1954 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1954 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1954 college football season. In their tenth year under head coach Charlie Caldwell, the Tigers compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored opponents 182 to 124. Jack Henn was the team captain.^[1]

Record5–3–1 (4–3 Ivy)

Headcoach

CaptainJack Henn

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1954 Ivy League football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Yale	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Cornell	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Brown	2	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Harvard	3	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Princeton	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Dartmouth	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Columbia	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Penn	0	–	2	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

The Ivy League did not crown an official champion until 1956 when full league play began.

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Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Rutgers	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 10–8	23,000	^[2]
October 2	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 54–20	18,000	^[3]
October 9	Penn	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 13–7	35,000	^[4]
October 16	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 20–21	15,000	^[5]
October 23	Cornell	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 0–27	30,000	^[6]
October 30	Colgate	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	T 6–6	23,000	^[7]
November 6	Harvard	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 9–14	30,000	^[8]
November 13	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 21–14	11,000	^[9]
November 20	Dartmouth	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 49–7	23,000	^[10]

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