1935 Princeton Tigers football team

1935 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Dunkel)
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0
Head coach
CaptainPepper Constable
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
Seasons
← 1934
1936 →
1935 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
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]

  1. ^ "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.