1877 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1877 Princeton Tigers football Princeton Tigers football team (1877).jpg 285 Independent 2–0–1 None W. Earl Dodge National champion (Billingsley)Co-national champion (Davis) The 1877 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1877 college football season. The team finished with a 2–0–1 record and was retroactively named national champion by the Billingsley Report and as co-national champion by 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, 2017 This season was Princeton's seventh national championship 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 January 2, 2018 Princeton played Harvard for the second time, earning its first victory over the Crimson.1877 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1877-schedule.html The captain of the team was W. Earl Dodge.All-Time Princeton Results http://goprincetontigers.com/documents/2017/7/7//All_Time_FB_Results.pdf goprincetontigers.com Princeton University January 2, 2018 Sophomore Woodrow Wilson was elected as Princeton's football director in 1877. Football historian Parke H. Davis credited Wilson with helping to coach the 1877 team.Woodrow Wilson Coached Princeton's First Football Team, Historian Says The Harvard Crimson November 8, 1924 https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1924/11/8/woodrow-wilson-coached-princetons-first-football/ Schedule November 3 2:30 p.m. w Harvard St. George's Cricket Club grounds Hoboken, NJ rivalry 1–0 1,000 The Princeton Boys Win https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98455752/the-new-york-times/ The New York Times New York, New York November 4, 1877 2 March 26, 2022 Newspapers.com Princeton Boys Winning https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98455871/the-sun/ The Sun New York, New York November 4, 1877 1 March 26, 2022 Newspapers.com November 17 2:40 p.m. w Columbia Princeton, NJ 4–0 Princeton Boys Ahead. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49846427/the-sun/ The Sun New York, New York November 18, 1877 1 April 29, 2020 Newspapers.com December 8 t y Yale St. George's Cricket Club grounds Hoboken, NJ rivalry 0–0 2,000–3,000 Great Football Game.—Yale and Princeton Teams Playing for the Championship https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98457168/new-york-daily-herald/ New York Herald New York, New York December 9, 1877 12 March 26, 2022 Newspapers.com The Sporting World—Football Match between Yale and Princeton https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98456985/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts December 9, 1877 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