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First Full Varsity Season: 1931

All-Time Full Varsity Record: 163-288-23 (.374)

1931	Sprint football competes in its first varsity season under head coach Pop Foster.
1932	Tigers record their first-ever victory with a 33-7 win over the University of Pennsylvania.
1934	Head coach Herb Treat guides Princeton to its first winning season. Tigers close out the year with a 5-1 overall record.
1936	Harry Mahnken named the program's fifth head coach. From 1936-42 he amassed a 29-7 record, leading the Orange and Black to six league titles.
1937	Princeton captures its first of nine Eastern Lightweight Football League championships with a 5-0-1 mark.
1938	Tigers repeat as conference champions after turning in their first undefeated season (6-0).
1942	Princeton wins its sixth and final ELFL title under Harry Mahnken, outscoring opponents 148-0 en route to a 4-0 record.
1943	Lightweight football suspended. Competition would resume in 1946.
1947	Richard Vaughan named the program's head coach. In 21 seasons at the helm, he would go on to record 56 victories - the most in school history.
1954	Tigers capture their first league crown in 12 years, going 6-0.
1975	After a 21-year title drought, head coach Dan White leads Princeton to a 5-1 overall mark and eighth conference championship.
1989	The Orange and Black claim a ninth ELFL crown. Under the direction of head coach Tom Murray, Princeton posts a 4-2-1 overall record.
2005	Princeton snaps a 40-game losing streak with a 19-7 victory over VMI.

The 150th anniversary of the first intercollegiate athletic event in Princeton University history will be Nov. 22, 2014, which will be 150 years to the day that Princeton defeated Williams 27-16 in a baseball game. As part of the 150th celebration, Princeton will be commemorating the history of each of its 38 varsity teams, in reverse order of the time they became varsity programs.

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