1942 Princeton Tigers football team

1942 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5–1
Head coach	Tad Wieman (5th season)
Captain	Dick Schmon
Home stadium	Palmer Stadium
Seasons ← 1941 1943 →

1942 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Williams		–		7	–	1	–	0
No. 19 Penn State		–		6	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Boston College		–		8	–	2	–	0
Buffalo		–		6	–	2	–	0
Bucknell		–		6	–	2	–	1
Colgate		–		6	–	2	–	1
Army		–		6	–	3	–	0
Syracuse		–		6	–	3	–	0
Duquesne		–		6	–	3	–	1
Yale		–		5	–	3	–	0
Fordham		–		5	–	3	–	1
Penn		–		5	–	3	–	1
No. T–19 Holy Cross		–		5	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth		–		5	–	4	–	0
Brown		–		4	–	4	–	0
Villanova		–		4	–	4	–	0
Vermont		–		4	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		3	–	3	–	0
Boston University		–		4	–	5	–	0
Cornell		–		3	–	5	–	1
Princeton		–		3	–	5	–	1
Temple		–		2	–	5	–	3
Columbia		–		3	–	6	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		3	–	6	–	0
Tufts		–		2	–	5	–	1
Franklin & Marshall		–		1	–	4	–	2
Massachusetts State		–		2	–	5	–	0
Harvard		–		2	–	6	–	1
Drexel		–		2	–	6	–	0
Manhattan		–		2	–	6	–	0
CCNY		–		1	–	7	–	1

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In its fifth and final season under head coach Tad Wieman, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record and was outscored by a total of 135 to 109. Dick Schmon was Princeton's team captain.^[1]^[2]

Princeton was ranked at No. 73 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.^[3]

Princeton played its 1942 home games at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Lakehurst NAS	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 20–6	6,000	^[4]
October 3	Williams	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 7–19	8,000	^[5]
October 10	vs. Navy	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 10–0	25,000	^[6]
October 17	at No. 8 Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	T 6–6	35,000	^[7]
October 24	Brown	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 32–13	15,000
October 31	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 14–19	20,000
November 7	Dartmouth	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 7–19	16,000
November 14	vs. Yale	Baker Field New York, NY (rivalry)	L 6–13	35,000	^[8]
November 21	vs. Army	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 7–40	40,000	^[9]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

^ "1942 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
^ "2008 Princeton Tigers Football Media Guide" (PDF). Princeton University. p. 127. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Princeton Rolls Over Lakehurst Naval Air Station, 20 to 6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 27, 1942. p. 3S – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Williams rally turns back Princeton in upset, 19–7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 4, 1942. Retrieved September 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tigers Top Navy, 10-0; Frosh Stars". New York Daily News. October 11, 1942. p. 94 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Princeton Ties Penn, 6-6, in Grid Upset". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 18, 1942. pp. 1S, 6S – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Elis Beat Tigers, 13-6". New York Daily News. November 15, 1942. p. C42 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Army Batters Tiger, 40-7; Woods Stars". New York Daily News. November 22, 1942. p. 96 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Princeton Tigers football
Venues	University Field (1876–1913) Palmer Stadium (1914–1996) Powers Field at Princeton Stadium (1998–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Legacy Bowl Harvard Penn Rutgers Yale
Culture & lore	First American football game (painting) 1922 Chicago game Poe brothers The Tiger "Princeton Cannon Song" Winged football helmet
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
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