for 6 on field goal attempts of at least 40 yards and 4 for 6 on field goal attempts of fewer than 40 yards.
More kicks — Taylor Northrop has the same percentage on field goals of at least 40 yards (5 for 6, .833) as he does on extra points (10 for 12, .833).
Last kicks — Taylor Northrop's 52-yard field goal against Harvard was the second-longest in school history (54 by Charlie Gogolak). Sack daddy — David Ferrara is Princeton's career leader with 27.5 sacks.
On guard — Hamin Abdullah has started 31 games at guard for Princeton, dating to his freshman year.
Catching on — H-back Marty Cheatham has caught 15 passes the last four weeks after catching two in the first four weeks.
Cameron crazy — Freshman Cameron Atkinson has had two 100-yard rushing games.
Highly offensive — Princeton has averaged 31 points per game in its wins and 16.6 points per game in its losses.
Rhymes with agree — Junio Tim Ligue has seven receptions the last two weeks after not catching a pass in his career prior to that.
Air it out — Princeton is on pace for 2,120 passing yards, which would be the sixth-highest single-season total in school history.
Tommy can you hear me? — Tommy Crenshaw is on pace to finish his career with 4,680 passing yards, which would be second all-time at Princeton.
Yard work — Princeton's 537 yards of offense against Columbia were the most by the Tigers since a 565-yard game against Yale in 1992.
Formal dedication — Senior Preston Tims has not missed a practice or game this year, despite being inactive the entire time with a broken leg suffered early in preseason camp.
Passing equality — Princeton has completed 153 of 272 passes for 1,696 yards, its opponents have completed 149 of 274 passes for 1,668 yards.
Cameron crazy — Cameron Atkinson has two 100-yard rushing games this year (Fordham, Columbia).
Catching on — Princeton has had four freshmen catch at least one pass this year (Chisom Opara, Cameron Atkinson, Nathan Lindell, Patrick Schottel).
Weather or not — The average temperature of Princeton's first eight games has been 65.8 degrees. The average temperature of Princeton's first eight games a year ago was 58.7 degrees.
Youth movement — Princeton has 10 players with at least one rushing attempt, and eight of the 10 are either freshmen or sophomores.
Another history — One hundred years ago, the Princeton-Yale game ended with the unlikely score of 11-10.
Sneak in one more Phil — Phil Wendler had 112 receiving yards against Yale in last year's game.
Princeton Defense
DE 95 DAVID FERRARA (Sr., 6-3, 250 o Ramsey, N.J.)
53 Aron Tremble (Jr., 6-2, 235 o San Diego, Calif.)
DT 58 Douglas Silverman (Sr., 6-2, 235 o Potomac, Md.)
and 94 NICK FREITAG (Jr., 6-1, 230 o Michigan City, Ind.)
DT 96 Jason Rotman (Jr., 6-4, 240 o Deerfield, Ill.)
97 Michael Long (So., 6-3, 169 o Los Angeles, Calif.)
DE 59 NATHAN PODSAKOFF (Jr., 6-2, 240 o Bloomington, Ind.)
92 Brian Foley (So., 6-4, 225 o Mentor, Ohio)
LB 55 Steven Koopman (Jr., 6-1, 200 o Indian Springs, Ala.)
41 Drew Babinecz (So., 6-0, 210 o West Chester, Pa.)
LB 51 Michael Higgins (Jr., 6-0, 205 o Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.)
46 Bob Farrell (So., 6-0, 205 o Tulsa, Okla.)
LB 50 CHUCK HASTINGS (Sr., 6-1, 230 o Trenton, Mich.)
98 Chris Roser-Jones (So., 6-0, 210 o State College, Pa.)
CB 1 Paul Simbi (Fr., 5-8, 185 o Roseville, Minn.)
43 Brian Beem (So., 5-9, 175 o Atlanta, Ga.)
SS 22 RYAN DEMLER (Sr., 6-2, 195 o Escondido, Calif.)
