1935 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1935 Princeton Tigers football Independent 9–0 Fritz Crisler 4th Pepper Constable Palmer Stadium National champion (Dunkel) 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 32.1935 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football April 9, 2020 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1935-schedule.html2008 Princeton Tigers Football Media Guide Princeton University 127 https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/princeton.sidearmsports.com/documents/2008/8/7/135152.pdf April 9, 2020 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.Media Guide, p. 144. Pepper Constable was the team captain. Garry Le Van received the John Prentiss Poe Cup, the team's highest award.Le Van of Tigers Receives Poe Cup Brooklyn Times Union December 10, 1935 2A https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48367740/le-van-of-tigers-receives-poe-cup/ Newspapers.com Guard Jac Weller was a consensus first-team pick on the 1935 All-America college football team.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 7 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf 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).All-Eastern Team Is Named: Princeton Monopolizes Places on First Team; 2 Army Players Chosen Plainfield, N.J., Courier-News December 3, 1935 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48366858/all-eastern-team-is-named/ Newspapers.com Schedule October 5 w Penn Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ rivalry 7–6 50,000 Princeton Nips Penn, 7-6, Before 50,000 The Philadelphia Inquirer October 6, 1935 1S, 6S https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48370328/princeton-nips-penn-7-6-before-50000/ Newspapers.com October 12 w 1935 Williams Ephs Williams Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ 14–7 October 19 w Rutgers Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ rivalry 29–6 25,000 Rallying Tigers Whip Rutgers in Last Period, 29-6 New York Daily News October 20, 1935 38C https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48370087/rallying-tigers-whip-rutgers-in-last/ Newspapers.com October 26 w y Cornell Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY 54–0 November 2 w Navy Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ 26–0 November 9 w Harvard Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ rivalry 35–0 50,000 Tigers Rip Harvard, 35-0 New York Daily News November 10, 1935 103 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48368431/tigers-rip-harvard-35-0/ Newspapers.com November 16 w Lehigh Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ 27–0 November 23 w Dartmouth Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ 26–6 November 30 w y Yale Yale Bowl New Haven, CT rivalry 38–7 55,000 Princeton Drubs Yale By 38 To 7 The Hartford Courant Albert W. Keane December 1, 1935 I-1, IV-1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48368100/princeton-drubs-yale-by-38-to-7/ Newspapers.com Roster William H. Bedel, C John F. Bliss Charles Carr Pepper Constable, FB Stephen E. Cullinan Richard M. Dicke H. Hastings Foster Givens, QB Campbell C. Groel Dean Hill John N. Irwin II John P. Jones, E Charles E. Kaufman, HB Robert Y. Kopf, G Gilbert Lea, E Garret B. LeVan, HB Hugh A. MacMillan, E James L. Marks T. William Montgomery, G Paul Pauk William S. Rawls A. Frederick Ritter, T William W. Roper George W. Russell E. Kenneth Sandbach, QB Homer Spofford, HB George J. Stoess, T Charles H. Toll Jac Weller, G Jack H. White, HB All-Time Princeton Letterwinners https://static.goprincetontigers.com/custompages/pdf/all_time_letterwinners.pdf Princeton University Athletics February 6, 2025 References Princeton Category:Princeton Tigers football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Princeton Tigers football