1931 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1931 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1931 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Albert Wittmer, the Tigers finished with a 1–7 record and were outscored by a total of 164 to 55.^[1]

1931 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–7
Head coach	Albert Wittmer (1st season)
Captain	William H. Yeckley
Home stadium	Palmer Stadium
Seasons ← 1930 1932 →

1931 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Bucknell			–					6	–	0	–	3
Colgate			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					7	–	1	–	0
Drexel			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 7 Harvard			–					7	–	1	–	0
Temple			–					8	–	1	–	1
Columbia			–					7	–	1	–	1
Massachusetts State			–					7	–	1	–	1
Syracuse			–					7	–	1	–	1
Fordham			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 8 Yale			–					5	–	1	–	2
Army			–					8	–	2	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					6	–	2	–	0
Manhattan			–					4	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					7	–	3	–	0
Providence			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					6	–	3	–	0
NYU			–					6	–	3	–	1
Boston College			–					6	–	4	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	2	–	2
Villanova			–					4	–	3	–	2
La Salle			–					4	–	4	–	0
Duquesne			–					3	–	5	–	3
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	5	–	1
CCNY			–					2	–	5	–	1
Boston University			–					2	–	7	–	0
Penn State			–					2	–	8	–	0
Princeton			–					1	–	7	–	0
Vermont			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from Dickinson System

End William H. Yeckley was elected as the team captain.^[2] No Princeton players were selected as first-team honorees on the 1931 College Football All-America Team.

Wittmer resigned as Princeton's head football coach on December 19, 1931. He retained his post the school's head basketball coach.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	Amherst	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 27–0		^[4]
October 10	Brown	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 7–19	30,000	^[5]
October 17	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–33	> 20,000	^[6]
October 24	Navy	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 0–15		^[7]
October 31	Michigan	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 0–21	14,797	^[8]
November 7	Lehigh	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 7–19	25,000	^[9]
November 14	Washington & Lee	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 0–6	13,000	^[10]
November 28	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 14–51	38,000	^[11]

References

1. "1931 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
2. "Bill Yeckley To Lead Princeton Eleven in 1931". The Daily Home News. December 3, 1930. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
3. ""Al" Wittmer Resigns As Grid Coach at Princeton". The Daily Home News. December 19, 1931. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Princeton Swamps Amherst, 27-0; Draudt Gets off 58-yard Run in Final Quarter". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. October 4, 1931. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Bears Wallop Tiger, 19-7, for 3d Time". New York Daily News. October 11, 1931. p. 55C – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Cornell Overwhelms Tiger". Ithaca Journal-News. October 19, 1931. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "The Fleet's In! Navy Sinks Princeton, 15-0". New York Daily News. October 25, 1931. p. 53C – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Michigan Wolves Whip Tiger". New York Daily News. November 1, 1931. p. 54C – via Newspapers.com.
9. Hugh Bradley (November 8, 1931). "Tigers Still in Reverse". New York Daily News. p. 60C – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Virginia General Humble Princeton". Chattanooga Daily Times. November 15, 1931. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Yale Overwhelms Tiger!". New York Daily News. November 29, 1931. p. 79 – via Newspapers.com.