1942 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
CaptainDick Schmon
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Williams   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 19 Penn State   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 8 Boston College   –   8 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   6 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   6 – 2 – 1
Army   –   6 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 3 – 0
Duquesne   –   6 – 3 – 1
Yale   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   5 – 3 – 1
No. T–19 Holy Cross   –   5 – 4 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   4 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 4 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 3 – 0
Boston University   –   4 – 5 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 5 – 1
Princeton   –   3 – 5 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 5 – 3
Columbia   –   3 – 6 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   2 – 5 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 4 – 2
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 5 – 0
Harvard   –   2 – 6 – 1
Drexel   –   2 – 6 – 0
Manhattan   –   2 – 6 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In its fifth and final season under head coach Tad Wieman, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record and was outscored by a total of 135 to 109. Dick Schmon was Princeton's team captain.[1][2]

Princeton was ranked at No. 73 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[3]

Princeton played its 1942 home games at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Lakehurst NAS
W 20–66,000[4]
October 3Williams
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 7–198,000[5]
October 10vs. Navy
W 10–025,000[6]
October 17at No. 8 Penn
T 6–635,000[7]
October 24Brown
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 32–1315,000
October 31at Harvard
L 14–1920,000
November 7Dartmouth
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 7–1916,000
November 14vs. Yale
L 6–1335,000[8]
November 21vs. Army
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 7–4040,000[9]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1942 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "2008 Princeton Tigers Football Media Guide" (PDF). Princeton University. p. 127. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Princeton Rolls Over Lakehurst Naval Air Station, 20 to 6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 27, 1942. p. 3S – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Williams rally turns back Princeton in upset, 19–7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 4, 1942. Retrieved September 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Tigers Top Navy, 10-0; Frosh Stars". New York Daily News. October 11, 1942. p. 94 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Princeton Ties Penn, 6-6, in Grid Upset". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 18, 1942. pp. 1S, 6S – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Elis Beat Tigers, 13-6". New York Daily News. November 15, 1942. p. C42 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Army Batters Tiger, 40-7; Woods Stars". New York Daily News. November 22, 1942. p. 96 – via Newspapers.com.
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