1899 Princeton Tigers football team
| 1899 Princeton Tigers football | |
|---|---|
National champion (Billingsley, Davis) | |
| Conference | Independent |
| 1899 record | 12–1 |
| Head coach | No coach |
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 | 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 | 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 | W 11–10 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
- 1 2 1898 Princeton University football scores and results. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 18, 2013.
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