1933 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1933 Princeton Tigers football Independent 9–0 Fritz Crisler 2nd Arthur Stephen Lane Palmer Stadium Co-national champion (Davis) The 1933 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1933 college football season. In their second season under head coach Fritz Crisler, the Tigers compiled a perfect 9–0 record, shut out seven of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 217 to 8.1933 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1933-schedule.html There was no contemporaneous system in 1933 for determining a national champion. However, Princeton was retroactively named as the national champion by Parke H. Davis.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/FBS.pdf National Poll Rankings National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2015 NCAA Division I Football Records NCAA 108 January 8, 2016 PDF August 2, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190802032517/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/fbs.pdf dead The 1933 Michigan Wolverines football team was selected as national champion by 10 other selectors and as co-champion by Davis. Tackle Charles Ceppi was selected as a first-team All-American by the All-American Board, the Football Writers Association of America, the International News Service, Liberty magazine, the North American Newspaper Alliance, the Central Press Association, Davis J. Walsh, and the Walter Camp Football Foundation. He was named to the second team by the Associated Press and United Press.ESPN College Football Encyclopedia 1165 ESPN Books 2005 1401337031 Other key players included halfback Garrett LeVan, end Ken Fairman, quarterback Jack Kadlic, back Homer Spofford, and guard Frank John. Schedule October 7 w 1933 Amherst Lord Jeffs Amherst Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ 40–0 Powerful Tiger Outfit Crushes Amherst, 40-0 New York Daily News October 8, 1933 65C https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98313084/powerful-tiger-outfit-crushes-amherst/ Newspapers.com October 14 w 1933 Williams Ephs Williams Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ 45–0 Princeton Beats Williams in a 45-0 Runaway New York Daily News Marshall Hunt October 15, 1933 84 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98312916/princeton-beats-williams-in-a-45-0/ Newspapers.com October 21 w Columbia Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ 20–0 40,000 Princeton Overwhelms Lion, 20-0; Montgomery In Fight New York Daily News Jimmy Powers October 22, 1933 80 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98312651/princeton-overwhelms-lion-20-0/ Newspapers.com October 28 w Washington and Lee Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ 6–0 Princeton Extended to Beat Fighting W. & L. Eleven, 6 to 0 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 29, 1933 D1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98312401/princeton-extended-to-beat-fighting-w/ Newspapers.com November 4 w y Brown Brown Field Providence, RI 33–0 20,000 Princeton Buries Bruin By 33 To 0 The Hartford Courant November 5, 1933 IV-1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98312188/princeton-buries-bruin-by-33-to-0/ Newspapers.com November 11 w Dartmouth Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ 7–0 35,000–45,000 Princeton Aerial Stops Dartmouth Bryan Field November 12, 1933 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y.Tigers Trim Big Green, 7-0, To Remain Unbeaten, Untied New York Daily News Francis Wallace November 12, 1933 64C https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98311639/tigers-trim-big-green-7-0-to-remain/ Newspapers.com November 18 w Navy Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ 13–0 35,000 Tigers Rally in Last Period, Top Navy, 13-0 New York Daily News Marshall Hunt November 19, 1933 63C https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98311368/tigers-rally-in-last-period-top-navy/ Newspapers.com November 25 w Rutgers Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ rivalry 26–6 45,000 Rutgers Falls to Princeton 26-6; Winika First Player to Cross Tigers' Line this Year: Undefeated Princeton Is Given Battle Before Crowd of 45,000 The Sunday Times New Brunswick, N.J. Kenneth Q. Jennings November 26, 1933 1, 13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98308349/rutgers-falls-to-princeton-26-6-winika/ Newspapers.com December 2 w y Yale Yale Bowl New Haven, CT rivalry 27–2 40,000 Undefeated Princeton Wallops Yale by 27-2! Fights Follow Game New York Daily News Jimmy Powers December 3, 1933 85 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98307182/undefeated-princeton-wallops-yale-by/ Newspapers.comPrinceton Drubs Yale By 27 to 2 The Hartford Courant December 3, 1933 1, 37 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98307446/princeton-drubs-yale-by-27-to-2/ Newspapers.com References Princeton Category:Princeton Tigers football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Princeton Tigers football