1899 Princeton Tigers football team

1899 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Billingsley, Davis)
Conference Independent
1899 record 12–1
Head coach No coach
Captain Big Bill Edwards

The 1899 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1899 college football season. The team finished with a 12–1 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report and Parke H. Davis. Harvard compiled a 10–0–1 record and was selected as the national champion by three other selectors.[1][2] They outscored their opponents 185 to 21.[2]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 30 Maryland Athletic Club ? W 28–0  
October 7 at Navy Worden Field • Annapolis, MD W 5–0  
October 11 Lafayette Princeton, NJ W 12–0  
October 14 at Columbia New York, NY W 11–0  
October 18 Penn State Princeton, NJ W 12–0  
October 21 at Army The Plain • West Point, NY W 23–0  
October 28 Lehigh Princeton, NJ W 17–0  
November 1 at Cornell Ithaca, NY L 0–5  
November 4 Brown Princeton, NJ (rivalry) W 18–6  
November 8 North Carolina Princeton, NJ W 30–0  
November 11 at Carlisle Carlisle, PA W 12–0  
November 18 Washington & Jefferson Princeton, NJ W 6–0  
November 25 at Yale Yale Field • New Haven, CT (rivalry) W 11–10  

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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. 1 2 3 "1899 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
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