1936 Princeton Tigers football team

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The 1936 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1936 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Fritz Crisler, the team compiled a 4–2–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 145 to 80.[1][2] The team played its home games at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey.

ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2–2
Headcoach
CaptainBill Montgomery
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1936 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2–2
Head coach
CaptainBill Montgomery
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
Seasons
 1935
1937 
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1936 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Middlebury  800
Saint Anselm  601
No. 3 Pittsburgh  811
No. 10 Penn  710
No. 12 Yale  710
No. 13 Dartmouth  711
Franklin & Marshall  711
No. 14 Duquesne  820
Boston College  612
Boston University  512
No. 15 Fordham  512
Holy Cross  721
Villanova  721
Army  630
Colgate  630
Drexel  630
Temple  632
La Salle  631
Buffalo  530
Columbia  530
Princeton  422
Saint Vincent  530
NYU  531
Manhattan  640
Northeastern  540
Bucknell  441
CCNY  440
Tufts  331
Harvard  341
Cornell  350
Penn State  350
Westminster (PA)  241
Brown  370
Carnegie Tech  260
Massachusetts State  260
Providence  170
Syracuse  170
Vermont  180
Rankings from AP Poll
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Bill Montgomery was the team captain.[2] Three Princeton players were selected by the Associated Press (AP) to the 1936 All-Eastern college football team: Charles Toll at tackle (AP-1); Ken Sandbach at quarterback (AP-2); and Bill Montgomery at guard (AP-2).[3] Toll was also selected by the AP as a second-team player on the 1936 All-America college football team.[4]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3WilliamsW 27–740,000[5]
October 10Rutgers
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 20–016,000[6]
October 17at PennL 0–760,000[7]
October 24Navy
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 7–045,000[8]
October 31at HarvardNo. 17T 14–1425,000[9]
November 7Cornell
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 41–1325,000[10]
November 14Yale
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
L 23–2657,000[11]
November 21 No. 12 Dartmouth
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
T 13–1345,000[12]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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