1890 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1890 Princeton Tigers football Independent 11–1–1 None Edgar Allan Poe University Field The 1890 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1890 college football season. The team finished with an 11–1–1 record. The Tigers recorded nine shutouts and outscored opponents by a combined total of 478 to 58.1890 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1890-schedule.html The team's only loss was by a 32–0 score against Yale and they tied the Orange Athletic Club 0–0.All-Time Princeton Results http://goprincetontigers.com/documents/2017/7/7//All_Time_FB_Results.pdf goprincetontigers.com Princeton University January 2, 2018 Three Princeton players, fullback Sheppard Homans, Jr., end Ralph Warren, and guard Jesse Riggs, were consensus first-team honorees on the 1890 College Football All-America Team.Award Winners NCAA 2012 2–4 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2012/Awards.pdf In 1952, Grantland Rice paid tribute to Homans as the embodiment of the rough and tumble days of iron man football. Rice wrote: "Just as Ty Cobb represents the ball game of many years ago, this man represented the football that used to be."Grantland Rice The Sportlight Newport Daily News 1952-04-03 The 115–0 defeat of Virginia is often marked as the beginning of major college football's arrival in the South.http://virginia.sportswar.com/article/2013/06/07/lambeth-virginias-father-of-athletics/ Lambeth: Virginia's Father of Athletics Kevin Edds TheSabre.com June 7, 2013 April 9, 2015Newman Zipp Southern Football Notes https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19501204&id=ggUsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tsYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2741,5441535&hl=en Times Daily - Google News Archive Search 17 January 2018 4 December 1950 Schedule October 4 w Franklin & Marshall University Field Princeton, NJ 33–16 Princeton Surprised: They Defeat Franklin and Marshall With Difficulty The Times (Philadelphia) October 5, 1890 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16491578/princeton_surprised_they_defeat/ Newspapers.com October 8 w Rutgers University Field Princeton, NJ 27–0 rivalry 300 Princeton Defeats Rutgers The Daily Times (New Brunswick, NJ) October 9, 1890 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16491623/princeton_defeats_rutgers/ Newspapers.com October 11 t y Orange Athletic Club Tuxedo Park, NY 0–0 500 Football Yesterday: The Princeton and Orange A. 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Teams Make a Grand Fight The Sun (New York) October 12, 1890 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16491682/football_yesterday_the_princeton_and/ Newspapers.com October 15 w Penn University Field Princeton, NJ 18–0 rivalry 600 A Hard Football Game: Princeton Defeats Pennsylvania by a Score of 18 to 0 The World (New York) October 16, 1890 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16491723/a_hard_football_game_princeton_defeats/ Newspapers.com October 18 w y Crescent Athletic Club Washington Park Brooklyn, NY 12–0 3,000 Princeton Wins Handily: The Crescent Football Team Defeated at Brooklyn The New York Times October 19, 1890 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16485707/princeton_wins_handily_the_crescent/ Newspapers.com(Site: Washington Park, Brooklyn)Princeton Outkicks the Crescents The Philadelphia Inquirer October 19, 1890 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16491758/princeton_outkicks_the_crescents/ Newspapers.com(Attendance: 3,000) October 22 w Lafayette University Field Princeton, NJ 26–6 300 Princeton, 26; Lafayette, 6 The World (New York) October 23, 1890 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16491803/princeton_26_lafayette_6/ Newspapers.com October 25 w Lehigh University Field Princeton, NJ 50–0 Princeton Scores Against Lehigh The Philadelphia Inquirer October 26, 1890 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16491860/princeton_scores_agaisnt_lehigh/ Newspapers.com October 31 w y Columbia Athletic Club Analostan Island Washington, DC 60–0 300–400 There's Foot-Ball Galore The Sunday Herald November 2, 1890 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16486414/theres_football_galore/ Newspapers.com November 1 w y Virginia Oriole Park Baltimore, MD 115–0 Virginians Vanquished: Princeton Wins a Football Match at Baltimore -- Several Players Injured The Philadelphia Inquirer November 2, 1890 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16486013/virginians_vanquished_princeton_wins_a/ Newspapers.com November 4 w y Columbia Berkeley Oval New York, NY 85–0 1,000 The "Black and Orange" to the Front: Princeton Outkicks the Columbia Boys by a Score of 85 to 0 The Sun (New York) November 5, 1890 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16486193/the_black_and_orange_to_the_front/ Newspapers.com November 8 w y Penn University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA 6–0 10,000 Princeton's Close Call: She Had a Hard Fight to beat University of Pennsylvania 6 to 0 The Sun (New York) November 9, 1890 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16491997/princetons_close_call/ Newspapers.com November 15 w y 1890 Wesleyan Methodists Wesleyan Eastern Park Brooklyn, NY 46–4 500 Princeton the Winner The Inter Ocean November 16, 1890 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16485829/princeton_the_winner/ Newspapers.com November 27 l y Yale Eastern Park Brooklyn, NY rivalry 0–32 10,000 Yale's Blue Kickers Win The Sun (New York) November 28, 1890 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16350470/yales_blue_kickers_win/ Newspapers.comFall of a Crowded Stand The Sun (New York) November 28, 1890 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16350562/fall_of_a_crowded_stand/ Newspapers.com Roster Adams, HB Barnes Black, T Bonner, QB Edwin A. Dalton, HB Parke H. Davis, E Furness, E Gallway, T Hayden, E Sheppard Homans, Jr., FB Jefferson, G Jones, C Philip King, HB Lewis, G Edgar Allan Poe, QB Jesse Riggs, G Robert Elliott Speer, T William C. Spicer, HB Symmes Thomas, G Ralph Warren, E Clinton Wood, T References Princeton Category:Princeton Tigers football seasons Princeton Tigers football