1935 Princeton Tigers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1935
| team = Princeton Tigers
| sport = football
| image =
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| conference = Independent
| record = 9–0
| head_coach = Fritz Crisler
| hc_year = 4th
| captain = Pepper Constable
| stadium = Palmer Stadium
| champion = National champion (Dunkel)
}}
{{1935 Eastern college football independents records}}
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.{{cite web|title=1935 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=April 9, 2020|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1935-schedule.html}}{{cite web|title=2008 Princeton Tigers Football Media Guide|publisher=Princeton University |page=127 |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/princeton.sidearmsports.com/documents/2008/8/7/135152.pdf |access-date=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.{{cite news|title=Le Van of Tigers Receives Poe Cup|newspaper=Brooklyn Times Union|date=December 10, 1935|page=2A|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48367740/le-van-of-tigers-receives-poe-cup/|via=Newspapers.com}} Guard Jac Weller was a consensus first-team pick on the 1935 All-America college football team.{{cite web|title=Football Award Winners|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)|year=2016|access-date=October 21, 2017|page=7|url=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).{{cite news|title=All-Eastern Team Is Named: Princeton Monopolizes Places on First Team; 2 Army Players Chosen|newspaper=Plainfield, N.J., Courier-News|date=December 3, 1935|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48366858/all-eastern-team-is-named/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 5
| w/l = w
| opponent = Penn
| site_stadium = Palmer Stadium
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 7–6
| attend = 50,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Princeton Nips Penn, 7-6, Before 50,000|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=October 6, 1935|pages=1S, 6S|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48370328/princeton-nips-penn-7-6-before-50000/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 12
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1935|team=Williams Ephs|title=Williams}}
| site_stadium = Palmer Stadium
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| score = 14–7
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 19
| w/l = w
| opponent = Rutgers
| site_stadium = Palmer Stadium
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 29–6
| attend = 25,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Rallying Tigers Whip Rutgers in Last Period, 29-6|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=October 20, 1935|page=38C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48370087/rallying-tigers-whip-rutgers-in-last/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 26
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Cornell
| site_stadium = Schoellkopf Field
| site_cityst = Ithaca, NY
| score = 54–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 2
| w/l = w
| opponent = Navy
| site_stadium = Palmer Stadium
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| score = 26–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 9
| w/l = w
| opponent = Harvard
| site_stadium = Palmer Stadium
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 35–0
| attend = 50,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Tigers Rip Harvard, 35-0|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=November 10, 1935|page=103|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48368431/tigers-rip-harvard-35-0/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 16
| w/l = w
| opponent = Lehigh
| site_stadium = Palmer Stadium
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| score = 27–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 23
| w/l = w
| opponent = Dartmouth
| site_stadium = Palmer Stadium
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| score = 26–6
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 30
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Yale
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 38–7
| attend = 55,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Princeton Drubs Yale By 38 To 7|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|author=Albert W. Keane|date=December 1, 1935|pages=I-1, IV-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48368100/princeton-drubs-yale-by-38-to-7/|via=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
References
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