1887 Princeton Tigers football team

1887 Princeton Tigers football
Conference Independent
1887 record 7–2
Head coach No coach
Captain Woody Wagenhorst
1887 college football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale   –    9 –0 –0
Michigan   –    5 –0 –0
California   –    4 –0 –0
Minnesota   –    2 –0 –0
Harvard   –    10 –1 –0
Princeton   –    7 –2 –0
Navy   –    3 –1 –0
Virginia   –    0 –0 –1
Rutgers   –    3 –6 –0
Massachusetts   –    2 –3 –0
Indiana   –    0 –1 –0
Purdue   –    0 –1 –0
Cornell   –    0 –2 –0
Notre Dame   –    0 –3 –0

The 1887 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1887 college football season. The team finished with a 7–2 record. The Tigers held their first nine opponents scoreless, winning those games by a combined 420 to 0 score. The team then lost the last two games of the season against Harvard and Yale.[1]

Schedule

Date Opponent Location Result Attendance Source
October 8LafayetteUniversity Field, Princeton, NJW 47–0[2]
October 12at Rutgers (rivalry)College Field, New Brunswick, NJW 30–0[3]
October 15LehighUniversity Field, Princeton, NJW 80–0[4]
October 19at Penn (rivalry)PhiladelphiaW 57–03,000[5]
October 22Penn (rivalry)University Field, Princeton, NJW 48–0[6]
October 29WesleyanUniversity Field, Princeton, NJW 69–0[7]
November 5at Penn (rivalry)University Athletic Grounds, PhiladelphiaW 95–0[8]
November 12at Harvard (rivalry)Jarvis Field, Cambridge, MAL 0–12[9]
November 19vs. Yale (rivalry)Polo Grounds, New York, NYL 0–12[10]

References

  1. ↑ "1887 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Foot Ball at Princeton: The Lafayette Team Defeated in the Opening Game". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 9, 1887. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Princeton Defeats Rutgers". The New York Times. October 13, 1887. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Princeton Easily Outkicks Lehigh". The Times (Philadelphia). October 16, 1887. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "College Foot Ball: Princeton Wins in the Game with the University". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 20, 1887. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Cold Weather Sport: The University Football Team Defeated at Princeton". The Times (Philadelphia). October 23, 1887. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "The Football One Sided: Wesleyan Pluck Futile Against Princeton Play". The New York Times. October 30, 1887. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Princeton's Foot-Ball Victory: The Great Score of 95 to 0 With Pennsylvania". The Times (Philadelphia). November 6, 1887. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Harvard Winning At Football". New York Daily Tribune. November 13, 1887. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Yale Triumphs in the Mud". The Sun (New York). November 20, 1887. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
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