1899 Princeton Tigers football team

1899 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Billingsley, Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record12–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainBig Bill Edwards
Home stadiumOsborne Field
1899 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   10 – 0 – 1
Lafayette   –   12 – 1 – 0
  –   12 – 1 – 0
Buffalo   –   7 – 1 – 0
Boston College   –   8 – 1 – 1
Carlisle   –   9 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   8 – 1 – 2
Washington & Jefferson   –   9 – 2 – 1
Wesleyan   –   7 – 2 – 0
Pittsburgh College   –   2 – 0 – 2
Villanova   –   7 – 2 – 1
Yale   –   7 – 2 – 1
Western Univ. of Penn.   –   3 – 1 – 1
Columbia   –   9 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   3 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   8 – 3 – 2
Brown   –   7 – 3 – 1
New Hampshire   –   4 – 2 – 0
Vermont   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   7 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 4 – 0
Dickinson   –   6 – 6 – 1
Holy Cross   –   5 – 5 – 0
Syracuse   –   4 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 3 – 0
Army   –   4 – 5 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 5 – 0
Penn State   –   4 – 6 – 1
Frankin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   2 – 6 – 0
Temple   –   1 – 4 – 1
Dartmouth   –   2 – 7 – 0
Lehigh   –   2 – 9 – 0
Rutgers   –   2 – 9 – 0
Geneva   –   0 – 3 – 0

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

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at Maryland Athletic ClubBaltimore, MDW 28–0
October 7at NavyW 5–0
October 11LafayetteW 12–01,500[3]
October 142:45 p.m.at ColumbiaW 11–0[4]
October 18Penn State
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 12–0
October 21at ArmyW 23–0
October 28Lehigh
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 17–0
November 1at CornellIthaca, NYL 0–5
November 43:15 p.m.Brown
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 18–63,500[5][6]
November 82:00 p.m.North Carolina
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 30–0
November 112:40 p.m.vs. Carlisle
  • Manhattan Field
  • New York, NY
W 12–08,000[7]
November 183:00 p.m.Washington & Jefferson
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 6–0[8]
November 25at YaleW 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. ^ a b c "1899 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "Princeton Beats Lafayette". The New York Times. October 12, 1899. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Princeton 11, Columbia 0". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. October 15, 1899. p. 19. Retrieved May 2, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Princeton Downed Brown". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. November 5, 1899. p. 14. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Princeton Wins". Sunday Leader. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. November 5, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Tigers Score Twice And Shut Out Indians". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. November 12, 1899. p. 11. Retrieved October 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Tigers Surprised". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 19, 1899. p. 14. Retrieved September 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.