1935 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season

1935 Princeton Tigers football

National champion (Dunkel)

Conference| Independent
Record| 9–0
Head coach|

* Fritz Crisler (4th season)

Captain| Pepper Constable
Home stadium| Palmer Stadium

Seasons

<- 1934

1936 ->

1935 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 3 Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 0
No. 14 Holy Cross |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 1
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Dartmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Northeastern |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 3
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
No. 10 Pittsburgh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 2
No. 11 Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 2
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Franklin & Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 1
Providence |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 18 Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Duquesne |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
CCNY |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 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
Vermont |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Boston University |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 2
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Carnegie Tech |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 1
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 5  | - | 2
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0
Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 6  | - | 1
Rankings from United Press

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.

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); Ken 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

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 5| Penn|

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ (rivalry)

| W 7–6| 50,000| [7]
October 12| Williams|

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ

| W 14–7| |
October 19| Rutgers|

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ (rivalry)

| W 29–6| 25,000| [8]
October 26| at Cornell|

* Schoellkopf Field
* Ithaca, NY

| W 54–0| |
November 2| Navy|

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ

| W 26–0| |
November 9| Harvard|

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ (rivalry)

| W 35–0| 50,000| [9]
November 16| Lehigh|

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ

| W 27–0| |
November 23| Dartmouth|

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ

| W 26–6| |
November 30| at Yale|

* Yale Bowl
* New Haven, CT (rivalry)

| W 38–7| 55,000| [10]

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## References

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1. ^ a b "1935 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
2. ^ a b "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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1935 Princeton Tigers football—national champions

* Pepper Constable
* Gilbert Lea
* Paul Pauk
* Jac Weller

* Head coach: Fritz Crisler

* Assistant coach: Tad Wieman

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Princeton Tigers football

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* University Field (1876–1913)
* Palmer Stadium (1914–1996)
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* Legacy Bowl
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* Penn
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* Yale

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* First American football game (painting)
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* The Tiger
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College football national champions (pre-AP Poll)

1869–1879|

* 1869: Princeton / Rutgers
* 1870: Princeton
* 1871: None
* 1872: Princeton / Yale
* 1873: Princeton
* 1874: Harvard / Princeton / Yale
* 1875: Columbia / Harvard / Princeton
* 1876: Yale
* 1877: Princeton / Yale
* 1878: Princeton
* 1879: Princeton

1880s|

* 1880: Princeton / Yale
* 1881: Princeton / Yale
* 1882: Yale
* 1883: Yale
* 1884: Princeton / Yale
* 1885: Princeton
* 1886: Princeton / Yale
* 1887: Yale
* 1888: Yale
* 1889: Princeton

1890s|

* 1890: Harvard
* 1891: Yale
* 1892: Yale
* 1893: Princeton / Yale
* 1894: Penn / Princeton / Yale
* 1895: Penn / Yale
* 1896: Lafayette / Princeton
* 1897: Penn / Yale
* 1898: Harvard / Princeton
* 1899: Harvard / Princeton

1900s|

* 1900: Yale
* 1901: Harvard / Michigan / Yale
* 1902: Michigan / Yale
* 1903: Michigan / Princeton
* 1904: Michigan / Minnesota / Penn
* 1905: Chicago / Yale
* 1906: Princeton / Yale
* 1907: Yale
* 1908: Harvard / LSU / Penn
* 1909: Yale

1910s|

* 1910: Harvard / Pittsburgh
* 1911: Penn State / Princeton
* 1912: Harvard / Penn State
* 1913: Auburn / Chicago / Harvard
* 1914: Army / Illinois / Texas
* 1915: Cornell / Minnesota / Oklahoma / Pittsburgh
* 1916: Army / Georgia Tech / Pittsburgh
* 1917: Georgia Tech
* 1918: Michigan / Pittsburgh
* 1919: Centre / Harvard / Illinois / Notre Dame / Texas A&M

1920s|

* 1920: California / Georgia / Harvard / Notre Dame / Princeton
* 1921: California / Cornell / Iowa / Lafayette / Washington & Jefferson / Vanderbilt
* 1922: California / Cornell / Princeton / Vanderbilt
* 1923: California / Cornell / Illinois / Michigan / Yale
* 1924: Notre Dame / Penn
* 1925: Alabama / Dartmouth / Michigan
* 1926: Alabama / Lafayette / Michigan / Navy / Stanford
* 1927: Georgia / Illinois / Notre Dame / Texas A&M / Yale
* 1928: Detroit / Georgia Tech / USC
* 1929: Notre Dame / Pittsburgh / USC

1930s|

* 1930: Alabama / Notre Dame
* 1931: Pittsburgh / Purdue / USC
* 1932: Colgate / Michigan / USC
* 1933: Michigan / Ohio State / Princeton / USC
* 1934: Alabama / Minnesota
* 1935: LSU / Minnesota / Princeton / SMU / TCU

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