1946 Princeton Tigers football team

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1946 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
1946 record3–5
Head coach
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Army   –   9 – 0 – 1
Muhlenberg   –   9 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 1 – 1
Buffalo   –   7 – 2 – 0
Harvard   –   7 – 2 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   6 – 2 – 0
No. 13 Penn   –   6 – 2 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 2 – 0
Boston University   –   5 – 2 – 1
Boston College   –   6 – 3 – 0
Columbia   –   6 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 3 – 1
Villanova   –   6 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   7 – 3 – 0
Hofstra   –   4 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   4 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 4 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   3 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   3 – 5 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 5 – 1
Princeton   –   3 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 3 – 2
Temple   –   2 – 4 – 2
Bucknell   –   3 – 6 – 0
Dartmouth   –   3 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   1 – 6 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   0 – 6 – 0
Fordham   –   0 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In its second season under head coach Charlie Caldwell, the team compiled a 3–5 record and was outscored by a total of 130 to 104.[1][2] Princeton played its 1946 home games at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5Brown
W 33–12 16,000 [3]
October 12Harvard
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
L 12–13 35,000 [4]
October 19Rutgers
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 14–7 45,000 [5]
October 26Cornell
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 7–14 33,000 [6]
November 2at No. 3 Penn
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 17–14 72,000 [7]
November 9Virginia
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 6–20 24,000 [8]
November 16at No. 18 Yale
L 2–30 70,000 [9]
November 23Dartmouth
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 13–20 34,000 [10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "1946 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "2008 Princeton Tigers Football Media Guide" (PDF). Princeton University. p. 127. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 6, 1946). "Princeton Rally Stops Brown, 33-12". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. ^ O'Gara, Frank (October 13, 1946). "Harvard Wins, 13-12". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Burns, Joe (October 20, 1946). "Princeton Beats Rutgers 14 to 7 in Close Contest". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Richardson, William D. (October 27, 1946). "Cornell Topples Princeton by 14-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ Talbot, Gayle (November 3, 1946). "Princeton Beats Penn in Major Upset of Season, 17-14; 30-Yard Field Goal in Last Minute of Play Gives Tiger Eleven Real Surprise Victory". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Lewis, Allen (November 10, 1946). "Princeton Upset, 20-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Young, Dick (November 17, 1946). "Yale Rips Tiger, 30-2". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. C47 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Richardson, William D. (November 24, 1946). "Dartmouth Tops Princeton; Tigers Bow, 20-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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