1872 Princeton Tigers football team

1872 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Billingsley, NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
Conference Independent
1872 record 1–0
Head coach No coach
1872 college football records
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Princeton   –       1 – 0 – 0
Yale   –       1 – 0 – 0
Rutgers   –       1 – 1 – 1
Columbia   –       1 – 2 – 1
Stevens Tech   –       0 – 1 – 0

The 1872 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey in the 1872 college football season. The team finished with a 1–0 record and was retroactively named the national champions by the Billingsley Report and National Championship Foundation and as the national co-champion by Parke H. Davis.[1] They played Rutgers one time and won 4–1 (scoring then differed than today's system).[2] This season marked the first of four consecutive national championships, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881.[3]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
November 23 Rutgers* Princeton, NJ W 4–1  
*Non-conference game.

References

  1. ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. ↑ 1872 Princeton University football scores and results. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 9, 2013.
  3. ↑ Princeton University championships. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 9, 2013.
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