1880 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1880 Princeton Tigers football Princeton football team, 1880.jpg 260 Independent 4–0–1 None Francis Loney Co-national champion (NCF, Davis) The 1880 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1880 college football season. The team finished with a 4–0–1 record and was retroactively named co-national champion by the 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 January 2, 20181880 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1880-schedule.html This season was Princeton's tenth 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 The captain of the team was Francis Loney.All Time Captains http://www.princetontigersfootball.com/history/all-time-captains/ princetontigersfootball.com 24 September 2015 Princeton University January 2, 2018 On November 13 at the Polo Grounds in New York City, Princeton defeated Harvard with between 3,000 and 4,000 in attendance. Princeton scored two goals and held Harvard to one goal. Princeton also had five touchdowns for safety to two for Harvard. The Sun of New York reported that the game, played under the new 1880 rules of the Intercollegiate Football Association, was football in name only, but "in reality a series of wrestling encounters for possession of a large leather globe." Victory For The Princetons https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98672276/the-sun/ The Sun New York, New York November 14, 1880 5 March 29, 2022 Newspapers.com Princeton ended the season as it did in 1879, with a 0–0 tie against Yale at a neutral site near New York.All-Time Princeton Results http://goprincetontigers.com/documents/2017/7/7//All_Time_FB_Results.pdf goprincetontigers.com Princeton University January 2, 2018 Schedule October 23 w Stevens Princeton, NJ 6–0 The News In Brief https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98672488/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 25, 1880 4 March 29, 2022 Newspapers.com November 2 w Rutgers Princeton, NJ rivalry 8–0 College Notes https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98672606/the-morning-journal-courier/ Journal and Courier New Haven, Connecticut November 4, 1880 2 March 29, 2022 Newspapers.com November 6 w Penn Princeton, NJ rivalry 1–0 The Football Championship.—Harvard Defeats Columbia at the Polo Grounds in the First Game of the Series https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98670384/the-sun/ The Sun New York, New York November 7, 1880 7 March 29, 2022 Newspapers.com November 13 2:45 p.m. w y Harvard Polo Grounds New York, NY rivalry 2–1 1,500–4,000 Hot Work On A Cool Day https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98670850/the-new-york-times/ The New York Times New York, New York November 14, 1880 5 March 29, 2022 Newspapers.com Harvard Beaten By Princeton in an Football Match https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98672124/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 15, 1880 2 March 29, 2022 Newspapers.com November 25 2:30 p.m. t y Yale Polo Grounds New York, NY rivalry 0–0 4,000 Vain Work At Foot-Ball https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98670002/the-new-york-times/ The New York Times New York, New York November 26, 1880 2 March 29, 2022 Newspapers.com Football In The Snow https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98670121/the-sun/ The Sun New York, New York November 26, 1880 1 March 29, 2022 Newspapers.com Roster Thomas Bradford Thomas Cauldwell H. K. Devereux Flint James Harlan Frank Loney H. W. McKee P. Morgan Edward Peace Riggs Taylor Ryan C. J. Winston J. P. Withington References Princeton Category:Princeton Tigers football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Princeton Tigers football