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1936 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2–2
Head coach
CaptainBill Montgomery
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
Seasons← 19351937 →
1936 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Anselm     6 0 1
No. 3 Pittsburgh     8 1 1
No. 10 Penn     7 1 0
No. 12 Yale     7 1 0
No. 13 Dartmouth     7 1 1
Franklin & Marshall     7 1 1
No. 14 Duquesne     8 2 0
Boston College     6 1 2
Boston University     5 1 2
No. 15 Fordham     5 1 2
Holy Cross     7 2 1
Villanova     7 2 1
Army     6 3 0
Colgate     6 3 0
Drexel     6 3 0
Temple     6 3 2
La Salle     6 3 1
Buffalo     5 3 0
Columbia     5 3 0
Princeton     4 2 2
Saint Vincent     5 3 0
NYU     5 3 1
Manhattan     6 4 0
Northeastern     5 4 0
Bucknell     4 4 1
CCNY     4 4 0
Tufts     3 3 1
Harvard     3 4 1
Cornell     3 5 0
Penn State     3 5 0
Westminster (PA)     2 4 1
Brown     3 7 0
Carnegie Tech     2 6 0
Massachusetts State     2 6 0
Providence     1 7 0
Syracuse     1 7 0
Vermont     1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

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. The team played its home games at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey.

Bill Montgomery was the team captain. 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). Toll was also selected by the AP as a second-team player on the 1936 All-America college football team.

Schedule

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

References

  1. "1936 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "2008 Princeton Tigers Football Media Guide" (PDF). Princeton University. p. 127. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  3. "Five Ivy Leaguers -- Toll, Frank, Kelley, Murray and Handrahan -- Placed on A.P. Eastern Eleven". The Boston Globe. December 1, 1936. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Alan Gould (December 4, 1936). "East Dominates Positions on Mythical Grid Team". Ogden Standard-Examiner.
  5. "Tigers Down Williams, 27-7". The Pittsburgh Press. October 4, 1936. p. Sports 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Princeton Conquers Scrappy Rutgers, 20-0". New York Daily News. October 11, 1936. p. 38C – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Perry Ellis (October 18, 1936). "60,000 See Penn Beat Princeton, 7 To 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Tiger 3d-Period Drive Beats Navy, 7-0". New York Daily News. October 25, 1936. p. 96 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Harvard Holds Princeton To 14-14 Deadlock". Tampa Tribune. November 1, 1936. p. II-4 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Princeton Drubs Cornell: Infuriated Tiger Crushes Cornell Under 41-13 Score". Brooklyn Times Union. November 8, 1936. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Yale Rallies, Upsets Tigers, 26-23". New York Daily News. November 15, 1936. p. 102 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Princeton Holds Dartmouth, 13-13". New York Daily News. November 22, 1936. pp. 100, 106 – via Newspapers.com.
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