1875 Princeton Tigers football team

1875 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Billingsley)
Co-national champion (Davis)
Conference Independent
1875 record 2–0
Head coach No coach
Captain Collins Denny
1875 college football records
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Harvard   –       4 – 0 – 0
Columbia   –       4 – 1 – 1
Princeton   –       2 – 0 – 0
Rutgers   –       1 – 1 – 1
Yale   –       2 – 2 – 0
Stevens Tech   –       3 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –       0 – 1 – 0
NYU   –       0 – 1 – 0
Wesleyan   –       0 – 1 – 0
Canada All-Stars   –       0 – 2 – 0
CCNY   –       0 – 3 – 0

The 1875 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey in the 1875 college football season. The team finished with a 2–0 record and was retroactively named national champion by the Billingsley Report and as co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1][2] This season marked the last 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 13 Columbia* Princeton, NJ W 6–2  
November 20 Stevens Tech* Princeton, NJ W 6–0  
*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. ↑ 1875 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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