1873 Princeton Tigers football team

1873 Princeton Tigers football
Consensus national champion
Conference Independent
1873 record 1–0
Head coach No coach
1873 college football records
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Princeton   –       2 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –       1 – 0 – 1
Washington and Lee   –       4 – 0 – 0
Stevens Tech   –       2 – 1 – 0
Yale   –       2 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –       2 – 1 – 0
Rutgers   –       1 – 2 – 0
McGill   –       0 – 1 – 1
Eton Players   –       0 – 1 – 0
CCNY   –       0 – 1 – 0
NYU   –       0 – 1 – 0
Princeton Seminary   –       0 – 1 – 0
VMI   –       0 – 4 – 0

The 1873 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey in the 1873 college football season. The team finished with a 1–0 record and was retroactively named national champion by the Billingsley Report, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.[1] They played Yale one time and won 3–0 (scoring then differed than today's system).[2] This season marked the second 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 15 Yale* Hamilton Park • New Haven, CT W 3–0  
*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. ↑ 1873 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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