1949 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 18
Record6–3
Head coach
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Vincent   –   10 – 0 – 0
No. 4 Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   8 – 0 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 12 Cornell   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 13 Villanova   –   8 – 1 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 2 – 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
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   3 – 6 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 7 – 0
Hofstra   –   1 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   1 – 8 – 0
Harvard   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Lafayette
W 26–14 8,200 [3]
October 1vs. Navy
L 7–28 36,736 [4]
October 8 No. 20 Penn
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
L 13–14 12,000 [5]
October 15Brown
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 27–14 24,000 [6]
October 22at No. 8 Cornell
L 12–14 33,500 [7]
October 29Rutgers
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 34–14 37,000 [8]
November 5at Harvard
W 33–13 28,000 [9]
November 12Yale
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 21–13 45,000 [10]
November 19 No. 14 Dartmouth
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 19–13 40,000 [11]
  • 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.
  3. ^ Watson, Rip (September 25, 1949). "Princeton Claws Leopards, 26-14". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Linthicum, Jesse A. (October 2, 1949). "Navy Beats Princeton, 28 to 7, for Its First Victory in 16 Starts". The Sunday Sun. Baltimore, Md. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Berry, Mort (October 9, 1949). "Penn Wins, 14-13: Quakers Top Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 16, 1949). "Princeton Upsets Brown Team, 27-14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ Cushing, Elliot (October 23, 1949). "Big Red Subdues Tough Tiger, 14-12, to Stay Unbeaten". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Burns, Joe (October 30, 1949). "Tigers Win 34-14 over Red Squad". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 6, 1949). "Princeton Beats Harvard; Tiger on Top, 33-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ^ Webb, Melville (November 13, 1949). "Princeton Big 3 Champion by Defeating Yale, 21 to 13". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Trimble, Joe (November 20, 1949). "Princeton Trips Green on 2 TDs in 4th, 19-13". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 104 – via Newspapers.com.
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