1879 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Billingsley, NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–0–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainBland Ballard
Seasons
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1880 →
1879 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   4 – 0 – 1
Yale   –   3 – 0 – 2
Massachusetts   –   1 – 0 – 0
Michigan   –   1 – 0 – 1
Haverford   –   1 – 0 – 1
Harvard   –   2 – 1 – 2
Penn   –   2 – 2 – 0
Amherst   –   1 – 1 – 0
Navy   –   0 – 0 – 1
McGill   –   0 – 0 – 1
Toronto   –   0 – 0 – 1
Stevens   –   1 – 2 – 5
Rutgers   –   1 – 2 – 3
Pennsylvania Military   –   0 – 1 – 1
NYU   –   0 – 2 – 1
Racine   –   0 – 1 – 0
Swarthmore   –   0 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   0 – 3 – 2

The 1879 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1879 college football season. The team finished with a 4–0–1 record and was retroactively named national champion by the Billingsley Report and National Championship Foundation and as co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1][2] This season was Princeton's ninth national championship, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881.[3] The team's captain was Bland Ballard.[4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 18PennPrinceton, NJ (rivalry)W 6–0
November 1Columbia
  • Princeton Athletic Grounds
  • Princeton, NJ
W 2–0[5]
November 8Stevens
  • Princeton Athletic Grounds
  • Princeton, NJ
W 7–0[6]
November 153:10 p.m.vs. Harvard
  • St. George's Cricket Club grounds
  • Hoboken, NJ (rivalry)
W 1–03,000[7]
November 272:40 p.m.vs. Yale
T 0–06,000–7,000[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  2. ^ "1879 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "Championships - Tigers Football". princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  4. ^ "All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF). goprincetontigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  5. ^ "Princeton Beats Columbia". New York Herald. New York, New York. November 2, 1879. p. 8. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "The Battle Of The Ball". The Sun. New York, New York. November 9, 1879. p. 6. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Collegians As Kickers". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 16, 1879. p. 5. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Kicking The Leather Egg". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 28, 1879. p. 8. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Foot-ball.–A Hotly-Contested Game Between Yale and Princeton Ends in a Draw". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 28, 1879. p. 1. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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