1947 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1947 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1947 college football season. In its third season under head coach Charlie Caldwell, the team compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 140 to 100.[1] The team played its home games at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey.

1947 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Independent
1947 record	5–3
Head coach	Charlie Caldwell (3rd season)
Home stadium	Palmer Stadium

1947 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Penn State			–					9	–	0	–	1
No. 7 Penn			–					7	–	0	–	1
Muhlenberg			–					9	–	1	–	0
Buffalo			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Columbia			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 11 Army			–					5	–	2	–	2
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	3	–	1
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Hofstra			–					5	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					5	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					4	–	3	–	1
Boston College			–					5	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth			–					4	–	4	–	1
Holy Cross			–					4	–	4	–	2
Harvard			–					4	–	5	–	0
Cornell			–					4	–	5	–	0
Syracuse			–					3	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	6	–	0
Duquesne			–					2	–	8	–	0
Colgate			–					1	–	5	–	2
Fordham			–					1	–	6	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					1	–	8	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					0	–	6	–	0
Drexel			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Key players on the team included fullback George Franke and halfback George Sella.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Brown	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 21–7	25,000	[2]
October 11	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ (rivalry)	L 7–13	30,426	[3]
October 18	Colgate	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 20–7	31,000	[4]
October 25	Cornell	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 21–28	34,000	[5]
November 1	No. 4 Penn	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 7–26	49,000	[6]
November 8	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 33–7	25,000	[7]
November 15	Yale	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 17–0	50,000	[8]
November 22	Dartmouth	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 14–12	26,000	[9]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1947 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
2. "Princeton Beats Brown, 21-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 5, 1947. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Rutgers Tames Princeton, 13-7, Before Record Stadium Crowd". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). October 12, 1947. pp. 1, 22 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Whitney Martin (October 19, 1947). "Princeton Beats Colgate, 20-7; Sella Runs 64 Yards". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Cornell Beats Princeton on Late Passes, 28-21". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 1947. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
6. Art Morrow (November 2, 1947). "Penn Beats Princeton for 5th Straight, 26-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Melville Webb (November 9, 1947). "Princeton Claws Harvard, 33-7; Line Rips Crimson Wide Open". The Boston Globe. pp. 29–30 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Mort Berry (November 16, 1947). "Yale Beaten By Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Jack Woliston (November 23, 1947). "Princeton Edges Dartmouth, 14-12". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.