1881 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1881 Princeton Tigers football Independent 7–0–2 None P. T. Bryan National champion (Billingsley)Co-national champion (Parke H. Davis) The 1881 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1881 college football season. The team finished with a 7–0–2 record and was retroactively named national champion by the Billingsley Report 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, 20181881 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1881-schedule.html This season marked Princeton's 11th national championship in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881.Championships - Tigers Football http://www.princetontigersfootball.com/championships/ princetontigersfootball.com Princeton University January 2, 2018 P. T. Bryan was the captain of the team.All Time Captains http://www.princetontigersfootball.com/history/all-time-captains/ www.princetontigersfootball.com 24 September 2015 Princeton University January 2, 2018 No goals were scored against the Tigers in 1881 and the season ended as it had for the fourth time in five years; a 0–0 tie against Yale in or near New York.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 15 w Rutgers Princeton, NJ rivalry 3–0 Princeton Beats Rutgers At Football https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98684145/harrisburg-telegraph/ Harrisburg Telegraph Harrisburg, Pennsylvania October 18, 1881 1 March 30, 2022 Newspapers.com October 22 w 1881 Stevens Stevens Princeton, NJ 7–0 October 29 w y Penn Philadelphia, PA rivalry 7–0 November 4 w Michigan Princeton, NJ 1–0 November 5 w Penn Princeton, NJ 4–0 Fighting For A Goal.—How the University of Pennsylvania Fared at Foot-Ball With Princeton https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-times/199483467/ The Times Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 6, 1881 1 June 13, 2026 Newspapers.com November 10 2:15 p.m. w y Rutgers New Brunswick, NJ 1–0 Collegians At Foot-Ball https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50037202/the-new-york-times/ The New York Times New York, NY November 11, 1881 1 May 1, 2020 Newspapers.com November 12 2:38 p.m. w Columbia Polo Grounds New York, NY 1–0 College Men At Football https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98694181/new-york-tribune/ New-York Tribune New York, NY November 13, 1881 2 March 30, 2022 Newspapers.com Columbia's Boys Beaten https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1881/11/13/102770532.html?pageNumber=7 The New York Times New York, New York November 13, 1881 7 September 10, 2021 November 19 2:30 p.m. t y Harvard Polo Grounds New York, NY rivalry 0–0 2,500 Fine Foot-ball Playing https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84957280/the-new-york-times/ The New York Times New York, New York November 20, 1881 16 September 8, 2021 Newspapers.com November 24 t y Yale Polo Grounds New York, NY rivalry 0–0 10,000 Princeton Faces Yale: Playing Foot-Ball in a Freezing Wind The New York Times November 25, 1881 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16327768/princeton_faces_yale/ Newspapers.com Game summaries November 4: Princeton 1, Michigan 0 The Michigan Wolverines toured the east in 1881, playing the first games between western and eastern teams.Football - A Timeline of Tradition Harvard University http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Football_Tradition_Media_Center January 3, 2017 January 8, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170108113503/http://gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Football_Tradition_Media_Center dead Michigan played at Harvard on October 31 and at Yale on November 2, 1881, losing both games.1881 Michigan Football Team University of Michigan https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1881fbt.htm 17 February 2009 The trip was planned to end after the Yale game, however a Princeton representative attended the game in New Haven and challenged Michigan to a game in two days. Michigan's captain and quarterback Walter S. Horton did not want to accept, but the team over-ruled him. Horton then refused to play, and substitute Henry S. Mahon had to fill in for him.Townsend Fred Fred Townsend The First Eastern Trip https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/misc/1881fbtrip.pdf Inlander University of Michigan 1901 Michigan forward Fred Townsend wrote about the game in 1901, reporting that Princeton scored a goal in the first half on a long kick aided by the wind. Michigan could not score any goals or touchdowns throughout the contest, while late in the second half Princeton scored two touchdowns. A New Jersey newspaper reported: "The Princeton College team were victorious Thursday [sic] in a football match with the team of the University of Michigan after an exciting struggle."Foot Ball The Daily Times New Brunswick, NJ November 5, 1881 The Daily State Gazette wrote: "A finely contested game of football at the University grounds Friday, between Princeton and University of Michigan resulted in a victory for the home team, Princeton 1 goal, 2 touchdowns; University of Michigan 0."Princeton Items Daily State Gazette New Jersey November 7, 1881 References Princeton Category:Princeton Tigers football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Princeton Tigers football