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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 |
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| October 4 | Williams | | W 20–7 | 11,000 | [2]
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| October 11 | Columbia | - Palmer Stadium
- Princeton, NJ
| L 0–21 | 30,000 | [3]
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| October 18 | No. 11 Penn | - Palmer Stadium
- Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
| L 0–23 | 31,500 | [4]
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| October 25 | at No. 15 Vanderbilt | | L 7–46 | 14,000 | [5]
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| November 1 | Harvard | - Palmer Stadium
- Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
| L 4–6 | 18,000 | [6]
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| November 8 | Dartmouth | - Palmer Stadium
- Princeton, NJ
| L 13–20 | 30,000 | [7]
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| November 15 | at Yale | | W 20–6 | 35,000 | [8]
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| November 22 | No. 12 Navy | - Palmer Stadium
- Princeton, NJ
| L 0–23 | 42,000 | [9]
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- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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References[]
- ↑ "1941 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1941-schedule.html. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
- ↑ "20-7 Triumph To Princeton Over Williams". The Baltimore Sun: p. Sports 4. October 5, 1941. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35860904/207_triumph_to_princeton_over_williams/.
- ↑ Joe Trimble (October 12, 1941). "Governali Leads Lions Over Princeton, 21-0". New York Daily News: p. 92. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35774513/governali_leads_lions_over_princeton/.
- ↑ Cy Peterman (October 19, 1941). "Penn Beats Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer: pp. S1, S5. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35836066/penn_beats_princeton/.
- ↑ "Vandy Routs Game but Outclassed Princeton by 46 to 7". The Nashville Tennessean: p. Sports 1. October 26, 1941. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35860514/vandy_routs_game_but_outclassed/.
- ↑ "Harvard Wins, 6-5 On 87-Yard Run". New York Daily News: p. 41C. November 2, 1941. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35859056/harvard_wins_65_on_87yard_run/.
- ↑ "Indians Defeat Tigers In Weird Battle 20-13". The Hartford Courant: p. 6C. November 9, 1941. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35860786/indians_defeat_tigers_in_weird_battle/.
- ↑ Frank Keyes (November 16, 1941). "Captain Bob Peters Sparks Princeton Tigers To 20 To 6 Triumph Over Yale". The Hartford Courant: p. IV-1. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35860641/captain_bob_peters_sparks_princeton/.
- ↑ "Navy scores 23-0 win over Princeton as Busik stars". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press: p. 2B. November 23, 1941. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ilFQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Cg4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2958%2C5931031.
