1950 Princeton Tigers football team
American college football season
The 1950 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) intercollegiate competition during the 1950 season . The Tigers were led by sixth-year head coach Charlie Caldwell , a future College Football Hall of Fame inductee, who utilized an "unbalanced" version of the single-wing formation .[ 1]
The Princeton offense, which made use of the buck-lateral series , was one of the last successful employers of the single-wing formation, which had been made obsolete by the modernized T formation.[ 2] The team ranked second nationally in total offense (433.7 yards per game), rushing offense (325.4 yards per game), and rushing defense (67.9 yards per game).[ 3]
Princeton finished with a perfect undefeated record of 9–0, and the Tigers outscored their opponents 349–94. Against other future Ivy League teams, Princeton compiled a 5–0 record.[ 4]
Some selectors named Princeton the national champions, most notably the NCAA-recognized Poling System and Boand System .[ 5] Princeton was ranked sixth in the Associated Press and eighth in the United Press final polls . After the season, Tigers halfback Dick Kazmaier , tackle Holland Donan , and center Redmond Finney received first-team All-America honors.[ 6] Kazmaier and Donan were eventually inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame .[ 7] [ 8]
Schedule
Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance Source September 30 Williams W 66–018,000 [ 9]
October 7 Rutgers Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry ) W 34–2823,000 [ 10]
October 14 Navy Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ W 20–1435,000 [ 11]
October 21 at Brown W 34–020,000 [ 12]
October 28 No. 10 Cornell Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ W 27–047,500 [ 13]
November 4 Colgate No. 10 Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ W 45–719,000 [ 14]
November 11 Harvard No. 8 Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry ) W 63–2625,000 [ 15]
November 18 at Yale No. 7 W 47–1259,000 [ 16]
November 25 Dartmouth No. 7 Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ W 13–75,000 [ 17]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
References
^ A Very Brief Look at "the" Single-Wing , Coach Wyatt, retrieved June 19, 2009. Archived 2009-06-22.
^ Masin, Herman L., [It Fit the Millennium To A T! http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27450841_ITM ], Coach and Athletic Director , 2000, retrieved August 14, 2010.
^ Official Collegiate Football Record Book . National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1951. pp. 35, 38.
^ "1950 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017 .
^ "National Poll Champions", 2007 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF), p. 77, National Collegiate Athletic Association, 2007. Accessed 2009-06-19. Archived 2009-06-22.
^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia , p. 1218, New York: ESPN Books, 2005, ISBN 1-4013-3703-1 .
^ "Dick "Kaz" Kazmaier" . College Football Hall of Fame . Football Foundation. Retrieved April 30, 2010 .
^ "Hollie Donan" . College Football Hall of Fame . Football Foundation. Retrieved April 30, 2010 .
^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 1, 1950). "Princeton Opens 81st Football Campaign With Crushing Victory Over Williams" (PDF) . The New York Times . Princeton, N.J.
^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 8, 1950). "Princeton Whips Rutgers by 34-28" (PDF) . The New York Times . Princeton, N.J.
^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 15, 1950). "Princeton Downs Navy Squad, 20-14" (PDF) . The New York Times . Princeton, N.J.
^ Strauss, Michael (October 22, 1950). "Princeton Trims Brown Team, 34-0" (PDF) . The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Danzig, Allison (October 29, 1950). "Princeton Routs Cornell, 27-0; 47,500 Cheer Tiger". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Nichols, Joseph C. (November 5, 1950). "Princeton Routs Colage, 45 to 7" (PDF) . The New York Times . New York, N.Y.
^ Danzig, Allison (November 12, 1950). "Princeton Routs Harvard, 63-26; Tiger Sets Record" (PDF) . The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Danzig, Allison (November 19, 1950). "Tiger Keeps Title" (PDF) . The New York Times . New Haven, Conn.
^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 26, 1950). "Princeton Beats Dartmouth, 13-7; Ivy Title to Tiger". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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