1956 Princeton
7–2 (5–2 Ivy League), coached by Charles Caldwell. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Columbia 39–0Oct 6
By 39 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29 | vs Rutgers | W 28–6 | 79% |
| Oct 6 | vs Columbia | W 39–0 | 86% |
| Oct 13 | at Pennsylvania | W 34–0 | 74% |
| Oct 20 | vs Colgate | W 28–20 | 62% |
| Oct 27 | at Cornell | W 32–21 | 70% |
| Nov 3 | vs Brown | W 21–7 | 84% |
| Nov 10 | vs Harvard | W 35–20 | 84% |
| Nov 17 | at Yale | L 20–42 | 51% |
| Nov 24 | vs Dartmouth | L 0–19 | 77% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Dartmouth 19–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Ivy League.
In program history: The 69th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 136 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 9: 20
- Record
- 7–2
- Conference
- 5–2 2nd in Ivy League
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 20
- Points
- 237–135
- Coach
- Charles Caldwell
- Elo
- 1553 +1 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −6.2 No. 78 of 111 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Michael E. Bowman
1956 Ivy League standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yale | 7–0 | 8–1 | |
 Princeton | 5–2 | 7–2 | |
| Dartmouth | 4–3 | 5–3–1 | |
| Pennsylvania | 4–3 | 4–5 | |
| Brown | 3–4 | 5–4 | |
| Columbia | 2–5 | 3–6 | |
| Harvard | 2–5 | 2–6 | |
| Cornell | 1–6 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.