1949 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1949 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Charlie Caldwell, the team compiled a 6–3 record, outscored opponents by a total of 192 to 137, and was ranked No. 18 in the final AP Poll.[1][2] Princeton played its 1949 home games at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey.

1949 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 18
1949 record6–3
Head coachCharlie Caldwell (5th season)
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Army      9 0 0
Brown      8 1 0
No. 12 Cornell      8 1 0
No. 13 Villanova      8 1 0
Dartmouth      6 2 0
Buffalo      6 3 0
Pittsburgh      6 3 0
Princeton      6 3 0
Fordham      5 3 0
Tufts      5 3 1
Carnegie Tech      5 3 1
Penn State      5 4 0
Temple      5 4 0
Penn      4 4 0
Yale      4 4 0
Boston College      4 4 1
Syracuse      4 5 0
Drexel      3 3 1
Duquesne      3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall      2 5 2
NYU      3 6 0
Columbia      2 7 0
Colgate      1 8 0
Harvard      1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 24LafayetteW 26–14
October 1vs. Navy
L 7–28
October 8 No. 20 Penn
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
L 13–14
October 15Brown
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 27–14
October 22at No. 8 CornellL 12–14
October 29Rutgers
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 34–14
November 5at Harvard
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
W 33–13
November 12Yale
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 21–13
November 19 No. 14 Dartmouth
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 19–13
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1949 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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