1946 Princeton

3–⁠5, coached by Charles Caldwell.

Schedule and results

Princeton in 1946, game by game: won vs. Brown 33–12; lost vs. Harvard 12–13; won vs. Rutgers 14–7; lost vs. Cornell 7–14; won at No. 3 Pennsylvania 17–14; lost vs. Virginia 6–20; lost at No. 18 Yale 2–30; lost vs. Dartmouth 13–20+21−28Won 33–12 vs. Brown+21BrownLost 12–13 vs. Harvard-1HarvardWon 14–7 vs. Rutgers+7RutgersLost 7–14 vs. Cornell-7CornellWon 17–14 at No. 3 Pennsylvania+3No. 3 PennsylvaniaLost 6–20 vs. Virginia-14VirginiaLost 2–30 at No. 18 Yale-28No. 18 YaleLost 13–20 vs. Dartmouth-7Dartmouth
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 5vsBrownW 33–⁠1247%
Oct 12vsHarvardL 12–⁠1348%
Oct 19vsRutgersW 14–⁠777%
Oct 26vsCornellL 7–⁠1469%
Nov 2at3PennsylvaniaW 17–⁠1416%
Nov 9vsVirginiaL 6–⁠2050%
Nov 16at18YaleL 2–⁠3033%
Nov 23vsDartmouthL 13–⁠2063%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Dartmouth 20–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 119th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 136 on file).

Photographs from 1946

Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Record
3–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠4 6th in the Ivy Group (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
104–⁠130
Coach
Charles Caldwell
Elo
1339 −44 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.0 No. 62 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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