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Football Friday: Surace Talks Dorian/DiAndre, Yale Offense, Palmer Stadium
November 14, 2014 | Football
You can watch the interview by clicking the play link above. The full preview for the weekend can be found below.
Yale will celebrate its history on Saturday. Princeton will be playing for its future.
The Princeton football team will make its final road trip of the season Saturday afternoon when it takes on Yale at 12:30 in the historic Yale Bowl, which will be celebrating its 100th anniversary that day be inviting back 67 of the best Yale players to ever compete at the Bowl.
Princeton is more concerned about its present and future when it comes to Saturday. The Tigers share second place in the Ivy League with both Dartmouth and Yale, each of whom has 4-1 Ivy records. The stakes for Saturday are fairly simple for the Orange and Black Saturday:
• Win, and you're in the championship mix Nov. 22, the final day of the season.
• Lose, and you're out.
Yale is the top offensive team in the Ivy League, and it is in the mix for a couple of the Ivy League records Princeton set last season. The Tigers have grinded out three Ivy wins over the last four weeks to keep them in contention. It may not be as aesthetically pleasing as the offensive displays of last season, but they count all the same in the win column.
And every win matters now. Princeton has won 21 times at the Yale Bowl over the last century.
For the present and the future, the Tigers will seek No. 22 Saturday.
| Princeton Tigers (5-3, 4-1 Ivy) at Yale (7-1, 4-1 Ivy) |
| Game Time/Location | 12:30 pm • The Yale Bowl l New Haven, Conn. |
| Game Coverage |
Ivy League Digital Network l WPRB 103.3 FM l Live Stats l @PUTigers_Live |
| All-Time Series | Yale leads 74-52-10 |
| Last Year |
PRINCETON 59, Yale 23 |
| Last At Site | Princeton 29, YALE 7 (2012) |
| Last Five Years |
Princeton 3-2 |
| Current Streak |
Princeton 2 |
| Princeton Links |
Game Notes l Roster l Schedule l Stats |
| Yale Links |
Game Notes l Roster l Schedule l Stats |
| Next Week |
Nov. 22, 1 pm • Dartmouth at Princeton (ESPN3) |
Follow Along …
For the only time in the final six weeks of the 2014 season, Princeton will not be on a national broadcast this weekend. You can still watch all the action by subscribing to the Ivy League Digital Network, which will show Saturday's 12:30 matchup between Princeton and Yale. You can also listen to the game on WPRB 103.3 FM, as well as WPRB.com.
Staying Alive
Both Princeton and Yale are 4-1 in the Ivy League, which puts both teams one game behind Harvard with two weeks to play. Dartmouth is also 4-1 in the Ivy League, and the Big Green will play at Princeton in the season finale next week.
A Princeton win would assure the Tigers that they would still be in the championship race on the final weekend for a third straight season, while a loss would officially eliminate them from title contention, regardless of any other result.
High Stakes
The two combined Ivy League losses for both Princeton and Yale are the fewest in this matchup since the 2006 meeting at the Yale Bowl, when a one-loss Princeton team rallied from a trio of 14-point deficits to defeat previously Ivy-unbeaten Yale 34-31. Both teams would win in Week 10 to share the Ivy League championship.
We Meet Again … And Again …
This is the 137th meeting between Princeton and Yale, marking the second-longest active rivalry in all of college football (Lehigh and Lafayette will meet for the 150th time Nov. 22 at Yankee Stadium). Yale holds a 74-52-10 advantage in the series, though Princeton has won each of the last two.
Bowled Over
This is the 100th year of the Yale Bowl, which has served as the temporary home for the New York Giants (1973-74), as well as the site for numerous other events. Saturday will mark the 50th meeting at the Bowl between Princeton and Yale, where the Bulldogs own a 27-22 advantage. Yale is welcoming back 67 former players who were selected to one of the Yale Bowl's all-era teams as part of the 100th anniversary celebration.
A Trip Down Memory Lane
Here are five of Princeton's most memorable victories at the Yale Bowl:
1919 • Princeton 13, Yale 6 — Princeton's first win ever at the Yale Bowl inspired the legendary Grantland Rice of the New York Herald Tribune to write: This game should go down as one of the greatest victories that Princeton ever won, for it was a victory of birain over brawn, the victory of a lighter, faster, better coached team over one that had the margin in physical power but had nothing else.
1950 • Princeton 47, Yale 12 — In his only visit to the Yale Bowl, future Heisman Trophy winnner Dick Kazmaier rushed for a TD and passed for another. Princeton posted 47 points, then a record for an opponent at the Bowl, and went on to claim its 28th and final national title.
1964 • Princeton 35, Yale 14 — Fifty years ago, both teams entered the game undefeated, but Cosmo Iacavazzi rushed for 185 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdowns to lead the Tigers to a convincing win.
1988 • Princeton 24, Yale 7 — Princeton's first victory at Yale in 22 years featured three interceptions by Frank Leal and a 49-yard TD connection between brothers Jason and Judd Garrett. It was also the only game played at the Bowl by current Princeton head coach Bob Surace.
