1879 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1879 Princeton Tigers football 1879 Princeton Tigers (team picture).jpg 285 Independent 4–0–1 None Bland Ballard National champion (Billingsley, NCF)Co-national champion (Davis) 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.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2017/FBS.pdf National Poll Champions National Collegiate Athletic Association 2017 NCAA Division I Football Records 110 January 2, 20181879 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1879-schedule.html This season was Princeton's ninth national championship, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881.Championships - Tigers Football http://www.princetontigersfootball.com/championships/ princetontigersfootball.com Princeton University January 2, 2018 The team's captain was Bland Ballard.All-Time Princeton Results http://goprincetontigers.com/documents/2017/7/7//All_Time_FB_Results.pdf goprincetontigers.com Princeton University January 2, 2018 Schedule October 18 w Penn Princeton, NJ rivalry 6–0 Foot-Ball at Princeton https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-times/199417842/ The Times Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 19, 1879 1 June 11, 2026 Newspapers.com November 1 w Columbia Princeton Athletic Grounds Princeton, NJ 2–0 Princeton Beats Columbia https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98653738/new-york-daily-herald/ New York Herald New York, New York November 2, 1879 8 March 29, 2022 Newspapers.com November 8 w Stevens Princeton Athletic Grounds Princeton, NJ 7–0 The Battle Of The Ball https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98654213/the-sun/ The Sun New York, New York November 9, 1879 6 March 29, 2022 Newspapers.com November 15 3:10 p.m. w y Harvard St. George's Cricket Club grounds Hoboken, NJ rivalry 1–0 3,000 Collegians As Kickers https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98654406/the-new-york-times/ The New York Times New York, New York November 16, 1879 5 March 29, 2022 Newspapers.com November 27 2:40 p.m. t y Yale St. George's Cricket Club grounds Hoboken, NJ rivalry 0–0 6,000–7,000 Kicking The Leather Egg https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98654617/the-new-york-times/ The New York Times New York, New York November 28, 1879 8 March 29, 2022 Newspapers.com Foot-ball.–A Hotly-Contested Game Between Yale and Princeton Ends in a Draw https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98663029/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 28, 1879 1 March 29, 2022 Newspapers.com References Princeton Category:Princeton Tigers football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Princeton Tigers football