1896 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1896 Princeton Tigers football Princeton Tigers 1896.jpg 250 Independent 10–0–1 Franklin Morse 1st Garrett Cochran National champion (Billingsley, Helms, Houlgate)Co-national champion (NCF, Davis) The 1896 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1896 college football season. The team finished with a 10–0–1 record, shut out 10 of 12 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 266 to 12.1896 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1896-schedule.html Franklin Morse was the head coach, and Garrett Cochran was the team captain. There was no contemporaneous system in 1896 for determining a national champion. However, Princeton was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, and Houlgate System, and as a co-national champion with Lafayette by the National Championship Foundation (NCF) and Parke H. Davis.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 107 January 4, 2016 PDF In head-to-head competition, Princeton and Lafayette played to a scoreless tie on October 7, 1896. Four Princeton players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1896 All-America team: halfback Addison Kelly; fullback John Baird; center Robert Gailey; and tackle William W. Church.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 notable players included quarterback F. L. Smith, halfback William Bannard, end Garrett Cochran, and guard Edward Crowdis. Schedule October 3 w Rutgers Princeton, NJ rivalry 44–0 Tigers Score 44 Points The Philadelphia Inquirer October 4, 1896 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98348242/tigers-score-44-points/ Newspapers.com October 7 t y Lafayette March Field Easton, PA 0–0 5,000 Princeton 0, Lafayette 0 The Boston Globe October 8, 1896 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98348213/princeton-0-lafayette-0/ Newspapers.com October 10 w Lehigh Princeton, NJ 16–0 Princeton, 16; Lehigh, 0 The Philadelphia Times October 11, 1896 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98348186/princeton-16-lehigh-0/ Newspapers.com October 14 w Carlisle Princeton, NJ 22–6 Princeton, 22; Carlisle, 6 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 15, 1896 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98348158/princeton-22-carlisle-6/ Newspapers.com October 17 3:20 p.m. w y Army The Plain West Point, NY 11–0 5,000 Cadets Worry the Tigers: Princeton's Men Compelled to Play Hard to Win The Sun New York, N.Y. October 18, 1896 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98348110/cadets-worry-the-tigers-princetons/ Newspapers.com October 21 w Virginia Princeton, NJ 48–0 > 6,000 Princeton 48, Virginia 0 The Boston Globe October 22, 1896 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98348073/princeton-48-virginia-0/ Newspapers.com October 24 w Penn State Princeton, NJ 39–0 1,000 Princeton, 39; P.S.C., 0 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 25, 1896 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98348040/princeton-39-psc-0/ Newspapers.com October 26 w Lawrenceville School Princeton, NJ 46–0 Princeton 46, Lawrenceville 0 The Boston Globe October 27, 1896 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98347992/princeton-46-lawrenceville-0/ Newspapers.com October 31 w Cornell Princeton, NJ 37–0 6,000 Tigers Made a Hearty Meal: Cornell Was Beaten by a Score of 37 to 0 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle November 1, 1896 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98347974/tigers-made-a-hearty-meal-cornell-was/ Newspapers.com November 7 w y Harvard Soldiers' Field Boston, MA rivalry 12–0 20,000 Princeton, 12; Harvard, 0 Boston Post November 8, 1896 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98347935/princeton-12-harvard-0/ Newspapers.com November 21 w y Yale Manhattan Field New York, NY rivalry 24–6 35,000–50,000 Nassau Beats Eli: Princeton Football Players Bowled Over Yale's Warriors and Won Easily on Manhattan Field The New York Times November 22, 1896 1, 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16356123/nassau_beats_eli/ Newspapers.comPrinceton Won at Manhattan Field and the Blow Almost Killed Eli The Philadelphia Inquirer November 22, 1896 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98347906/princeton-won-at-manhattan-field-and/ Newspapers.com Roster Armstrong, G John Baird, FB W. H. Bannard, HB Booth, T Brokaw, E William W. Church, T Garrett Cochran, E Samuel G. Craig Crowdis, C Big Bill Edwards, G Robert Gailey, C Geer, T Art Hillebrand, T Edgar Holt, G Addison Kelly, HB Pardee, HB Art Poe, QB Howard R. Reiter, HB Rosengarten, HB Schwartz, HB Smith, QB Billy Suter Thompson, E Albert Tyler, G Walter H. Watkins Art Wheeler, HB References Princeton Category:Princeton Tigers football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Princeton Tigers football