1937 Princeton Tigers football team

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.

1937 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–4
Head coach	Fritz Crisler (6th season)
Captain	Charlie Toll
Home stadium	Palmer Stadium
Seasons ← 1936 1938 →

1937 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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

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]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Virginia	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 26–0	15,000	[7]
October 9	Cornell	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 7–20	45,000	[8]
October 16	at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL	W 16–7	20,000	[9]
October 23	Rutgers	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 6–0	35,000	[10]
October 30	Harvard	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 6–34	48,000	[11]
November 6	No. 9 Dartmouth	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 9–33	38,000	[12]
November 13	at No. 6 Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 0–26	40,000	[13]
November 20	Navy	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 26–6	48,000	[14]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game