1946 Princeton Tigers football team

1946 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5
Head coach	Charlie Caldwell (2nd season)
Home stadium	Palmer Stadium

1946 Eastern major college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Army			–					9	–	0	–	1
Penn State			–					6	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	3	–	0
Holy Cross			–					6	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					4	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	4	–	2
Merchant Marine			–					4	–	7	–	0
Bucknell			–					3	–	6	–	0
Fordham			–					0	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent 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. Princeton played its 1946 home games at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 5	Brown	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 33–12
October 12	Harvard	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 12–13
October 19	Rutgers	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 14–7
October 26	Cornell	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 7–14
November 2	at No. 3 Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 17–14
November 9	Virginia	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 6–20
November 16	at No. 18 Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 2–30
November 23	Dartmouth	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 13–20
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game