1873 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1873 Princeton Tigers football Independent 1–0 None Cyrus O. Dershimer National champion The 1873 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1873 college football season. The team played Yale for the first time and won 3–0, finished with a 1–0 record, and was retroactively named national champion by the Billingsley Report, National Championship Foundation, and 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 December 31, 20171873 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football December 31, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1873-schedule.html The team captain was Cyrus O. Dershimer.All-Time Princeton Results http://goprincetontigers.com/documents/2017/7/7//All_Time_FB_Results.pdf goprincetontigers.com Princeton University January 2, 2018 This season marked the second of four consecutive national championships, 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 31 December 2017 Schedule November 15 y w Yale Hamilton Park New Haven, CT rivalry 3–0 Football Match At Princeton https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98417022/the-new-york-times/ The New York Times New York, New York November 20, 1873 8 March 26, 2022 Newspapers.com References Princeton Category:Princeton Tigers football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Princeton Tigers football