1952 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 19
Record8–1
Head coach
CaptainFrank M. McPhee
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hofstra   –   8 – 1 – 0
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
Bucknell   –   6 – 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 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]

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

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27 at Columbia No. 12
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
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
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.
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