In their fourth year under head coach Frank Navarro, the Tigers compiled a 5–4–1 record but were outscored 323 to 233.
Jonathon D. Helmerich and Lawrence D. Van Pelt were the team captains.
[1] Princeton's 5–1–1 conference record placed third in the Ivy League standings.
[2] This would be Princeton's last season in the NCAA's top level of football competition.
Shortly after the season ended, the NCAA reassigned all of the Ivy League teams to the second-tier Division I-AA,[3] which would later be renamed the Football Championship Subdivision.