1935 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1935 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1935 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Fritz Crisler, the team compiled a 9–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 256 to 32.[1][2] The team played its home games at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey.

1935 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Dunkel)
ConferenceIndependent
1935 record9–0
Head coachFritz Crisler (4th season)
CaptainPepper Constable
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
1935 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Princeton   –    9 –0 –0
Holy Cross   –    9 –0 –1
NYU   –    7 –1 –0
Northeastern   –    5 –0 –3
Syracuse   –    6 –1 –1
Pittsburgh   –    7 –1 –2
Fordham   –    6 –1 –2
Villanova   –    7 –2 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –    7 –2 –1
Army   –    6 –2 –1
Colgate   –    7 –3 –0
Temple   –    7 –3 –0
Boston College   –    6 –3 –0
Duquesne   –    6 –3 –0
Yale   –    6 –3 –0
Drexel   –    3 –2 –2
Manhattan   –    5 –3 –1
Massachusetts State   –    5 –4 –0
La Salle   –    4 –4 –1
Penn   –    4 –4 –0
Penn State   –    4 –4 –0
Columbia   –    4 –4 –1
Carnegie Tech   –    2 –5 –1
Buffalo   –    2 –6 –0
Tufts   –    1 –5 –2
Brown   –    1 –8 –0
Cornell   –    0 –6 –1

The team was retroactively recognized as the 1935 national champion under the Dunkel System.[3]

Pepper Constable was the team captain.[2] Garry Le Van received the John Prentiss Poe Cup, the team's highest award.[4] Guard Jac Weller was a consensus first-team pick on the 1935 All-America college football team.[5] Six Princeton players were selected by the Associated Press to the 1935 All-Eastern football team: Jac Weller at guard (AP-1); Stephen Cullinan at center (AP-1); Kenneth Sandbach at quarterback (AP-1); Gilbert Lea at end (AP-2); Charles Toll at tackle (AP-2); and Jack H. White at halfback (AP-2).[6]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5Penn
W 7–650,000[7]
October 12Williams
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 14–7
October 19Rutgers
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 29–625,000[8]
October 26at Cornell
W 54–0
November 2Navy
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 26–0
November 9Harvard
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 35–050,000[9]
November 16Lehigh
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 27–0
November 23Dartmouth
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 26–6
November 30at Yale
W 38–755,000[10]

[1]

References
  1. "1935 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  2. "2008 Princeton Tigers Football Media Guide" (PDF). Princeton University. p. 127. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  3. Media Guide, p. 144.
  4. "Le Van of Tigers Receives Poe Cup". Brooklyn Times Union. December 10, 1935. p. 2A – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 7. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  6. "All-Eastern Team Is Named: Princeton Monopolizes Places on First Team; 2 Army Players Chosen". Plainfield, N.J., Courier-News. December 3, 1935. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Princeton Nips Penn, 7-6, Before 50,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 6, 1935. pp. 1S, 6S – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Rallying Tigers Whip Rutgers in Last Period, 29-6". New York Daily News. October 20, 1935. p. 38C – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Tigers Rip Harvard, 35-0". New York Daily News. November 10, 1935. p. 103 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Albert W. Keane (December 1, 1935). "Princeton Drubs Yale By 38 To 7". The Hartford Courant. pp. I-1, IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
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