1907 Princeton Tigers football team

1907 Princeton Tigers football
Conference Independent
1907 record 7–2
Head coach Bill Roper (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Short punt
Captain Jim McCormick
Home stadium University Field

The 1907 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1907 college football season. The team finished with a 7–2 record under second-year head coach Bill Roper and outscored its opponents by a total of 282 to 23.[1] Three Princeton players (fullback Jim McCormick, halfback Edwin Harlan, and end Caspar Wister) were selected as consensus first-team honorees on the 1907 College Football All-America Team.[2] Two other Princeton players (quarterback Edward Dillon and a center with the surname Phillips) also received first-team honors from at least one selector.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 28 StevensW 47–0
October 5 Wesleyan
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 53–0
October 9 Bucknell
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 52–0
October 12 Villanova
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 45–5
October 19 Washington & Jefferson
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 40–0
October 26at Cornell
L 5–6
November 2 Carlisle
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 16–0
November 9 Amherst
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 14–0
November 16at Yale
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
L 10–12

References

  1. "1907 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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