1884 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1884 Princeton Tigers football Princeton football team, 1884.jpg 285 Independent 9–0–1 None Clinton N. Bird National champion (Billingsley)Co-national champion (Davis) The 1884 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1884 college football season. The Tigers finished with a 9–0–1 record and were retroactively named national champions by the Billingsley Report and co-champions 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, 2018 March 20, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180320073158/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2017/FBS.pdf live 1884 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1884-schedule.html February 27, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170227150135/http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1884-schedule.html live This season marked Princeton's 12th football national championship.Championships - Tigers Football http://www.princetontigersfootball.com/championships/ princetontigersfootball.com Princeton University January 2, 2018 March 18, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180318004826/http://www.princetontigersfootball.com/championships/ live Clinton N. Bird was the team captain.All-Time Princeton Results http://goprincetontigers.com/documents/2017/7/7//All_Time_FB_Results.pdf goprincetontigers.com Princeton University January 2, 2018 January 3, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072534/http://goprincetontigers.com/documents/2017/7/7//All_Time_FB_Results.pdf live Schedule October 4 w y Rutgers New Brunswick, NJ rivalry 23–5 Trying Princeton's Football Team https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times/152992385/ The New York Times New York, New York October 5, 1884 1 August 9, 2024 Newspapers.com October 11 3:00 p.m. w 1884 Wesleyan Methodists Wesleyan Princeton, NJ 22–2 Football At Princeton—An Interesting Game Between The Wesleyan And Princeton Clubs https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times/152994463/ The New York Times New York, New York October 12, 1884 7 August 9, 2024 Newspapers.com October 15 w y 1884 Stevens Stevens St. George's Cricket Club grounds Hoboken, NJ 4–0 Princeton's Hard Struggle https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times/152994921/ The New York Times New York, New York October 16, 1884 8 August 9, 2024 Newspapers.com October 18 2:40 p.m. w Rutgers Princeton, NJ 35–0 Football At Princeton—The Rutgers Eleven Beaten In A Fairly Played Game https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times/152992562/ The New York Times New York, New York October 19, 1884 1 August 9, 2024 Newspapers.com October 25 3:30 p.m. w y Penn Recreation Park Philadelphia, PA 31–0 600 Princeton Victorious.—The University Foot-Ball Kickers No Match for the Visitors https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-times/199562713/ The Times Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 26, 1884 2 June 14, 2026 Newspapers.com October 29 12:30 p.m. w Lafayette Princeton, NJ 140–0 The Largest Score on Record: What the Princeton Football Team Accomplished The New York Times October 30, 1884 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13963698/1884-10-29-lafayette-v-princeton/ Newspapers.com November 1 w Stevens Princeton, NJ 58–0 November 8 w 1884 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays Johns Hopkins Princeton, NJ 57–0 November 15 w y Harvard Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA rivalry 36–6 2,000–3,000 The Season of Slogging Well Begun With Princeton's Victory at Harvard The Boston Glove November 16, 1884 3 https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-nov-16-1884-p-3/ NewspaperArchive April 10, 2020 April 10, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200410214706/https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-nov-16-1884-p-3/ live(attendance reported as 2,000)Princeton's Eleven Wins The New York Times November 16, 1884 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15025881/princetons_eleven_wins/ Newspapers.com(attendance reported as 3,000) November 27 t y Yale Polo Grounds New York, NY rivalry 0–0 over 10,000 Hard Work and No Glory: The Princeton-Yale Football Game Declared Drawn The New York Times November 28, 1884 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16323168/hard_work_and_no_glory_the/ Newspapers.com April 10, 2020 January 7, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180107120153/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16323168/hard_work_and_no_glory_the/ live Roster Adams Alfred Thornton Baker Clinton N. Bird C. M. DeCamp Fine Green Griffith Harris H. Hodge Richard Hodge William Mann Irvine Tillie Lamar Alex Moffat Toler Rodman Wanamaker Withington References Princeton Category:Princeton Tigers football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Princeton Tigers football