1885 Princeton Tigers football team

1885 Princeton Tigers football
Consensus national champion
Conference Independent
1885 record 9–0
Head coach No coach
Captain C. M. DeCamp
1885 college football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Princeton   –    9 –0 –0
Michigan   –    3 –0 –0
Colorado College   –    1 –0 –0
Cincinnati   –    1 –0 –1
Yale   –    7 –1 –0
Massachusetts   –    3 –2 –1
Richmond   –    1 –1 –0
Navy   –    1 –2 –0
Rutgers   –    0 –1 –0

The 1885 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1885 college football season. The team finished with a 9–0 record and was retroactively named as consensus national champions by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.[1][2] This season marked Princeton's 13th football national championship.[3]

The season was notable for one of the most celebrated football plays of the 19th century - a 90-yard punt return by Henry "Tillie" Lamar in the closing minutes of the game to beat Yale 6–5, a team Princeton had not defeated since 1878.[4][5]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
October 3 at Stevens Hoboken, NJ W 94–0  
October 14 Stevens Princeton, NJ W 76–0  
October 24 at Penn Philadelphia, PA (rivalry) W 57–0  
October 31 Penn Princeton, NJ W 80–10  
November 7 at Columbia Law School New York, NY W 64–0  
November 11 Johns Hopkins Princeton, NJ W 10–0  
November 14 Wesleyan Princeton, NJ W 76–0  
November 21 at Yale Yale Field • New Haven, CT (rivalry) W 6–5  
November 26 at Penn Philadelphia, PA W 76–10  

References

  1. ↑ "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ "1885 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Championships - Tigers Football". princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  4. ↑ "All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF). goprincetontigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Sporting Comment" (PDF). The Auburn Citizen. November 21, 1911.
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