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
TeamW 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, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1875 college football season. The team finished with a 2–0 record.[1] Collins Denny, who later became a notable clergyman and professor of philosophy, was captain of the 1875 team.[2]

On November 13, Princeton defeated Columbia by a 6–2 score. The New York Herald wrote: "The contest was short, sharp and decisive and attracted a considerable crowd."[3]

The team was retroactively named national champion by the Billingsley Report and as co-national champion (along with Harvard and Columbia) by Parke H. Davis.[4]

This season marked the last of four consecutive national championships, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881.[5]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
November 13 Columbia Princeton, NJ W 6–2  
November 20 Stevens Tech Princeton, NJ W 6–0  

References

  1. ↑ "1875 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ "All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF). goprincetontigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Football at Princeton". New York Herald. November 14, 1875. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Championships - Tigers Football". princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
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