2006 • Princeton 34, Yale 31 — Princeton trailed 14-0, 21-7 and 28-14, but eventual Bushnell Cup winnner Jeff Terrell threw for 445 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Tigers back to victory. The win moved Princeton into a first-place tie with Yale; one week later, it won its first Ivy League title since 1995.
That Winning Feeling
A victory Saturday would assure Princeton of back-to-back winning seasons, something that has happened only once (2005-2006) since 1995.
Point, Counterpoint
Princeton scored 59 points in last season's victory over Yale, the most in 136 all-time meetings against Yale, and the most by Princeton in a game since it scored 61 in a 1952 victory over Rutgers. The Tigers scored offensive, defensive and special teams touchdowns in the 59-23 win.
Record Watch
Princeton set the Ivy League records for scoring offense overall (43.7 points/game), scoring offense in Ivy games (45.3) and total offense (518.0 yards/game). Yale is making a run at all three records this season; the Bulldogs need to average 425 yards per game over the next two weeks (home Princeton, at Harvard) to match the record for total offense. They need to average 47.0 points per game to catch Princeton in overall scoring offense, and they need to average 61.0 points to match Princeton in Ivy scoring offense.
Movin' On Up
Senior wide receivers Connor Kelley and Matt Costello are both rewriting the Princeton record books as they head into the final two games of their careers. Costello is currently fourth in all-time receptions (143), and he needs 11 to catch Chisom Opara for third. He is seventh in receiving yards (1,615); he needs three to tie for sixth, 94 to tie for fifth and 100 to tie for fourth.
Kelley, who leads Princeton with 68 catches this season, is currently ninth at Princeton with 117 career receptions. He needs seven to tie for eighth (Phil Wendler) and nine to tie for seventh (Roman Wilson). His 1,290 receiving yards is 12th in Princeton history; he needs 95 to tie for 11th, and he needs 292 to move into the Top 10.
DiAndre The Giant
After missing three straight weeks due to injury, junior tailback DiAndre Atwater returned last weekend to play against Penn. While he leads the Tigers in rushing (76.2 yards/game), he has made a dramatic difference in Princeton's overall attack. In the five games he has played, Princeton has averaged 197.2 rushing yards per game. In the three he missed, Princeton averaged 100.7 yards per game.
Slam The Dor-ian
Sophomore Dorian Williams had a career game against Penn last weekend, recording 13 tackles, three pass break-ups, an interception and an 85-yard fumble return that set up a score in the 22-17 victory over the Quakers.
Williams now leads Princeton in tackles (65) and pass breakups (five), and he ranks third in the Ivy League with 8.1 tackles per game.
Ty Score
Sophomore defensive lineman Ty Desiré had two sacks and five tackles in Princeton's victory over Penn. Desiré moved into the Top 10 in the Ivy League in sacks (7th, 3.0), joining teammates Rohan Hylton and Mike Zeuli, who are both tied for second with 4.5 per game.
Welcome Matt
Junior safety Matt Arends had a career-high 12 tackles, including 11 solo stops, and added an interception in the 22-17 win over Penn. Arends has started 24 straight games for Princeton — six at corner (2012), and the last 18 at safety.
Fresh Face
Freshman defensive lineman Kurt Holuba, who ranks 13th in the Ivy League with 4.5 tackles for loss, had his first career sack in the win over Penn.
I'm Honored
Junior placekicker Nolan Bieck was named the Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week after hitting field goals of 46, 21 and 20 in the Penn win last week. He is the third Princeton player to win an individual award this season, joining Rohan Hylton (Defense, Week 2) and Dré Nelson (Special Teams, Week 4).
Just For Kicks
Nolan Bieck is the only starting placekicker in the league without a miss this season (11-11 FG, 26-26 PAT). His 46-yard field goals was the longest in the program since the first quarter of the 2000 Lehigh game (Week 2), when Taylor Northrop booted a 50-yarder for one of his four made field goals that day. It was also the second longest FG by any kicker in the league this season.
I'm Honored
Freshman offensive lineman Richard Bush was named one of the five recipients of the 2014 NFF National High School Scholar-Athlete Awards, which was announced by the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame. Bush was an all-state lineman at Plant HS in Tampa, Fla.
Though the NFF only hands out five national Scholar-Athlete Awards per year, Bush is the third member of this Princeton team to have earned the honor. The other two are senior Matt Costello and sophomore Nick Peabody. He made his collegiate debut last weekend in the win over Penn.
On The Mike
Senior offensive lineman Mike Ramos was one of two players in the Ivy League to be nominated for the 2014 Allstate American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team. The 182 nominees throughout all divisions of college football represent those who stand out both on and off the field.
The Crystal Ball
Princeton will conclude its schedule Nov. 22 with a 1 pm home showdown against Dartmouth. The game will be streamed nationally on ESPN3/WatchESPN. Dartmouth has the longest active win streak over Princeton (four games), including a 28-24 win in Hanover last season.
Both Princeton and Dartmouth have one loss in the Ivy League this season; if both teams win Saturday and Penn upsets Harvard at Franklin Field, the Nov. 22 matchup will be for at least a share of the Ivy League Championship.