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] 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.