1937 Princeton Tigers football team

1937 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
CaptainCharlie Toll
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Pittsburgh     9 0 1
No. 6 Villanova     8 0 1
No. 3 Fordham     7 0 1
No. 7 Dartmouth     7 0 2
No. T–14 Holy Cross     8 0 2
St. Thomas (PA)     6 1 1
No. 12 Yale     6 1 1
Army     7 2 0
Boston University     6 2 0
Cornell     5 2 1
Harvard     5 2 1
Syracuse     5 2 1
CCNY     5 2 0
No. 12 Manhattan     6 3 1
Penn State     5 3 0
Duquesne     6 4 0
Brown     5 4 0
NYU     5 4 0
Temple     3 2 4
Boston College     4 4 1
Bucknell     3 3 2
Buffalo     4 4 0
Princeton     4 4 0
Tufts     3 4 1
Colgate     3 5 0
Columbia     2 5 2
Hofstra     2 4 0
Carnegie Tech     2 5 1
Penn     2 5 1
Providence     2 6 0
Vermont     2 6 0
La Salle     2 7 0
Massachusetts State     1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1937 college football season. In its sixth and final season under head coach Fritz Crisler, the team compiled a 4–4 record and was outscored by a total of 126 to 96.[1][2] The team played its home games at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey.

Tackle Charlie Toll was the team captain.[2] Halfback Jack H. White received the John Prentiss Poe Cup, the team's highest award.[3] No Princeton players were selected by the Associated Press to the 1937 All-Eastern college football team.[4]

On February 9, 1938, Crisler announced his resignation at Princeton in order to assume the head coaching position at the University of Michigan.[5][6]

  1. ^ "1937 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. ^ "Jack White Awarded Poe Trophy". The Baltimore Sun. December 1, 1937. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "All-Eastern Football Team Chosen By Associated Press". The Baltimore Sun. December 1, 1937. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Crisler Named Michigan Football Coach". Chicago Tribune. February 10, 1938. p. 2-1.
  6. ^ Allison Danzig (February 10, 1939). "Post at Michigan Taken by Crisler: Coach of 2 Unbeaten Teams in 6 Years at Princeton Will Succeed Kipke". The New York Times.