After the Brown game, I received the following question from reader Jim W.:
I'd be interested to know the Tigers' record in the second weekend of the five game weeks they play relative to their records in other weeks. I believe that years ago they used to play one or both of the Penn games on a Saturday instead of wedging the games into a Tuesday and wonder if that would make sense again, particularly with all the conference tournaments extending the season.
Excellent inquiry.
How have the Tigers faired in Ivy play running "The Gauntlet" of Friday-Saturday-Tuesday-Friday-Saturday?
Here are 31 years of answers, thanks in part to the good folks at the Princeton Athletic Department...
The bold W or L at the end of each line represents how Princeton did in the fifth of these five games.
The "first mtg" or "second mtg" designation notes refers to which Penn game it was.
78-79 (second mtg) 3-2 W in four OT!
79-80 (first mtg) 4-1 W
80-81 (second mtg) 4-1 W
81-82 (second mtg) 4-1 W
82-83 (second mtg) 5-0 W
83-84 (second mtg) 4-1 L
84-85 (second mtg) 4-1 W
85-86 (both) 1-4, 2-3 W, W
86-87 (both) 1-4, 5-0 L, W
87-88 (both) 3-2, 4-1 L, W
88-89 (both) 4-1, 3-2 W, W
89-90 (second mtg) 4-1 W
90-91 (both) 5-0, 5-0 W, W
91-92 (second mtg) 5-0 W
92-93 (none)
93-94 (second mtg) 4-1 W
94-95 (none)
95-96 (none)
96-97 (first mtg) 5-0 W
97-98 (first mtg) 5-0 W
98-99 (first mtg) 4-1 W
99-00 (first mtg) 4-1 W
00-01 (first mtg) 2-3 L
01-02 (first mtg) 3-2 W
02-03 (first mtg) 3-2 W
03-04 (first mtg) 4-1 W
04-05 (first mtg) 0-5 L
05-06 (first mtg) 3-2 L
06-07 (first mtg) 2-3 W
07-08 (first mtg) 0-5 L
08-09 (first mtg) 1-4 L
09-10 (first mtg) 3-2 L
The Tigers are 25-9 overall, but just 1-5 the last six seasons and 4-6 the past decade on the final Saturday of "The Gauntlet."
Carril: 17-3
Carmody: 4-0
Thompson III: 3-1
Scott: 1-2
Johnson: 0-3
