1955 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1955 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1955 college football season. In their 11th year under head coach Charlie Caldwell, the Tigers compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents 139 to 66. Royce N. Flippin Jr. was the team captain.[1]

1955 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Independent
1955 record	7–2
Head coach	Charlie Caldwell (11th season)
Captain	Royce N. Flippin Jr.
Home stadium	Palmer Stadium

1955 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Drexel			–					8	–	0	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	1	–	1
Princeton			–					7	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	2	–	1
No. 20 Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Pittsburgh			–					7	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	1
Harvard			–					3	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth			–					3	–	6	–	0
Hofstra			–					3	–	6	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	6	–	1
Boston University			–					2	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	6	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	7	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	8	–	0
Villanova			–					1	–	9	–	0
Temple			–					0	–	8	–	0
Penn			–					0	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

This would be Princeton's final year as a football independent, as the Ivy League, which Princeton had helped co-found in 1954, began football competition in 1956. All seven Ivy League opponents appeared on Princeton's 1955 schedule; the Tigers had been playing most of their games against (future) Ivy teams for decades.

Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Rutgers	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 41–7	18,500	[2]
October 1	Columbia	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 20–7	15,500	[3]
October 8	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 7–0	24,325	[4]
October 15	Colgate	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 6–15	7,000	[5]
October 22	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 26–20	25,000	[6]
October 29	Brown	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 14–7	22,500	[7]
November 5	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 6–7	21,000	[8]
November 12	Yale	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 13–0	46,000	[9]
November 19	Dartmouth	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 6–3	20,000	[10]

References

1. "Results". Princeton Football Record Book. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University. p. 28. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
2. Werden, Lincoln A. (September 24, 1955). "Princeton Routs Rutgers, 41 to 7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
3. Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 2, 1955). "Tigers Vanquish Columbia on Second-Half Drive, 20-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
4. Nichols, Joseph C. (October 9, 1955). "Princeton Trips Penn Eleven, 7-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
5. Werden, Lincoln A. (October 16, 1955). "Colgate Topples Princeton, 15 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
6. Strauss, Michael (October 23, 1955). "Princeton Beats Cornell; Tiger Backs Star". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
7. Werden, Lincoln A. (October 30, 1955). "Princeton's Team Trips Brown, 14-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
8. McGowen, Roscoe (November 6, 1955). "Harvard Trips Princeton, 7-6; Crosby Kick Wins". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
9. Danzig, Allison (November 13, 1955). "Princeton Stops Yale, 13-0; Flippin Tiger Ace". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
10. Werden, Lincoln A. (November 20, 1955). "Princeton Victor, 6-3; Tigers Win Title". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.