American college football season
The 1933 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1933 college football season . In their second season under head coach Fritz Crisler , the Tigers compiled a perfect 9–0 record, shut out seven of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 217 to 8.[ 1]
There was no contemporaneous system in 1933 for determining a national champion . However, Princeton was retroactively named as the national champion by Parke H. Davis .[ 2] The 1933 Michigan Wolverines football team was selected as national champion by 10 other selectors and as co-champion by Davis.
Tackle Charles Ceppi was selected as a first-team All-American by the All-American Board, the Football Writers Association of America , the International News Service , Liberty magazine, the North American Newspaper Alliance , the Central Press Association , Davis J. Walsh, and the Walter Camp Football Foundation . He was named to the second team by the Associated Press and United Press .[ 3]
Other key players included halfback Garrett LeVan, end Ken Fairman, quarterback Jack Kadlic, back Homer Spofford, and guard Frank John.[ 4]
Schedule
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source October 7 Amherst W 40–0[ 5]
October 14 Williams Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ W 45–0[ 6]
October 21 Columbia Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ W 20–040,000 [ 7]
October 28 Washington and Lee Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ W 6–0[ 8]
November 4 at Brown W 33–020,000 [ 9]
November 11 Dartmouth Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ W 7–035,000–45,000 [ 10] [ 11]
November 18 Navy Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ W 13–035,000 [ 12]
November 25 Rutgers Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry ) W 26–645,000 [ 13]
December 2 at Yale W 27–240,000 [ 14] [ 4]
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References
^ a b "1933 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017 .
^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF) . NCAA Division I Football Records . NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016 .
^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia . ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1165. ISBN 1401337031 .
^ a b "Princeton Drubs Yale By 27 to 2" . The Hartford Courant . December 3, 1933. pp. 1, 37 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Powerful Tiger Outfit Crushes Amherst, 40-0" . New York Daily News . October 8, 1933. p. 65C – via Newspapers.com .
^ Marshall Hunt (October 15, 1933). "Princeton Beats Williams in a 45-0 Runaway" . New York Daily News . p. 84 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Jimmy Powers (October 22, 1933). "Princeton Overwhelms Lion, 20-0; Montgomery In Fight" . New York Daily News . p. 80 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Princeton Extended to Beat Fighting W. & L. Eleven, 6 to 0" . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . October 29, 1933. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Princeton Buries Bruin By 33 To 0" . The Hartford Courant . November 5, 1933. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Field, Bryan (November 12, 1933). "Princeton Aerial Stops Dartmouth". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Francis Wallace (November 12, 1933). "Tigers Trim Big Green, 7-0, To Remain Unbeaten, Untied" . New York Daily News . p. 64C – via Newspapers.com .
^ Marshall Hunt (November 19, 1933). "Tigers Rally in Last Period, Top Navy, 13-0" . New York Daily News . p. 63C – via Newspapers.com .
^ Kenneth Q. Jennings (November 26, 1933). "Rutgers Falls to Princeton 26-6; Winika First Player to Cross Tigers' Line this Year: Undefeated Princeton Is Given Battle Before Crowd of 45,000" . The Sunday Times . New Brunswick, N.J. pp. 1, 13 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Jimmy Powers (December 3, 1933). "Undefeated Princeton Wallops Yale by 27-2! Fights Follow Game" . New York Daily News . p. 85 – via Newspapers.com .
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