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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]

ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–1
Headcoach
CaptainHowie Stanley
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1940 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–1
Head coach
CaptainHowie Stanley
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
Seasons
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1940 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
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
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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

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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
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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

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