1898 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1898 Princeton Tigers football 1898 princeton football team.jpg 250 Independent 11–0–1 None Art Hillebrand National champion (Davis) The 1898 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1898 college football season. The team compiled an 11–0–1 record, shut out 11 of 12 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 266 to 5.1898 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1898-schedule.html Art Hillebrand was the team captain. There was no coach. There was no contemporaneous system in 1898 for determining a national champion. However, Princeton was retroactively named as the national champion by one selector, Parke H. Davis, a Princeton alumnus. Harvard finished with an 11–0 record and was named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, 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 107 January 4, 2016 Two Princeton players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1898 All-America team: end Lew Palmer and tackle Art Hillebrand.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf Hillebrand was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.Art "Doc" Hillebrand National Football Foundation March 24, 2022 https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=2095 Other notable players included end Art Poe and guard Big Bill Edwards. Schedule October 1 w Lehigh Princeton, NJ 21–0 Princeton's First Game: Lehigh Beaten 21 to 0, Both Teams Playing in Bad Form - Tigers' Heavy Line Too Much for Visitors The Boston Globe October 2, 1898 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98343352/princetons-first-game-lehigh-beaten/ Newspapers.com October 5 w 1898 Stevens Stevens Princeton, NJ 42–0 1,000 Princeton, 42; Stevens, 0 The Baltimore Sun October 6, 1898 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98343463/princeton-42-stevens-0/ Newspapers.com October 8 w 1898 Franklin & Marshall Franklin & Marshall Princeton, NJ 58–0 Princeton, 58; F. and M., 0 Chicago Tribune October 9, 1898 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98343582/princeton-58-f-and-m-0/ Newspapers.com October 12 w Lafayette Princeton, NJ 34–0 2,000 Princeton's Rocky Play: Lafayette Put Up a Good Game, But Were Thoroughly Beaten The Philadelphia Times October 13, 1898 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98343801/princetons-rocky-play-lafayette-put/ Newspapers.com October 14 w y Maryland Athletic Club Baltimore, MD 24–0 Hard for Tigers: Maryland Athletic Club Eleven Shut Out, But It Was A Glorious Defeat; Princeton Makes 24 Points The Baltimore Sun October 15, 1898 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98347677/hard-for-tigers-maryland-athletic-club/ Newspapers.com October 15 w y Navy Worden Field Annapolis, MD 30–0 Princeton, 30; Annapolis, 0 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 16, 1898 30 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98347648/princeton-30-annapolis-0/ Newspapers.com October 22 w Cornell Princeton, NJ 6–0 Cornell's Eleven Holds Tigers Down To Six Small Points The Philadelphia Inquirer October 23, 1898 14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98342800/cornells-eleven-holds-tigers-down-to/ Newspapers.com October 26 w Penn State Princeton, NJ 5–0 Surprise for Princeton: Pennsylvania State College Allows the Tigers Only Five Points The Boston Globe October 27, 1898 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98347609/surprise-for-princeton-pennsylvania/ Newspapers.com October 29 w y Brown Adelaide Park Providence, RI 23–0 1,500–2,500 Princeton, 23; Brown, 0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97501628/chicago-tribune/ Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois October 30, 1898 6 March 12, 2022 Newspapers.com Princeton Defeats Brown https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97501809/new-york-tribune/ New-York Tribune New York, New York October 30, 1898 8 March 12, 2022 Newspapers.com Princeton, 23; Brown, 0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97502017/the-sun/ The Sun New York, New York October 30, 1898 8 March 12, 2022 Newspapers.com November 2 w Virginia Princeton, NJ 12–0 Tigers Play Disappointing: Virginia Holds Princeton Down to Two Touchdowns Scored in the First Half Chicago Tribune November 3, 1898 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98342212/tigers-play-disappointing-virginia/ Newspapers.com November 5 t y Army The Plain West Point, NY 5–5 5,000 Glory for West Point: The Cadets Tackle the Tigers and Quit Even The Sun New York, N.Y. November 6, 1898 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98341944/glory-for-west-point-the-cadets-tackle/ Newspapers.com November 12 w Yale Brokaw Field Princeton, NJ rivalry 6–0 16,500 Princeton Is Victorious The New York Times November 13, 1898 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16359159/princeton_is_victorious/ Newspapers.com References Princeton Category:Princeton Tigers football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Princeton Tigers football