Football Earns Fourth Straight Victory In 16-10 Takedown of Brown

Saturday, October 17

Princeton, N.J.

12:00 PM

Princeton University

4-1 , 2-0

Brown

2-3 , 0-2

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final F
Brown	0	0	3	7	10
Princeton	10	6	0	0	16

Jake Moore had two sacks in the win.

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October 17, 2026 | Football

Box Score

PRINCETON - Paul Kuhner registered his first career touchdown while Esteban Nunez Perez sank three field goals as the Princeton Football Team dropped the Brown Bears, 16-10, at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium on Saturday.

Following a Jackson Green 42-yard catch and run, Wyatt Becker found Kuhner in stride for a 29-yard score.

First Career Touchdown for @paul_kuhner ?? #JUICE ???? https://t.co/evOiSrws26
— Princeton Football (@PrincetonFTBL) October 17, 2026

After a Brown three and out, Nunez Perez hit a 34-yard field goal to make it 10-0. He later added a 25-yarder and a 38-yarder on consecutive drives for the home squad.

Princeton allowed just 90 total yards of offense in the first half as it jumped to a 16-0 advantage.

Brown finally got on the scoreboard on a 21-yard field goal by Drew Crabtre with 2:53 left in the third quarter. One possession later, the Bears drove into the red zone but on fourth down, quarterback James Murphy was rushed by Chase Christopher and fumbled the ball to end the threat.

Princeton 16, Brown 3 | 9:45 4th ANOTHER 4TH DOWN STOP! Tigers get a huge stop in the red zone! ?? - https://t.co/9KBzSUhPVS ?? - https://t.co/uGXvZU2H4F ?? - https://t.co/4CRpxJtfy2 ?? - https://t.co/zFwgoSwytD #JUICE ???? https://t.co/8M06vjN6Wh
— Princeton Football (@PrincetonFTBL) October 17, 2026

On the next Brown chance, Jake Moore stripped sack Murphy allowing Rocco Marcelino to recover the fumble.

RING THE BELL! @JakeMoore2024 causes the fumble and @roccomarc_11 recovers! ?? - https://t.co/9KBzSUinLq ?? - https://t.co/uGXvZU3eUd ?? - https://t.co/4CRpxJtNnA ?? - https://t.co/zFwgoSx6jb #JUICE ???? https://t.co/dWYyhzt9tA
— Princeton Football (@PrincetonFTBL) October 17, 2026

The road squad answered when Matt Childs threw a jump pass to Levi Linowes for a touchdown, cutting the deficit to six, 16-10, with 4:13 remaining in the game. Brown forced a three and out after not recovering the on-side kick, but their lateral on the final play was fumbled and recovered by Robert Sanders.

Kai Honda paced the Tigers' offense with 84 yards rushing while Jackson Green contributed four catches and 79 yards. Christopher and Connor Cronin had a team-high 12 tackles each with Cronin setting a new personal high. Princeton added three sacks with two coming from Moore in the win.

With the victory, the Tigers improve to 4-1 overall and 2-0 in the Ivy League while Brown dropped to 2-3 this season and 0-2 in the conference. Princeton heads on the road next Saturday (Oct. 24, 3:30 pm) to take on No. 17 Harvard.