1943 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1943 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1943 college football season. In their first season under head coach Harry Mahnken, the Tigers compiled a 1–6 record and were outscored by a total of 226 to 96. Wayne Harding was Princeton's team captain.[1][2]

1943 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–6
Head coach
CaptainWayne Harding
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
1943 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Boston College   –  4 –0 –1
Franklin & Marshall   –  7 –1 –0
Dartmouth   –  6 –1 –0
Rochester   –  6 –1 –0
No. 11 Army   –  7 –2 –1
Holy Cross   –  6 –2 –0
Tufts   –  6 –2 –0
No. 20 Penn   –  6 –2 –1
Brown   –  5 –3 –0
Villanova   –  5 –3 –0
Colgate   –  5 –3 –1
Penn State   –  5 –3 –1
Bucknell   –  6 –4 –0
Cornell   –  6 –4 –0
Harvard   –  2 –2 –1
Yale   –  4 –5 –0
Pittsburgh   –  3 –5 –0
Temple   –  2 –6 –0
CCNY   –  1 –3 –1
Princeton   –  1 –6 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  0 –4 –1
Columbia   –  0 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Princeton ranked 115th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 61.4.[3]

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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at Lakehurst NAS
W 61–12 (scrimmage)[4][5]
September 25at Penn
L 9–4730,000[6]
October 2at Columbia
W 26–720,000[7]
October 9Cornell
L 0–3012,000[8]
October 30Brown
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 20–285,000[9]
November 6Villanova
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 22–455,000[10]
November 13at Yale
L 6–2713,000[11]
November 20 No. 20 Dartmouth
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 13–428,000[12]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "1943 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. Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. "Princeton Gridders Open Against Lakehurst Today". The Morning Call. Paterson, New Jersey. September 18, 1943. p. 8. Retrieved April 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. "Princeton Defeats Lakehurst, 61 To 12 In Practice Contest". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. September 19, 1943. p. 10. Retrieved April 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. Art Morrow (September 26, 1943). "30,000 See Penn's Power Surprise Princeton, 47-9". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Kelley, Robert F. (October 3, 1943). "Princeton Defeats Columbia, 26-7; Long Runs Top Lion". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. Werden, Lincoln A. (October 10, 1943). "Long Dashes by Maceyko and Blose Feature as Cornell Topples Princeton Eleven, 30-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. Nichols, Joseph C. (October 31, 1943). "Brown Triumphs over Princeton on Second-Period Rally, 28 to 20". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. Joe Tumelty (November 7, 1943). "Villanova Passes Defeat Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 6S – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Hy Turkin (November 14, 1943). "Yale Pens Tiger, 27-6". New York Daily News. p. 94 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Indians Wreck Tigers". New York Daily News. November 21, 1943. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
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