1902 Princeton Tigers football team

1902 Princeton Tigers football
Conference Independent
1902 record 8–1
Head coach Garrett Cochran (1st season)
Captain Ralph Tipton Davis

The 1902 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1902 college football season. The team finished with an 8–1 record under first-year head coach Garrett Cochran. The Tigers won their first eight games, including seven shutouts, and outscored their opponents by a total of 164 to 17. The team's only loss was in the last game of the season by a 12–5 score against Yale.[1] Princeton guard John DeWitt, who later won the silver medal in the hammer throw at the 1904 Summer Olympics, was selected as a consensus first-team honoree on the 1902 College Football All-America Team.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 27 Swarthmore
W 18–0
October 1 Lehigh
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 23–0
October 4at Navy
W 11–0
October 11 Haverford
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 30–0
October 18 Washington & Jefferson
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 23–5
October 22 Dickinson
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 23–0
October 25 Columbia
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 21–0
November 1 Cornell
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 10–0
November 15 Yale
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
L 5–12

References

  1. ↑ "1902 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. 2012. pp. 2–4.
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