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Can an Ivy League defense lose two players to the NFL and recreate its magic from last season? A year after the Tigers’ defense paved the way toward Princeton’s first bonfire season in six years, the new lineup will be key if the Tigers are to replicate or even surpass last season’s success.
With its first game fast approaching, the Tiger football team looks to add explosive potential to its fast-paced offense.
As the football team prepared to take the field against Lehigh for last year’s season opener, the number of people who knew who would start under center for Princeton was so small that, well, everyone who knew was preparing to take the field.
When the 2013 season opens on Sept. 21, 30 new freshmen will suit up in orange and black as members of the football team.
Dick Kazmaier ’52, legendary tailback and Princeton’s only Heisman Trophy winner, diedThursdayin Boston at age 82. Bob Ruxin ’76, president of Kazmaier’s firm, Kazmaier Associates, Inc.,said that the cause of death was heart and lung disease. Kazmaier was known across the country for his prowess on the field, but he was equally famous in the Princeton community for his humility, as well as for his choice not to pursue professional football despite winning college football’s highest honor in 1951.
Former linebackerAndrew Starks '13signed a three-year contract with the NFL's Chicago Bearson Thursday, he confirmed. The three-time All-Ivy League honoree and Illinois native recorded 298 tackles, three interceptions and three fumble recoveries in the 39 games he played for Princeton.
Dick Cass ’68 is president of the Baltimore Ravens, the reigning Super Bowl champions.
BY HILLARY DODYK Staff Writer Players and coaches have claimed for the past several seasons that Princeton football is on the rise and that the program is being successfully turned around, and it is now possible that potential recruits are taking notice as well.
The defense may force stops and the running game may start to heat up, but when a team turns the ball over six times, nothing else really matters. The football team found itself in that very position on Saturday night, as Princeton dropped its second game 34-9 to Bucknell.