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1934 Princeton Tigers football
Conference Independent
1934 record 7–1
Head coach Fritz Crisler (3rd year)
Captain Elwood M. "Mose" Kalbaugh
Home stadium Palmer Stadium
Seasons
« 1933 1935 »

The 1934 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1934 college football season. The Tigers finished with a 7–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 280 to 38. Their sole loss was to Yale by a 7–0 score.[1] No Princeton players were selected as first-team honorees on the 1934 College Football All-America Team.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6 AmherstW 75–010,000[2]
October 13 Williams
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 35–612,000[3]
October 20 Washington & Lee
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 14–1225,000[4]
October 27 Cornell
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 45–025,000[5]
November 3at Harvard
W 19–035,000[6]
November 10 Lehigh
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 54–020,000[7]
November 17 Yale
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
L 0–752,000[8]
November 24 Dartmouth
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 38–1340,000[9]

References[]

  1. "1934 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1934-schedule.html. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. "Princeton Crushes Little Amherst, 75-0". The Palm Beach Post-Times: p. 9. October 7, 1934. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16603951/princeton_crushes_little_amherst_750/.
  3. "Princeton Tigers Humble Williams; 12,000 Fans Watch". The Daily Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, SD): p. 8. October 14, 1934. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16604061/princeton_tigers_humble_williams/.
  4. "Tigers Barely Grab 14-12 Win Over Generals". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle: p. 14. October 21, 1934. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16604157/tigers_barely_grab_1412_win_over/.
  5. Gregory Hewlitt (October 28, 1934). "Princeton Cyclone Hits Cornell, 45-0". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ): p. 9. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16603259/princeton_cyclone_hits_cornell_450/.
  6. "Tigers Defeat Harvard, 19-0: Princeton's Power Finally Cracks Defense of Old Foe Before 35,000". The Indianapolis Sunday Star: p. 43. November 4, 1934. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16602998/tigers_defeat_harvard_190/.
  7. "Kaufman Plays Lead Role As Princeton Crushes Lehigh". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle: p. 15. November 11, 1934. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16603170/kaufman_plays_lead_role_as_princeton/.
  8. "Yale Beats Princeton, 7-0: More Than 52,000 Astounded by Tigers' Inability to Score". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ): p. 1. November 18, 1934. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16602883/yale_beats_princeton_70_more_than/.
  9. "Princeton Tigers Trample Dartmouth Indians by 38-13". Tampa Sunday Tribune: p. 15. November 25, 1934. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16602719/princeton_tigers_trample_dartmouth/.
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