1940 Princeton Tigers football team

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.

1940 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–1
Head coach
  • Tad Wieman (3rd season)
CaptainHowie Stanley
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
1940 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
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

Howie Stanley was Princeton's team captain. He also received the John Prentiss Poe Cup, the team's highest award. Halfback Dave Allerdice was selected by the Associated Press as a second-team player on the 1940 All-Eastern college football team, and by the Central Press Association as a third-team player on the All-America team.

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.

Princeton played its 1940 home games at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey.

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