1872 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Billingsley, NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–0
Head coach
  • None
CaptainDavid T. Marvel
Seasons
← 1870
1873 →
1872 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   1 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   1 – 0 – 0
Rutgers   –   1 – 1 – 1
Columbia   –   1 – 2 – 1
Stevens   –   0 – 1 – 0

The 1872 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1872 college football season. The team finished with a 1–0 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the Billingsley Report and National Championship Foundation and as the national co-champion by Parke H. Davis.[1] Princeton played Rutgers once, winning 4 goals to 1.[2] David T. Marvel was the team captain.[3]

This season marked the first of four consecutive national championships, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881.[4]

College soccer

The 1872 team is also considered the 1872–73 college soccer champions by the American Soccer History Archives, due to the similarity of footballing codes between American and association football (soccer) during the 1870s.[5][6]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
November 23RutgersPrinceton, NJ (rivalry)W 4–1

References

  1. ^ "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  2. ^ "1872 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF). goprincetontigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  4. ^ "Championships - Tigers Football". princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  5. ^ Smith, Melvin (November 14, 2008). Evolvements of Early American Foot Ball: Through the 1890/91 Season. ISBN 978-1434362469.
  6. ^ Smith, Melvin (August 17, 2011). "College Soccer National Champions 1857-58 - 1909/10". American Soccer History Archives. soccerhistoryusa.org. Retrieved September 25, 2022.


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