45 Kevin Kongslie (Fr., 6-0, 180 o Salem, Ore.)
FS 33 Dave Richie (Sr., 5-10, 180 o Coal Township, Pa.)
5 Jon Ganter (So., 5-11, 180 o State College, Pa.)
CB 2 GERRY WILSON (Sr., 5-10, 175 o Piscataway, N.J.)
8 Gerry Giurato (Sr., 5-10, 175 o Jacksonville, Fla.)
Princeton Specialists
PK 6 TAYLOR NORTHROP (So., 5-11, 175 o Jupiter, Fla.)
KO 6 TAYLOR NORTHROP (So., 5-11, 175 o Jupiter, Fla.)
P 6 TAYLOR NORTHROP (So., 5-11, 175 o Jupiter, Fla.)
LS 91 TODD HELFRICH (Sr., 6-3, 230 o Northbrook, Ill.)
H 3 DANNY BRIAN (Sr., 5-9, 170 o Escondido, Calif.)
PR 3 DANNY BRIAN (Sr., 5-9, 170 o Escondido, Calif.)
and 37 ANDY BRYANT (Fr., 5-9, 180 o Laramie, Wyo.)
KR 35 CAMERON ATKINSON (Fr., 5-7, 170 o Mantua, N.J.)
and 37 ANDY BRYANT (Fr., 5-9, 180 o Laramie, Wyo.)
Yale Offense
SE 49 JAKE FULLER (Sr, 5-10, 191)
23 Tommy McNamara (Jr, 6-1, 180)
LT 67 KYLE METZLER (So, 6-3, 280)
75 Kyle Harmon (Jr, 6-3, 270)
LG 71 BEN SPROUL (So, 6-3, 250)
58 Adam Fee (Fr, 6-1, 270)
C 53 DAVID FARRELL (Fr, 6-1, 280)
58 Adam Fee
RG 78 ANDY ELWELL (Sr, 6-2, 290)
66 Mike Belby (So, 6-2, 270)
RT 73 MATT PROTO (Jr, 6-2, 270)
68 Brian Palmer (Fr, 6-3, 275)
TE 80 SCOTT AUSTIN (So, 6-2, 235)
87 Jeff Ditman (So, 6-6, 255)
QB 7 JOE WALLAND (Sr, 5-11, 205)
11 Peter Lee (So, 6-4, 213)
FB 30 JIM KEPPEL (So, 6-1, 213)
37 Konrad Sopielnikow (Jr, 5-10, 225)
TB 34 R. BARTHOLOMEW (Jr, 6-0, 215)
6 Harry Lee (So, 5-8, 185)
FL 21 ERIC JOHNSON (Jr, 6-3, 225)
84 Jimmy Bennett (Sr, 5-11, 175)
Yale Defense
DE 90 PETER SARANTOS (Sr., 6-3, 250)
93 Stuart Satullo (Fr, 6-2, 212)
DT 92 MIKE REEVES (Jr., 6-3, 265)
10 Tom Gioia (Jr., 6-2, 250)
M 20 ANDY TUZZOLINO (Sr., 6-1, 220)
47 Timothy Penna (So., 6-1, 260)
DT 96 PETER MALONEY (Jr., 6-3, 265)
97 Jason Lange (Fr, 6-3, 265)
DE 91 JEFF HOCKENBROCK (Sr, 6-6, 255)
42 Eli Kelley (Sr., 6-3, 220)
LB 22 PETER MAZZA (Jr., 6-1, 225)
50 Derek Goeriz (Fr., 6-4, 230)
LB 51 BILL THOMPSON (So., 6-0, 220)
55 Jeff White (So, 6-3, 240)
CB 27 JOSH PHILLIPS (Jr., 6-0, 193)
5 Roy Adams (Sr., 6-2, 187)
SS 8 THAN MERRILL (Jr., 6-3, 220)
26 Chris Larson (Jr., 6-0, 192)
FS 3 BEN BLAKE (Sr., 6-0, 195)
31 Ryan LoProto (So., 5-11,195)
CB 17 TODD TOMICH (Jr., 5-11, 175)
