1908 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1908 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1908 college football season. The team finished with a 5–2–3 record under third-year head coach Bill Roper.[1] Princeton halfback Frederick Tibbott was selected as a consensus first-team honoree on the 1908 College Football All-America Team,[2] and tackle Rudolph Siegling also received first-team honors from multiple selectors.

1908 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
1908 record5–2–3
Head coachBill Roper (3rd season)
Offensive schemeShort punt
CaptainEdward Dillon
Home stadiumUniversity Field
1908 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Penn      11 0 1
Harvard      9 0 1
Cornell      7 1 1
Fordham      5 1 0
Yale      7 1 1
Dartmouth      6 1 1
Carlisle      10 2 1
Washington & Jefferson      10 2 1
Army      6 1 2
Pittsburgh      8 3 0
Lafayette      6 2 2
Princeton      5 2 3
Syracuse      6 3 1
Brown      5 3 1
Temple      3 2 1
Colgate      4 3 0
Lehigh      4 3 0
Amherst      3 3 2
Penn State      5 5 0
Wesleyan      3 4 2
NYU      2 3 2
Frankin & Marshall      4 6 1
Rutgers      3 5 1
Villanova      3 6 0
Carnegie Tech      3 7 0
Tufts      1 6 1
Geneva      0 6 2

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 26 Springfield (MA)W 18–0
October 3 Stevens
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 21–0
October 10 Lafayette
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
T 0–0
October 14 Villanova
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 6–0
October 17 VPI
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 10–4
October 21 Fordham
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 17–0
October 25 Syracuse
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
T 0–0
October 31at ArmyT 0–0
November 7vs. DartmouthL 6–10
November 14 Yale
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
L 6–11

References

  1. "1908 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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