1950 Princeton Tigers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1950
| team = Princeton Tigers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| CoachRank = 8
| APRank = 6
| record = 9–0
| head_coach = Charlie Caldwell
| hc_year = 6th
| off_scheme = Unbalanced single-wing
| def_scheme =
| captain = George A. Chandler
| stadium = Palmer Stadium
| champion = National champion (Poling System, Boand System)
Eastern champion
}}
{{1950 Eastern college football independents records}}
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.[http://www.coachwyatt.com/singlewing.html A Very Brief Look at "the" Single-Wing], Coach Wyatt, retrieved June 19, 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090703085558/http://www.coachwyatt.com/singlewing.html Archived] 2009-06-22.
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.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. 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).{{cite book|title=Official Collegiate Football Record Book|year=1951|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|pages=35, 38}}
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.{{cite web|title=1950 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=February 27, 2017|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1950-schedule.html}}
Some selectors named Princeton the national champions, most notably the NCAA-recognized Poling System and Boand System."National Poll Champions", [http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/football_records/DI/2007/2007RB.pdf 2007 NCAA Division I Football Records Book] (PDF), p. 77, National Collegiate Athletic Association, 2007. Accessed 2009-06-19. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090731114415/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/football_records/DI/2007/2007RB.pdf Archived] 2009-06-22. 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.ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1218, New York: ESPN Books, 2005, {{ISBN|1-4013-3703-1}}. Kazmaier and Donan were eventually inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.{{College Football HoF|id=1764|name=Dick "Kaz" Kazmaier|accessdate=30 April 2010}}{{College Football HoF|id=1653|name=Hollie Donan|accessdate=30 April 2010}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1950
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 30
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1950|team=Williams Ephs|title=Williams}}
| site_stadium = Palmer Stadium
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| score = 66–0
| attend = 18,000
| source = {{cite news |title=Princeton Opens 81st Football Campaign With Crushing Victory Over Williams |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/10/01/89416128.pdf |first=Lincoln A. |last=Werden |date=October 1, 1950 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=Princeton, N.J.}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 7
| w/l = w
| opponent = Rutgers
| site_stadium = Palmer Stadium
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 34–28
| attend = 23,000
| source = {{cite news |title=Princeton Whips Rutgers by 34-28 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/10/08/86466595.pdf |first=Joseph C. |last=Nichols |date=October 8, 1950 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=Princeton, N.J.}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 14
| w/l = w
| opponent = Navy
| site_stadium = Palmer Stadium
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| score = 20–14
| attend = 35,000
| source = {{cite news |title=Princeton Downs Navy Squad, 20-14 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/10/15/305390492.pdf |first=Lincoln A. |last=Werden |date=October 15, 1950 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=Princeton, N.J.}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 21
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Brown
| site_stadium = Brown Stadium
| site_cityst = Providence, RI
| score = 34–0
| attend = 20,000
| source = {{cite news |title=Princeton Trims Brown Team, 34-0 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/10/22/306368072.pdf |first=Michael |last=Strauss |date=October 22, 1950 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 28
| w/l = w
| opponent = Cornell
| opprank = 10
| site_stadium = Palmer Stadium
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| score = 27–0
| attend = 47,500
| source = {{cite news |title=Princeton Routs Cornell, 27-0; 47,500 Cheer Tiger |first=Allison |last=Danzig |date=October 29, 1950 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 4
| w/l = w
| rank = 10
| opponent = Colgate
| site_stadium = Palmer Stadium
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| score = 45–7
| attend = 19,000
| source = {{cite news |title=Princeton Routs Colage, 45 to 7 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/11/05/94077390.pdf |first=Joseph C. |last=Nichols |date=November 5, 1950 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 11
| w/l = w
| rank = 8
| opponent = Harvard
| site_stadium = Palmer Stadium
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 63–26
| attend = 25,000
| source = {{cite news |title=Princeton Routs Harvard, 63-26; Tiger Sets Record |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/11/12/94081590.pdf |first=Allison |last=Danzig |date=November 12, 1950 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 18
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 7
| opponent = Yale
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 47–12
| attend = 59,000
| source = {{cite news |title=Tiger Keeps Title |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/11/19/306511272.pdf |first=Allison |last=Danzig |date=November 19, 1950 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New Haven, Conn.}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 25
| w/l = w
| rank = 7
| opponent = Dartmouth
| site_stadium = Palmer Stadium
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| score = 13–7
| attend = 5,000
| source = {{cite news |title=Princeton Beats Dartmouth, 13-7; Ivy Title to Tiger |first=Joseph M. |last=Sheehan |date=November 26, 1950 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
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