Record Setting Princeton University Football Team Offense Ready for Another Run

A record-setting offense has another crack at the history books in 2014.

Princeton University quarterback Quinn Epperly leads a loaded backfield on to the field, and is the subject of the position preview currently posted on goprincetontigers.com.

Epperly threw a single season record-tying 25 touchdown passes and rushed for another 19 as he led the Tigers to their first conference crown since 2006 and 10th overall.

He was the first quarterback in the history of the conference to account for 40 or more touchdowns in a season.

He set an NCAA all-divisions record with 29 consecutive completions in the Tigers’ 53-20 win over Cornell last season, and was named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week six times, including five weeks in a row.

Epperly has thrown for 2,876 yards in his first three years, good enough for ninth on Princeton’s career passing list. He’s accounted for 3,975 total yards of offense.

He was named a preseason all-American and is on the 2014 Walter Payton Award Watch List.

Epperly didn’t start the season at quarterback last year. Connor Michelsen was the starting quarterback in both the 2012 and 2013 season openers, but a season-ending injury provided Epperly with his opportunity last year.

Both players are back and have capable arms and provide a running threat.

Junior running back Di Andre Atwater earned second-team all-conference honors last season, averaging more than 50 yards a game.

Junior running back Dré Nelson led the team with 6.5 yards per carry last season.

Senior running back Will Powers averaged 4.6 yards per carry last year and had three receptions.

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