1946 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1946 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University in the Ivy League during the 1946 college football season. In its second season under head coach Charlie Caldwell, the team compiled a 3–5 record and was outscored by a total of 130 to 104.^[1][2]

1946 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	3–5 (2–4 Ivy)
Head coach	Charlie Caldwell (2nd season)
Home stadium	Palmer Stadium
Seasons ← 1945 1947 →

1946 Ivy Group football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 12 Yale	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
Harvard	3	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
No. 13 Penn	3	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Cornell	3	–	1	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Columbia	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Princeton	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Brown	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Dartmouth	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Princeton was ranked at No. 57 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.^[3]

Princeton played its 1946 home games at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 5	Brown	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 33–12	16,000	[4]
October 12	Harvard	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 12–13	35,000	[5]
October 19	Rutgers*	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 14–7	45,000	[6]
October 26	Cornell	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 7–14	33,000	[7]
November 2	at No. 3 Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 17–14	72,000	[8]
November 9	Virginia*	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 6–20	24,000	[9]
November 16	at No. 18 Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 2–30	70,000	[10]
November 23	Dartmouth	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 13–20	34,000	[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game