The 1989 Princeton Tigers football team was an

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team that represented

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during the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Princeton tied for the

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championship. In their third year under head coach

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, the Tigers compiled a 7–2–1 record and outscored opponents 237 to 177. Franco S. Pagnanelli was the team captain. Princeton's 6–1 conference record tied for best in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 168 to 80. The Tigers' only league loss was to their co-champion,

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. Princeton played its home games at

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on the university campus in

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