1940 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1940 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In its third season under head coach Tad Wieman, the team compiled a 5–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 119 to 112.[1][2]

1940 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–1
Head coach
CaptainHowie Stanley
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
1940 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Boston College   –  11 –0 –0
Duquesne   –  7 –1 –0
No. 14 Penn   –  6 –1 –1
Penn State   –  6 –1 –1
No. 12 Fordham   –  7 –2 –0
No. 15 Cornell   –  6 –2 –0
La Salle   –  6 –2 –0
Princeton   –  5 –2 –1
Columbia   –  5 –2 –2
Brown   –  6 –3 –1
Bucknell   –  4 –2 –2
Boston University   –  5 –3 –0
Colgate   –  5 –3 –0
Hofstra   –  4 –3 –0
Harvard   –  3 –2 –3
Dartmouth   –  5 –4 –0
Temple   –  4 –4 –1
Tufts   –  4 –4 –0
Vermont   –  4 –4 –0
Villanova   –  4 –5 –0
Pittsburgh   –  3 –4 –1
Syracuse   –  3 –4 –1
Buffalo   –  3 –5 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  3 –5 –0
Manhattan   –  3 –6 –0
Providence   –  3 –6 –0
NYU   –  2 –7 –0
Yale   –  1 –7 –0
Army   –  1 –7 –1
CCNY   –  1 –5 –1
Massachusetts State   –  1 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Howie Stanley was Princeton's team captain.[3] He also received the John Prentiss Poe Cup, the team's highest award.[4] Halfback Dave Allerdice was selected by the Associated Press as a second-team player on the 1940 All-Eastern college football team,[5] and by the Central Press Association as a third-team player on the All-America team.[6]

Princeton was ranked at No. 58 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[7]

Princeton played its 1940 home games at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5Vanderbilt
W 7–616,000[8]
October 12Navy
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 6–1240,000[9]
October 19at No. 9 Penn
L 28–4655,000[10]
October 26Rutgers
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 28–1340,000[11]
November 2at Harvard
T 0–015,000[12]
November 9Dartmouth
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 14–930,000[13]
November 16Yale
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 10–745,000[14]
November 23Army
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 26–1926,000[15]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster
  • Donald B. Allen, Class of 1943
  • David W. Allerdice, Class of 1941
  • Baker A. Bradenbaugh, Class of 1941
  • Paul Busse, Class of 1942
  • Howard M. Clark, Class of 1942
  • Dave K. Headley, Class of 1943
  • James J. Howley, Class of 1942
  • Thomas B. Irwin, Class of 1942
  • Robert K. Jackson, Class of 1941
  • Gregory T. Kinniry, Class of 1944
  • James R. MacColl III, Class of 1941
  • Charles R. McAllister, Class of 1942
  • William L. Morris Jr., Class of 1943
  • Lawrence P. Naylor III, Class of 1941
  • Robert I. Perina, Class of 1943
  • Robert L. Peters Jr., Class of 1942
  • William D. Pettit, Class of 1941
  • C. Leslie Rice Jr., Class of 1941
  • Charles L. Ransom, Class of 1942
  • Charles H. Robinson, Class of 1941
  • Edward C. Rose Jr., Class of 1942
  • Robert P. Sandbach, Class of 1943
  • Richard R. Schmon, Class of 1943
  • William S. Shee, Class of 1941
  • Howard J. Stanley, Class of 1941
  • William F. Stebbins, Class of 1941
  • H. James Stokes Jr., Class of 1941
  • Robert M. Thomas, Class of 1942
  • Bruce P. Wilson, Class of 1942
  • S.A. Young Jr., Class of 1941

[16]

References
  1. "1940 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  2. "2008 Princeton Tigers Football Media Guide" (PDF). Princeton University. p. 127. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  3. "Princeton Lettermen Name Tackle Tierney '39 Captain". Chicago Tribune. November 23, 1938. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Princeton's Poe Cup Awarded To Worth". The Paterson Morning Call. December 6, 1939. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Bucknell, Nittany Stars All-Eastern Runners Up". Sunbury Daily Item. December 5, 1940. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Central Press All-American Team, 1940". Sunbury Daily Item. December 5, 1940. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Tigers Win, 7 to 6, As Vandy Kick Fails". New York Daily News. October 6, 1940. p. 89 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Navy Upsets Tiger, 12-6". New York Daily News. October 13, 1940. p. 91 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Cy Peterman (October 20, 1940). "Penn's Reagan Defeats Princeton, 46 to 28: Scores Five Touchdowns, Passes for Sixth As 55,000 Witness Rout at Franklin Field". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 3S – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Princeton Hands Scarlet First Setback: Utz, Hasbrouck Score in 28-13 Win for Tigers". The Sunday Times, New Brunswick, N.J. October 27, 1940. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Underdog Harvard Eleven, Aided By Rain, Holds Princeton To Scoreless Deadlock: Tigers Fail To Score On Game's Only Chance". The Hartford Courant. November 3, 1940. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Tiger Rally Defeats Dartmouth, 14-9". New York Daily News. November 10, 1940. p. 98 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Princeton Boots Yale, 10-7". New York Daily News. November 17, 1940. p. 37C – via Newspapers.com.
  15. Jack Smith (November 24, 1940). "Tiger Trips Army, 26-19". New York Daily News. p. 91 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. Media Guide, p. 132.
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