28 Brian Ford (So., 5-11, 185)
Yale Specialists
KR 81 KEITH REAMS
49 JAKE FULLER
PR 17 TODD TOMICH
PK 99 MIKE MURAWCZYK
H 11 PETER LEE
KO 38 JUSTIN DAVIS
P 21 ERIC JOHNSON
LS 56 DAN SEARLE
Princeton University
1999 Schedule/Results
Sept. 18 Cornell 20, Princeton 3
25 Lehigh 31, Princeton 0
Oct. 2 Princeton 27, Fordham 0
9 Brown 53, Princeton 30
16 Princeton 22, Lafayette 10
23 Harvard 13, Princeton 6
30 Princeton 44, Columbia 15
Nov. 6 Penn 41, Princeton 13
13 YALE 1 p.m.
20 at Dartmouth 12:30 p.m.
Yale University
1999 Schedule/Results
Sept. 18 Brown 24, Yale 23
25 Yale 49, Valparaiso 3
Oct. 2 Yale 17, San Diego 6
9 Yale 34, Holy Cross 14
16 Yale 44, Dartmouth 3
23 Yale 41, Columbia 29
30 Yale 23, Penn 19
Nov. 6 Yale 37, Cornell 20
13 at Princeton 1:00
20 HARVARD 12:30
Princeton Offense
WR 19 Phil Wendler (Sr., 6-3, 195 o Kent. Wash.)
27 Tim Ligue (Jr., 6-0, 175 o Chicago, Ill.)
and 18 Patrick Schottel (Fr., 6-3, 195 o Roseville, Minn.)
LT 79 Matt Peluse (So., 6-5, 290 o Glen Rock, N.J.)
74 David Czehut (So., 6-5, 280 o Crosswicks, N.J.)
LG 57 HAMIN ABDULLAH (Sr., 6-3, 280 o Jacksonville, Fla.)
62 Brian Wilson (Jr., 6-2, 275 o Springfield, Pa.)
C 61 BERNIE MARCZYK (Sr., 6-2, 270 o Absecon, N.J.)
73 Chris Havener (Fr., 6-4, 280 o New Britain, Pa.)
RG 65 Ross Tucker (Jr., 6-5, 290 o Wyomissing, Pa.)
69 Lance Baird (Fr., 6-5, 265 o Weston, Fla.)
RT 66 John Raveche (Jr., 6-4, 295 o Hoboken, N.J.)
78 John Holownia (Fr., 6-5, 290 o East Setauket, N.Y.)
TE 84 GEORGE Citovic (Jr., 6-5, 230 o Middleburg Hts., Ohio)
82 John Amburgy (Jr., 6-4, 275 o Clearwater, Fla.)
WR 83 Gozie Onyema (Sr., 6-2, 185 o South Holland, Ill.)
or 3 Danny Brian (Sr., 5-10, 175 o Escondido, Calif.)
21 Chisom Opara (Fr., 6-2, 210 o Lutherville, Md.)
and 80 Jeff Roemer (Sr., 6-3, 200 o Springfield, Va.)
H-B 9 Marty Cheatham (Jr., 6-1, 195 o Palos Verdes, Calif.)
48 David Camarillo (Jr., 6-2, 190 o Aptos, Calif.)
QB 12 TOMMY CRENSHAW (So., 6-2, 205 o Pompano Beach, Fla.)
16 Jon Blevins (Jr., 6-3, 205 o Westlake, Ohio)
TB 35 Cameron Atkinson (Fr., 5-7, 170 o Mantua, N.J.)
34 Kyle Brandt (Jr., 6-0, 200 o Lincolnshire, Ill.)
or 37 Andy Bryant (Fr., 5-9, 180 o Laramie, Wyo.)