1937 Princeton Tigers football team

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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.

ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Headcoach
CaptainCharlie Toll
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1937 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
CaptainCharlie Toll
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
Seasons
← 1936
1938 â†’
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1937 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Pittsburgh â€“ 9–0–1
No. 6 Villanova â€“ 8–0–1
No. 3 Fordham â€“ 7–0–1
No. 7 Dartmouth â€“ 7–0–2
No. T–14 Holy Cross â€“ 8–0–2
St. Thomas (PA) â€“ 6–1–1
No. 12 Yale â€“ 6–1–1
Army â€“ 7–2–0
Boston University â€“ 6–2–0
Cornell â€“ 5–2–1
Harvard â€“ 5–2–1
Syracuse â€“ 5–2–1
CCNY â€“ 5–2–0
No. 12 Manhattan â€“ 6–3–1
Penn State â€“ 5–3–0
Duquesne â€“ 6–4–0
Brown â€“ 5–4–0
NYU â€“ 5–4–0
Temple â€“ 3–2–4
Boston College â€“ 4–4–1
Bucknell â€“ 3–3–2
Buffalo â€“ 4–4–0
Princeton â€“ 4–4–0
Tufts â€“ 3–4–1
Colgate â€“ 3–5–0
Columbia â€“ 2–5–2
Hofstra â€“ 2–4–0
Carnegie Tech â€“ 2–5–1
Penn â€“ 2–5–1
Providence â€“ 2–6–0
Vermont â€“ 2–6–0
La Salle â€“ 2–7–0
Massachusetts State â€“ 1–7–1
Rankings from AP Poll
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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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2Virginia
W 26–015,000[7]
October 9Cornell
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 7–2045,000[8]
October 16at Chicago
W 16–720,000[9]
October 23Rutgers
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 6–035,000[10]
October 30Harvard
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
L 6–3448,000[11]
November 6 No. 9 Dartmouth
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 9–3338,000[12]
November 13at No. 6 Yale
L 0–2640,000[13]
November 20Navy
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 26–648,000[14]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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