1947 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1947 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1947 college football season. In its third season under head coach Charlie Caldwell, the team compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 140 to 100.

1947 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
1947 Ivy Group football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Penn 4 0 07 0 1
Princeton 4 2 05 3 0
Yale 3 2 06 3 0
No. 20 Columbia 2 2 07 2 0
Harvard 1 3 04 5 0
Brown 1 3 04 4 1
Dartmouth 3 4 04 4 1
Cornell 1 4 04 5 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Key players on the team included fullback George Franke and halfback George Sella.

Princeton was ranked at No. 49 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.

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

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