1947 Princeton Tigers football team
| 1947 Princeton Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 5–3 |
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| Home stadium | Palmer Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Penn | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Columbia | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1947 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1947 college football season. In its third season under head coach Charlie Caldwell, the team compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 140 to 100.[1]
Key players on the team included fullback George Franke and halfback George Sella.
Princeton was ranked at No. 49 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[2]
The team played its home games at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey.
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 4 | Brown | W 21–7 | 25,000 | [3] | |||
| October 11 | at Rutgers | L 7–13 | 30,426 | [4] | |||
| October 18 | Colgate |
| W 20–7 | 31,000 | [5] | ||
| October 25 | Cornell |
| L 21–28 | 34,000 | [6] | ||
| November 1 | No. 4 Penn |
| L 7–26 | 49,000 | [7] | ||
| November 8 | at Harvard | W 33–7 | 25,000 | [8] | |||
| November 15 | Yale |
| W 17–0 | 50,000 | [9] | ||
| November 22 | Dartmouth |
| W 14–12 | 26,000 | [10] | ||
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References[edit]
- ^ "1947 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Princeton Beats Brown, 21-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 5, 1947. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rutgers Tames Princeton, 13-7, Before Record Stadium Crowd". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). October 12, 1947. pp. 1, 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Whitney Martin (October 19, 1947). "Princeton Beats Colgate, 20-7; Sella Runs 64 Yards". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cornell Beats Princeton on Late Passes, 28-21". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 1947. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Art Morrow (November 2, 1947). "Penn Beats Princeton for 5th Straight, 26-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Melville Webb (November 9, 1947). "Princeton Claws Harvard, 33-7; Line Rips Crimson Wide Open". The Boston Globe. pp. 29–30 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Mort Berry (November 16, 1947). "Yale Beaten By Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jack Woliston (November 23, 1947). "Princeton Edges Dartmouth, 14-12". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.