The 1962 Princeton Tigers football team was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

team that represented

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during the

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. Princeton tied for third in the

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. In their sixth year under head coach

Dick Colman Richard Whiting Colman Jr. (November 11, 1914 – April 5, 1982) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Princeton University from 1957 to 1968, compiling a record of 75–33. Colman had been the assista ...

, the Tigers compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents 187 to 146. Daniel Terpack was the team captain. Princeton's 4–3 conference record tied for third-best in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 157 to 123. Princeton played its home games at

Palmer Stadium Palmer Stadium was a stadium in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. It hosted the Princeton University Tigers football team, as well as the track and field team. The stadium held 45,750 people at its peak and was opened in 1914 with a game ag ...

on the university campus in

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Princeton Tigers football seasons

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