1941 Princeton Tigers football team

1941 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	2–6 (1–4 Ivy)
Head coach	Tad Wieman (4th season)
Captain	Bob Peters
Home stadium	Palmer Stadium

1941 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 15 Penn $	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Columbia	3	–	1	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Harvard	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	1
Cornell	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Dartmouth	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Brown	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Princeton	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Yale	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University in the Ivy League 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]

Princeton was ranked at No. 76 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.^[2]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Williams*	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 20–7	11,000	[3]
October 11	Columbia	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 0–21	30,000	[4]
October 18	No. 11 Penn	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 0–23	31,500	[5]
October 25	at No. 15 Vanderbilt*	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 7–46	14,000	[6]
November 1	Harvard	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 4–6	18,000	[7]
November 8	Dartmouth	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 13–20	30,000	[8]
November 15	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 20–6	35,000	[9]
November 22	No. 12 Navy*	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 0–23	42,000	[10]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1941 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "20-7 Triumph To Princeton Over Williams". The Baltimore Sun. October 5, 1941. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Joe Trimble (October 12, 1941). "Governali Leads Lions Over Princeton, 21-0". New York Daily News. p. 92 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Cy Peterman (October 19, 1941). "Penn Beats Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S5 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Vandy Routs Game but Outclassed Princeton by 46 to 7". The Nashville Tennessean. October 26, 1941. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Harvard Wins, 6-5 On 87-Yard Run". New York Daily News. November 2, 1941. p. 41C – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Indians Defeat Tigers In Weird Battle 20-13". The Hartford Courant. November 9, 1941. p. 6C – via Newspapers.com.
9. 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.
10. "Navy scores 23-0 win over Princeton as Busik stars". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. November 23, 1941. p. 2B.