It was the upset of the week. Twice-beaten Princeton slew Pennsylvania, the Goliath of the Ivy League, 17-14. After the game, elated Princeton rooters tried to carry away the goal posts, and had to be deterred by the cops (see cut).
Penn, rated the third best team in the U.S., had expected only a vigilant defense. Defense is in a renaissance in 1946, and the Ivy League—partly out of self-preservation—had done as much as anyone to revive it. Penn's strategists warned players that Princeton used 17 known defensive alignments.
Against the T, Princeton's progressive Coach Charlie Caldwell does indeed work such tricky devices...
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