1892 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1892 Princeton Tigers football 1892 Princeton football team.jpg 285 Independent 12–2 None Philip King University Field The 1892 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1892 college football season. The team finished with a 12–2 record. The Tigers recorded 12 shutouts and outscored opponents by a combined total of 473 to 18.1892 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1892-schedule.html The team's sole losses were against Penn and Yale.All-Time Princeton Results http://goprincetontigers.com/documents/2017/7/7//All_Time_FB_Results.pdf goprincetontigers.com Princeton University January 2, 2018 Two Princeton players, quarterback Philip King and guard Art Wheeler, were consensus first-team honorees on the 1892 College Football All-America Team.Award Winners NCAA 2012 2–4 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2012/Awards.pdf Both were also inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Schedule October 1 w Rutgers University Field Princeton, NJ rivalry 30–0 2,000 Princeton, 30; Rutgers, 0 The World (New York) October 2, 1892 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16512388/princeton_30_rutgers_0/ Newspapers.com October 5 w y Lehigh Bethlehem, PA 16–0 The Big Tigers Won: Princeton Defeats Lehigh University at Football, 16 to 0 The New York Times October 6, 1892 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16512543/the_big_tigers_won_princeton_defeats/ Newspapers.com October 8 w Lafayette University Field Princeton, NJ 40–0 1,200 Princeton vs. Lafayette: The Tigers Roll Up a Score of Forty Against None for Their Opponents The Times (Philadelphia) October 9, 1892 14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16512641/princeton_vs_lafayette_the_tigers/ Newspapers.com October 14 y w Columbia Athletic Club Washington, DC 42–0 1,500 A Stubborn Contest: The Tigers Won, but They Had No Easy Victory The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) October 15, 1892 12 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16512266/a_stubborn_contest_the_tigers_won_but/ Newspapers.com October 15 w y Navy Worden Field Annapolis, MD 28–0 900 The Foot-Ball Field The Sun (Baltimore) October 17, 1892 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16513120/the_football_field/ Newspapers.com October 19 w Lehigh University Field Princeton, NJ 52–0 850 Princeton, 52 to 0: Lehigh Beaten at Football in a Wonderful Game The World (New York) October 19, 1892 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16513275/princeton_52_to_0_lehigh_beaten_at/ Newspapers.com October 21 w y New York Athletic Club Polo Grounds New York, NY 40–0 2,000 Victory for Princeton: Her Football Team Plays at the Polo Grounds The New York Times October 22, 1892 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16513452/victory_for_princeton_her_football/ Newspapers.com October 22 w y Crescent Athletic Club Eastern Park Brooklyn, NY 42–0 Play Fine Foot Ball: Princetons' One Sided Contest With Crescent Kickers The Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 23, 1892 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16512002/play_fine_foot_ball_princetons_one/ Newspapers.com October 27 w Manhattan Athletic Club University Field Princeton, NJ 46–0 Princeton's Tigers Played Poorly: They, However, Defeated the Manhattan Athletics 46 to 0 Chicago Tribune October 27, 1892 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16513777/princetons_tigers_played_poorly_they/ Newspapers.com October 29 w y 1892 Wesleyan Methodists Wesleyan Manhattan Field New York, NY 60–0 3,000 Princeton, 60; Wesleyan, 0 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 30, 1892 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16511795/princeton_60_wesleyan_0/ Newspapers.com November 2 w Chicago Athletic Association University Field Princeton, NJ 12–0 3,000 Princeton's Hard Battle: Difficult Work to Beat the Strong Chicago Team The New York Times November 3, 1892 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16511612/princetons_hard_battle_difficult_work/ Newspapers.comLose To Princeton: Chicago Kickers Retire with Honorable Defeat The Inter Ocean November 3, 1892 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16514980/lose_to_princeton/(confirming the opponent was the Chicago Athletic Association, not the Chicago Athletic Club as reported in SR/College Football) November 5 l y Penn Germantown Cricket Club Philadelphia, PASome sources, including SR/College Football, refer to the game having been played at Manheim, Pennsylvania, some 80 miles west of Philadelphia. However, the contemporaneous account in The Times clearly states that the game was played at the Germantown Cricket Club which was located on Manheim Street in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. rivalry 4–6 15,000 The Tigers Downed: The Red and Blue Waves Above the Orange and Black The Times (Philadelphia) November 6, 1892 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16514622/the_tigers_downed_the_red_and_blue/ Newspapers.com November 8 w y Orange Athletic Club Orange Oval East Orange, NJ 23–0 2,500 Princeton Defeats Orange, 23 to 0, on the Orange Oval The World (New York) November 8, 1892 1 November 24 l y Yale Manhattan Field New York, NY rivalry 0–12 35,000 Yale Again Triumphant: Old Nassau's Colors Lowered to the Blue The New York Times November 25, 1892 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16511258/yale_again_triumphant_old_nassaus/ Newspapers.com Roster Yorke Allen H. M. Anderson, FB D. M. Balliet, C/G H. W. Barnett, HB/FB A. C. Bartels, HB James Beveridge, HB Parke H. Davis, T Lawson Fiscus, T/G Joseph Marshall Flint, T/HB W. H. Fulper, HB Forrest M. Hall, G Anson Harrold, T Augustus Holly, T Sheppard Homans, Jr., FB Vernon K. Irvine D. R. James, HB Philip King, HB/QB Langdon Lea, T/E William McCauley, E J. C. McFarlane, G Franklin Morse, QB/HB Johnny Poe, QB/HB M. P. Randolph, E/T H. G. Riggs J. G. Symmes, C Knox Taylor, T Thomas Trenchard, E H. H. Vincent, E Art Wheeler, G Presbrey Frank Moffatt James Hugh Athletics at Princeton: A History 1901 Frank Presbrey New York 349–354 https://books.google.com/books?id=eTUCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA349The Princeton Bric-a-Brac yearbook 19 1895 '92 Foot Ball Averages 135 https://dpul.princeton.edu/catalog/dckh04f210b References Princeton Category:Princeton Tigers football seasons Princeton Tigers football