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American college football season
The 1941 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1941 college football season . In its fourth season under head coach Tad Wieman , the team compiled a 2–6 record and was outscored by a total of 152 to 64.[1] The team played its home games at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey .
Schedule
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source October 4 Williams W 20–711,000 [2]
October 11 Columbia Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ L 0–2130,000 [3]
October 18 No. 11 Penn Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry ) L 0–2331,500 [4]
October 25 at No. 15 Vanderbilt L 7–4614,000 [5]
November 1 Harvard Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry ) L 4–618,000 [6]
November 8 Dartmouth Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ L 13–2030,000 [7]
November 15 at Yale W 20–635,000 [8]
November 22 No. 12 Navy Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ L 0–2342,000 [9]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
References
^ "1941 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .
^ "20-7 Triumph To Princeton Over Williams" . The Baltimore Sun . October 5, 1941. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Joe Trimble (October 12, 1941). "Governali Leads Lions Over Princeton, 21-0" . New York Daily News . p. 92 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Cy Peterman (October 19, 1941). "Penn Beats Princeton" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . pp. S1, S5 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Vandy Routs Game but Outclassed Princeton by 46 to 7" . The Nashville Tennessean . October 26, 1941. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Harvard Wins, 6-5 On 87-Yard Run" . New York Daily News . November 2, 1941. p. 41C – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Indians Defeat Tigers In Weird Battle 20-13" . The Hartford Courant . November 9, 1941. p. 6C – via Newspapers.com .
^ Frank Keyes (November 16, 1941). "Captain Bob Peters Sparks Princeton Tigers To 20 To 6 Triumph Over Yale" . The Hartford Courant . p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Navy scores 23-0 win over Princeton as Busik stars" . Milwaukee Sentinel . Associated Press. November 23, 1941. p. 2B.
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