1943 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1943 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1943 college football season. In its first season under head coach Harry Mahnken, the team compiled a 1–6 record and was outscored by a total of 226 to 96. Wayne Harding was Princeton's team captain.[1][2] Princeton played its 1943 home games at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey.

1943 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
1943 record1–6
Head coachHarry Mahnken (1st season)
CaptainWayne Harding
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
1943 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Boston College      4 0 1
Franklin & Marshall      7 1 0
Dartmouth      6 1 0
No. 11 Army      7 2 1
Holy Cross      6 2 0
Tufts      6 2 0
No. 20 Penn      6 2 1
Brown      5 3 0
Villanova      5 3 0
Colgate      5 3 1
Penn State      5 3 1
Cornell      6 4 0
Harvard      2 2 1
Yale      4 5 0
Pittsburgh      3 5 0
Temple      2 6 0
Princeton      1 6 0
Carnegie Tech      0 4 1
Columbia      0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 25at PennL 9–4730,000
October 2at Columbia
W 26–720,000
October 9CornellL 0–3012,000
October 30Brown
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 20–285,000
November 7Villanova
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 22–455,000
November 13at YaleL 6–2713,000
November 20 No. 20 Dartmouth
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 13–428,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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References

  1. "1943 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.
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