1945 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1945 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1945 college football season. In its first season under head coach Charlie Caldwell, the team compiled a 2–3–2 record and was outscored by a total of 112 to 69.^[1][2] Princeton played its 1945 home games at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey.

1945 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–3–2
Head coach	Charlie Caldwell (1st season)
Home stadium	Palmer Stadium
Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

1945 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					4	–	0	–	1
No. 20 Columbia			–					8	–	1	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					4	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Penn			–					6	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	1	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					3	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					2	–	3	–	2
NYU			–					3	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth			–					1	–	6	–	1
Syracuse			–					1	–	6	–	0
Boston University			–					0	–	5	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 6	Lafayette	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	T 7–7	4,000	[3]
October 13	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 14–6	14,000	[4]
October 27	Rutgers	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 14–6	12,000	[5]
November 3	at No. 7 Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 0–28	52,000	[6]
November 10	Dartmouth	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	T 13–13	15,000	[7]
November 17	Columbia	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 7–32	18,000	[8]
November 24	Yale	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 14–20	40,000	[9]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1945 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. "Tigers Held to 7-7 Draw by Lafayette". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. Associated Press. October 7, 1945. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
4. McGowen, Roscoe (October 14, 1945). "Princeton Upsets Cornell; Tigers Score, 14-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
5. "Princeton Defeats Rutgers in Football's Oldest Series". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. October 28, 1945. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Morrow, Art (November 4, 1945). "52,000 See Penn Triumph, 28-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Kaese, Harold (November 11, 1945). "Green Gains Tie by Unique Touchdown". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Columbia Lions Gain 32-7 Win Over Princeton". The Hartford Courant. November 18, 1945. p. 45 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Smith, Jack (November 25, 1945). "Yale Overcomes Early Lead, Nips Tiger, 20-14". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. C24 – via Newspapers.com.