1906 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1906 Princeton Tigers football 1906-Princeton-Tigers-football-group.jpg 280px Independent 9–0–1 Bill Roper 1st Short punt Herb Dillon National champion (Helms, NCF) The 1906 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1906 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bill Roper, the team compiled a 9–0–1 record, shut out eight of ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 205 to 9.1906 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1906-schedule.html Herb Dillon was the team captain. There was no contemporaneous system in 1906 for determining a national champion. However, Princeton was retroactively named as the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and National Championship Foundation.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/FBS.pdf National Poll Rankings National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2015 NCAA Division I Football Records NCAA 108 January 4, 2016 PDF Three Princeton players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1906 All-America team: quarterback Edward Dillon; end Caspar Wister; and tackle James Cooney.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf Other key players included fullback Jim McCormick, who was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.Jim McCormick National Football Foundation March 24, 2022 https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1237 Schedule September 29 w Villanova University Field Princeton, NJ 24–0 Tigers Score at Will: Princeton Finds Forward Pass Useful in Beating Villanova New York Tribune September 30, 1906 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98330243/tigers-score-at-will-princeton-finds/ Newspapers.com October 3 w 1906 Stevens Stevens University Field Princeton, NJ 22–0 Tigers' Long Gains: They Bite Off Lot of Ground With End Runs The Philadelphia Inquirer October 4, 1906 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98330437/tigers-long-gains-they-bite-off-lot/ Newspapers.com October 6 w Washington & Jefferson University Field Princeton, NJ 6–0 Tigers Win From W. and J. 6-0 The Philadelphia Inquirer October 7, 1906 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98330615/tigers-win-from-w-and-j-6-0/ Newspapers.com October 10 w Lehigh University Field Princeton, NJ 52–0 Princeton, 52; Lehigh, 0 Chicago Tribune October 11, 1906 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98330958/princeton-52-lehigh-0/ Newspapers.com October 13 w y Navy Worden Field Annapolis, MD 5–0 Tigers Win by a Narrow Margin The Philadelphia Inquirer October 14, 1906 14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98331120/tigers-win-by-a-narrow-margin/ Newspapers.com October 20 w Bucknell University Field Princeton, NJ 32–4 2,000 Tigers Eat Up Bucknell, 32 to 4 The Philadelphia Inquirer October 21, 1906 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98331303/tigers-eat-up-bucknell-32-to-4/ Newspapers.com October 27 w y Cornell Polo Grounds New York, NY 14–5 20,000 Princeton Defeats Cornell in Fierce Battle by Score 14-5 The Philadelphia Inquirer October 28, 1906 29 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98331532/princeton-defeats-cornell-in-fierce/ Newspapers.com November 3 w Dartmouth University Field Princeton, NJ 42–0 8,000 Dartmouth Proves Easy: Hanover Team Overrated, Princeton Runs Up a Big Score The New York Times November 4, 1906 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98331788/dartmouth-proves-easy-hanover-team/ Newspapers.com November 10 w y Army The Plain West Point, NY 8–0 Tigers Beat Cadets by Two Field Goals: Princeton Unable to Make Gains Against the Army Defense The New York Times November 11, 1906 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98332105/tigers-beat-cadets-by-two-field-goals/ Newspapers.com November 17 2:08 p.m. t Yale University Field Princeton, NJ rivalry 0–0 30,000 Princeton, 0; Yale, 0; End Of The Game https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98967966/harrisburg-daily-independent/ The Star-Independent Harrisburg, Pennsylvania November 17, 1906 1 April 3, 2022 Newspapers.com Big Football Battle Draw: Yale and Princeton Teams Fight in Vain to Score in Two Long Halves New York Tribune November 18, 1906 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98194612/princeton-yale/ Newspapers.comNeither Side Could Score: The Princeton-Yale Football Game a Wonder Chattanooga Daily Times November 18, 1906 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98332713/neither-side-could-score-the/ Newspapers.com References Princeton Category:Princeton Tigers football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Princeton Tigers football