1948 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1948 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1948 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Charlie Caldwell, the team compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 184 to 156.[1][2] Princeton played its 1948 home games at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey.

1948 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Independent
1948 record	4–4
Head coach	Charlie Caldwell (4th season)
Home stadium	Palmer Stadium

1948 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Army			–					8	–	0	–	1
No. 19 Cornell			–					8	–	1	–	0
Penn State			–					7	–	1	–	1
Buffalo			–					6	–	1	–	1
Villanova			–					8	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					7	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	2	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	3	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	3	–	1
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					4	–	5	–	0
Yale			–					4	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	6	–	0
Fordham			–					3	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					3	–	6	–	0
Temple			–					2	–	6	–	1
Duquesne			–					2	–	7	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					1	–	7	–	0
Hofstra			–					0	–	6	–	2
Bucknell			–					1	–	8	–	0
Syracuse			–					1	–	8	–	0
Drexel			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Brown	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 20–23	26,000	[3]
October 9	at No. 12 Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 7–29	60,000	[4]
October 16	Rutgers	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 6–22	41,000	[5]
October 23	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 16–14	30,000	[6]
October 30	Virginia	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 55–14	23,000	[7]
November 6	Harvard	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 47–7	37,000	[8]
November 13	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 20–14	57,000	[9]
November 20	Dartmouth	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 13–33	40,000	[10]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1948 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. Nichols, Joseph C. (October 3, 1948). "Brown Wins, 23-20, in Last 6 Seconds". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
4. Morrow, Art (October 10, 1948). "Penn Wins; 60,000 See Quakers Top Princeton Foe". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Rosenthal, Harold (October 17, 1948). "Rutgers Beats Tigers at Home First Time, 22-6". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 26, 1948). "Late Princeton Field Goal Defeats Columbia, 16-14; Reichel's Aim True". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
7. Bealmear, Austin (October 31, 1948). "Princeton Flattens Virginia in Scoring Easy 55-14 Win". Daily Press. Newport News, Va. p. 11A – via Newspapers.com.
8. Hand, Jack (November 7, 1948). "Princeton Runs Up Record 47-7 Score in Routing Harvard". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
9. McCulley, Jim (November 14, 1948). "Eli Scores Princeton, but Fails at End, 20-14". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 95 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 21, 1948). "Indians Top Tigers; Dartmouth Eleven Trips Princeton, 33-13, with Aid of 2 Late Scores". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.