American college football season
1953 Ivy League football standings Conf. Overall Team W L T W L T Cornell 3 – 0 – 2 4 – 3 – 2 Harvard 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0 Yale 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 2 Princeton 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Columbia 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Dartmouth 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 Brown 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 1 Penn 0 – 0 – 1 3 – 5 – 1 The Ivy League in 1953 completed on a league basis in baseball, basketball, hockey, tennis and swimming. In football, there was an agreement among the schools to establish conditions to assure sportsmanship and amateurism. Moreover, newspapers regularly printed football standings for the Ivy League schools.
The1953 Princeton Tigers football team was anAmerican football team that representedPrinceton University during the1953 college football season . In their ninth year under head coachCharlie Caldwell , the Tigers compiled a 5–4 record but were outscored 204 to 144. Homer A. Smith was the team captain.[ 1]
The Tigers were ranked No. 19 in thepreseason AP poll but dropped out of the rankings after the first week of play.
Princeton played its home games atPalmer Stadium on the university campus inPrinceton, New Jersey .
Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance Source September 26 Lafayette No. 19 Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ W 20–14 10,000 [ 2] October 3 Columbia Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ W 20–19 17,500 [ 3] October 10 Rutgers Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry ) W 9–7 25,000 [ 4] October 17 No. 14Navy Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ L 7–65 44,000 [ 5] October 24 Cornell Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ L 19–26 25,000 [ 6] October 31 Brown Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ W 27–13 15,000 [ 7] November 7 atHarvard W 6–0 24,000 [ 8] November 14 Yale Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry ) L 24–26 45,000 [ 9] November 21 Dartmouth Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ L 12–34 23,000 [ 10] Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game
^ "Results".Princeton Football Record Book Princeton University . p. 28. RetrievedJune 20, 2020 . ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (September 27, 1953). "Princeton Beats Lafayette, 20-14; Rally Saves Tiger".The New York Times ^ Danzig, Allison (October 4, 1953). "Princeton Beats Columbia, 20-19; Pass Saves Tigers".The New York Times ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 11, 1953). "Tigers Vanquish Rutgers by 9 to 7".The New York Times ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 18, 1953). "Middies Pin Worst Setback on Tiger Eleven in 85 Years".The New York Times ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 25, 1953). "Cornell Overcomes Princeton, 26 to 19".The New York Times ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (November 1, 1953). "Princeton Victor over Brown, 27-13".The New York Times ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 8, 1953). "Princeton Tops Harvard; Tiger Pass Wins, 6-0".The New York Times ^ Danzig, Allison (November 15, 1953). "Yale Defeats Princeton, 26-24; Elis Click on Pass".The New York Times ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (November 22, 1953). "Indians Post 34-12 Triumph After Fast Princeton Start".The New York Times
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