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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