1952 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1952 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1952 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Charlie Caldwell, the Tigers compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents 297 to 74. Frank M. McPhee was the team captain.[1]

1952 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 19
1952 record	8–1
Head coach	Charlie Caldwell (8th season)
Captain	Frank M. McPhee
Home stadium	Palmer Stadium

1952 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 19 Princeton			–					8	–	1	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					7	–	1	–	0
Villanova			–					7	–	1	–	1
Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	2	–	0
Penn State			–					7	–	2	–	1
No. 14 Syracuse			–					7	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	3	–	0
Harvard			–					5	–	4	–	0
Boston University			–					5	–	4	–	1
Penn			–					4	–	3	–	2
Army			–					4	–	4	–	1
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	1
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Drexel			–					3	–	4	–	0
Fordham			–					2	–	5	–	1
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	1
Columbia			–					2	–	6	–	1
Brown			–					2	–	7	–	0
Cornell			–					2	–	7	–	0
Dartmouth			–					2	–	7	–	0
Temple			–					2	–	7	–	1
Buffalo			–					1	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The Tigers were ranked No. 12 in the preseason AP poll and stayed in the top 20 until suffering their only loss of the year, in mid-October. They then re-entered the rankings in mid-November and finished the year as the only ranked Ivy Group team.

Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	at Columbia	No. 12	Baker Field New York, NY	W 14–0	30,000	[2]
October 4	Rutgers	No. 13	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 61–19	25,000	[3]
October 11	Penn	No. 10	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 7–13	40,000	[4]
October 18	Lafayette		Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 48–0	10,000	[5]
October 25	at Cornell		Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 27–0	28,000	[6]
November 1	Brown		Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 39–0	13,000	[7]
November 8	Harvard	No. 19	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 41–21	35,000	[8]
November 15	at Yale	No. 16	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 27–21	62,000	[9]
November 22	Dartmouth	No. 17	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 33–0	26,000	[10]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "Results". Princeton Football Record Book. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University. p. 28. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
2. Sheehan, Joseph M. (September 28, 1952). "Princeton Beats Columbia, 14-0; 23 in Row for Tiger". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
3. Werden, Lincoln A. (October 5, 1952). "Tigers Turn Back Rutgers". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
4. Danzig, Allison (October 12, 1952). "Penn Halts Princeton, 13-7; Tiger Streak Ends". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
5. Werden, Lincoln A. (October 19, 1952). "Princeton's Powerful Ground Attack and Aerials Overcome Lafayette Eleven". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S3.
6. Effrat, Louis (October 26, 1952). "Tigers Vanquish Cornell by 27-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
7. Strauss, Michael (November 2, 1952). "Princeton Trounces Brown, 39-0, as Tiger Coach Uses Entire Bench". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
8. Danzig, Allison (November 9, 1952). "Princeton Tops Harvard, 41-21; Tiger Backs Excel". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
9. Danzig, Allison (November 16, 1952). "Princeton Beats Yale, 27-21; Tiger Takes Title". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
10. Danzig, Allison (November 23, 1952). "Tigers' Overhead Tactics Smother Dartmouth, 33-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.