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Relive Princeton Football's #15InAlmost150
November 07, 2018 | Football
The first college football game was played Nov. 6, 1869. Captain William Gummere '70 led the Tigers to New Brunswick to play a game … and start an American Tradition. #15InAlmost150 pic.twitter.com/nd2DABWSyc
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In 1889, led by captain Edgar Allan Poe, Princeton defeats both Harvard and Yale for the first time in the same season. One of the great traditions at the University (the bonfire) was developed out of that rivalry at the end of the 1800s. #15InAlmost150 pic.twitter.com/z8OUkpl7fn
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Palmer Stadium opened in 1914. Princeton defeats Dartmouth 16-12 Oct. 24 in the first game. Palmer Stadium would remain the home of Princeton football until the 1996 season. Ironically, Princeton would also play Dartmouth in the final game there. #15InAlmost150 pic.twitter.com/tgaN5D7IvY
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In 1922, the Princeton "Team of Destiny" defeated Chicago (coached by Amos Alonzo Stagg) 21-18, rallying from an 18-7 deficit in the first football game ever broadcast nationally on radio. Princeton wins the national title. #15InAlmost150 pic.twitter.com/EfiTSaRuwn
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In 1935, head coach Fritz Crisler introduced the winged helmet at Princeton; it was brought back in 1998. The Tigers won the famed "Snow Game" over Dartmouth in an all-unbeaten November classic (sound familiar?). #15InAlmost150 pic.twitter.com/gACg6XwpAZ
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Dick Kazmaier '52 won the 1951 Heisman Trophy and was the first to do it with more than 1,000 votes. Princeton repeated an undefeated season and was awarded the Lambert Cup. Kazmaier's #42 is Princeton's only retired number. #15InAlmost150 pic.twitter.com/nEjpwW1cKH
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Cosmo Iacavazzi '65 led the 1964 Princeton Tigers to a perfect 9-0 season that ended with a 17-12 win against Cornell. Iacavazzi, Princeton's most recent Hall of Famer, ran for 909 yards and 14 touchdowns, then school records. #15InAlmost150 pic.twitter.com/sDrLRg4kOY
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Charlie Gogolak '66, who changed the kicking game by instituting the soccestyle of placekicking, kicks a school-record 54-yard field goal against Cornell in 1965. #15InAlmost150 pic.twitter.com/t0LpJiMO0Q
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Bob Holly '82 threw for an Ivy League record 501 yards against Yale, and ran for the winning TD on the final play as Princeton defeated Yale 35-31. It is the Tigers' first win over Yale in 14 years and is considered the Game of the Century for Princeton. #15InAlmost150 pic.twitter.com/SY8qo91XbF
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Quarterback Jason Garrett '89, who would go on to earn two Super Bowl rings with the Dallas Cowboys, as well as 2016 NFL Coach of the Year honors, became the first Princeton quarterback to win the Bushnell Cup. #15InAlmost150 pic.twitter.com/K4sl0pu4lr
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Keith Elias '94 broke the school record with 1,575 rushing yards as the 1992 Princeton Tigers earned a share of the Ivy crown. Elias earned All-America honors. #15InAlmost150 pic.twitter.com/FK5JzoVeDF
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Bushnell Cup winner David Patterson '96 became only the 4th @IvyLeague player to win the Bushnell Cup after Alex Sierk '99 kicked an 18-yd FG on the final play of the 1995 season to clinch an outright title. #15InAlmost150 pic.twitter.com/PU2dTFhouN
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After trailing by 14 points on three different occasions, Jeff Terrell threw for 445 yards in a thrilling 34-31 comeback win at the Yale Bowl to help Princeton win the 2006 Ivy title. It was Princeton's first 9-win season since 1964. #15InAlmost150 pic.twitter.com/zVLXG52Ftc
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In an incredible two-game stretch during the 2013 Ivy championship season, Quinn Epperly threw six touchdowns, a Princeton record, in a 3-OT win at Harvard, and then completed an NCAA record 29 straight passes to open the following victory over Cornell. #15InAlmost150 pic.twitter.com/w1b7jVfMFO
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This was our final #15InAlmost150 moment, and it's probably still fresh in your minds. The 6th unbeaten @IvyLeague November showdown came last Saturday, a thrilling 14-9 win over Dartmouth. We are proud of our past, but excited about our present & future. pic.twitter.com/MFtDgaWMOR
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