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1938 Princeton Tigers football team

1938 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–1
Head coach
CaptainTom Mountain
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Worcester Tech   –   6 – 0 – 0
No. 18 Villanova   –   8 – 0 – 1
No. 9 Holy Cross   –   8 – 1 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 1 – 2
No. 15 Fordham   –   6 – 1 – 2
No. 12 Cornell   –   5 – 1 – 1
Army   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 8 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 2 – 0
No. 20 Dartmouth   –   7 – 2 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   5 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 0
CCNY   –   4 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   3 – 2 – 3
Manhattan   –   5 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 4 – 0
La Salle   –   4 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   4 – 4 – 0
Boston University   –   3 – 4 – 1
Penn State   –   3 – 4 – 1
Princeton   –   3 – 4 – 1
Hofstra   –   2 – 3 – 1
Duquesne   –   4 – 6 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 6 – 1
Providence   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   3 – 6 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   3 – 6 – 0
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 0
Buffalo   –   2 – 6 – 0
Yale   –   2 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   1 – 6 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In its first season under head coach Tad Wieman, the team compiled a 3–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 117 to 107.[1][2] The team played its home games at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey.

Tom Mountain was the team captain.[2] He also received the John Prentiss Poe Cup, the team's highest award.[3]

On February 9, 1938, Fritz Crisler announced his resignation as Princeton's head football coach in order to assume the same position at Michigan.[4][5] Tad Wieman, who had served as an assistant coach under Crisler, was named days later as the school's new head coach.[6]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1Williams
W 39–0
October 8Dartmouth
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 0–22
October 15Penn
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 13–0
October 22at Navy
T 13–13
October 29at Harvard
L 7–26[7]
November 5at Rutgers New Brunswick, NJ (rivalry)L 18–2022,500[8][9]
November 12Yale
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 20–7
November 19Army
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 7–19

References

  1. ^ "1938 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "2008 Princeton Tigers Football Media Guide" (PDF). Princeton University. p. 127. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  3. ^ 2008 Media Guide, p. 106.
  4. ^ "Crisler Named Michigan Football Coach". Chicago Tribune. February 10, 1938. p. 2-1.
  5. ^ Allison Danzig (February 10, 1939). "Post at Michigan Taken by Crisler: Coach of 2 Unbeaten Teams in 6 Years at Princeton Will Succeed Kipke". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "Wieman Appointed Tiger Grid Mentor". The Daily Home News, New Brunswick, N.J. February 22, 1938. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Harvard Rips Tiger In Big 3 Clash, 26-7". New York Daily News. United Press. October 30, 1938. p. 39C – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Rutgers Ends Historic Jinx By Defeating Tiger Eleven". The Salt Lake Tribune. November 6, 1938. p. C1.
  9. ^ "Rutgers Eleven Downs Princeton First Time in 69 Years, 20–18". Asbury Park Press. November 6, 1938. p. 11.
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