1935 Princeton Tigers football team

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.

1935 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Dunkel)
Conference	Independent
Record	9–0
Head coach	Fritz Crisler (4th season)
Captain	Pepper Constable
Home stadium	Palmer Stadium
Seasons ← 1934 1936 →

1935 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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
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 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]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 5	Penn	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 7–6	50,000	[7]
October 12	Williams	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 14–7
October 19	Rutgers	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 29–6	25,000	[8]
October 26	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 54–0
November 2	Navy	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 26–0
November 9	Harvard	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 35–0	50,000	[9]
November 16	Lehigh	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 27–0
November 23	Dartmouth	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 26–6
November 30	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 38–7	55,000	[10]

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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

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