1948 Princeton Tigers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1948
| team = Princeton Tigers
| sport = football
| image =
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| conference = Independent
| record = 4–4
| head_coach= Charlie Caldwell
| hc_year = 4th
| captain =
| stadium = Palmer Stadium
}}
{{1948 Ivy Group football standings}}
The 1948 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1948 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Charlie Caldwell, the team compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 184 to 156.{{cite web|title=1948 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=April 10, 2020|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1948-schedule.html}}{{cite web|title=2008 Princeton Tigers Football Media Guide|publisher=Princeton University |page=127 |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/princeton.sidearmsports.com/documents/2008/8/7/135152.pdf |access-date=April 10, 2020}}
Princeton was ranked at No. 41 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.{{cite news|title=Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings|newspaper=Wilmington Morning News|date=December 15, 1948|page=32|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123192904/michigan-irish-finish-1-2-in/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Princeton played its 1948 home games at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|rankyear=1948
|poll=AP
|attend=yes
|source=yes
|October 2||Brown|Palmer Stadium|Princeton, NJ|L 20-23| 26,000 | {{cite news |title=Brown Wins, 23-20, in Last 6 Seconds |first=Joseph C. |last=Nichols |date=October 3, 1948 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
|October 9|at|No. 12 Penn|Franklin Field|Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)|L 7-29| 60,000 | {{cite news |title=Penn Wins; 60,000 See Quakers Top Princeton Foe |first=Art |last=Morrow |date=October 10, 1948 |page=S1 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67151827/1948-penn-princeton/ }}
|October 16||Rutgers|Palmer Stadium|Princeton, NJ (rivalry)|L 6-22| 41,000 | {{cite news |title=Rutgers Beats Tigers at Home First Time, 22-6 |first=Harold |last=Rosenthal |date=October 17, 1948 |page=D1 |newspaper=The Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67154259/1948-princeton-rutgers/ }}
|October 23|at|Columbia|Baker Field|New York, NY|W 16-14| 30,000 | {{cite news |title=Late Princeton Field Goal Defeats Columbia, 16-14; Reichel's Aim True |first=Joseph M. |last=Sheehan |date=October 26, 1948 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
|October 30||Virginia|Palmer Stadium|Princeton, NJ|W 55-14| 23,000 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Flattens Virginia in Scoring Easy 55-14 Win |first=Austin |last=Bealmear |date=October 31, 1948 |page=11A |newspaper=Daily Press |location=Newport News, Va.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67163513/1948-princeton-virginia/ }}
|November 6||Harvard|Palmer Stadium|Princeton, NJ (rivalry)|W 47-7| 37,000 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Runs Up Record 47-7 Score in Routing Harvard |first=Jack |last=Hand |date=November 7, 1948 |page=10 |newspaper=The Sunday Times |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67166583/1948-harvard-princeton/ }}
|November 13|at|Yale|Yale Bowl|New Haven, CT (rivalry)|W 20-14| 57,000 | {{cite news |title=Eli Scores Princeton, but Fails at End, 20-14 |first=Jim |last=McCulley |date=November 14, 1948 |page=95 |newspaper=Sunday News |location=New York, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67175127/1948-princeton-yale/ }}
|November 20||Dartmouth|Palmer Stadium|Princeton, NJ|L 13-33| 40,000 | {{cite news |title=Indians Top Tigers; Dartmouth Eleven Trips Princeton, 33-13, with Aid of 2 Late Scores |first=Joseph M. |last=Sheehan |date=November 21, 1948 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
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