Princeton athletics has a knack for being first. Princeton provided four out of the 14 men that competed in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. The Princeton football team played in the first collegiate football game, a milestone whose sesquicentennial anniversary was observed last year. The Princeton field hockey team made history in 2012 as the first Ivy League team to win the Division I NCAA Field Hockey Championship. Mary Moan ’97 won the first Ivy League individual title for women’s golf in 1997.
Feb. 9, 2020 is now another significant day of history for Princeton athletics. Yesterday, Princeton became the first Ivy League school to secure 500 Ivy League Championship titles.
No. 16 Princeton wrestling paved the way for this monumental moment by defeating No. 17 Cornell, winning their first Ivy League championship since 1986. The Tigers broke Cornell’s 92-match winning streak, which began in 2002, and defeated the Big Red for the first time since 1986.
As of Feb. 9, the NCAA ranked Princeton at No. 16 and Cornell at No. 17. InterMat wrestling had Princeton ranked at No. 9 and Cornell at No. 20.
Sophomore Travis Stefanik’s match was the defining moment for Princeton wrestling’s victory over Cornell, and the excitement radiating from Jadwin Gymnasium is evident in videos of the countdown.
In a post-match interview with ESPN, Stefanik said, “I just don’t know what else to say right now. I am just so happy.”
According to the official Princeton Athletics Twitter account, more than 14,000 student athletes have participated in achieving each of the Tigers’ 500 championships.
The list below includes all league championships won by Princeton teams, as provided by GoPrincetonTigers.com. According to the website, any championships won prior to 1956 are not considered official Ivy League championships.
Baseball (19)
1941, 1942, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1965, 1974, 1985, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2016
*prior to 1993 EIBL decided Ivy champion
Men’s Basketball (33)
1922, 1925, 1932, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2011, 2017
*from 1902-55 the EIBL decided Ivy champion
Women’s Basketball (14)
1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1999, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019
Men’s Cross Country (21)
1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1996*, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018
*if a non-Ivy League team won (e.g. Army, Navy), the Ivy title went to the top Ivy team
Women’s Cross Country (9)
1978, 1979, 1980, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015
Men’s Fencing (16)
1959, 1960, 1966, 1969, 1975, 1980, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2017
Women’s Fencing (10)
1999, 2000, 2001, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
Field Hockey (25)
1981, 1982, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019.
Football (12)
1957, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2006, 2014, 2016, 2018
Men’s Golf (25)
1961, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2019
*prior to 1975 Easterns decided Ivy champion
Women’s Golf (6)
1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2017, 2018
Men’s Hockey (4)
1941, 1953, 1999, 2008
*Quadrangular Championship in 1941, Pentagonal Championship in 1953
Women’s Hockey (8)
1982, 1983, 1984, 1992, 1995, 2006, 2016, 2019
Men’s Lacrosse (27)
1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015
Women’s Lacrosse (15)
1993, 1994 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Men’s Heavyweight Rowing (5)
1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2006
Men’s Lightweight Rowing (16)
1942, 1948, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1973, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2009, 2010
*championship decided on the winner of the V8 race at EARC
Women’s Open Rowing (18)
1982, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Men’s Soccer (9)
1957, 1960, 1988, 1993, 1999, 2001, 2010, 2015, 2018
Women’s Soccer (10)
1982, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018
Softball (19)
1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2016, 2017
Men’s Squash (18)
1957, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1989, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013
Women’s Squash (6)
1989, 1991, 1998, 2007, 2009, 2013
Men’s Swimming & Diving (30)
1965, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
Women’s Swimming & Diving (22)
1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015
Men’s Tennis (17)
1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1988
Women’s Tennis (15)
1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
Men’s Indoor Track & Field (22)
1980, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Women’s Indoor Track & Field (9)
1981, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1997, 1998, 2008, 2010, 2011
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (21)
1938, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991*, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
*if a non-Ivy League team won (e.g. Army, Navy), the Ivy title went to the top Ivy team
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (9)
1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1998, 2009, 2011
Women’s Volleyball (17)
1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2015, 2016, 2017
Wrestling (12)
1956, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1986, 2020
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