1899 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1899 Princeton Tigers football Independent 12–1 None Big Bill Edwards Osborne Field National champion (Billingsley, Davis) The 1899 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1899 college football season. The team finished with a 12–1 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report and Parke H. Davis. Harvard compiled a 10–0–1 record and was selected as the national champion by three other selectors.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 PDF1899 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1899-schedule.html They outscored their opponents 185 to 21. Schedule October 6 w y Maryland Athletic Club Union Park Baltimore, MD 28–0 1,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-princeton-scores-28-m/200482071/ The Baltimore Sun Princeton scores 28; Maryland Athletic Club gets nothing at all October 7, 1899 June 28, 2026 Newspapers.com October 7 w y Navy Worden Field Annapolis, MD 5–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times-princeton-5-annapoli/200457645/ The New York Times Princeton 5, Annapolis 0 October 8, 1899 June 28, 2026 Newspapers.com October 11 w Lafayette Osborne Field Princeton, NJ 12–0 1,500 Princeton Beats Lafayette The New York Times October 12, 1899 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17465698/princeton_beats_lafayette/ Newspapers.com October 14 2:45 p.m. w y Columbia Manhattan Field New York, NY 11–0 Princeton 11, Columbia 0. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50060947/democrat-and-chronicle/ Democrat and Chronicle Rochester, New York October 15, 1899 19 May 2, 2020 Newspapers.com October 18 3:20 p.m. w Penn State Osborne Field Princeton, NJ 12–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-world-princeton-beat-state/200481126/ The World Princeton beat State October 19, 1899 June 28, 2026 Newspapers.com October 21 w y Army The Plain West Point, NY 23–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-cadets-not-in/200481222/ The Philadelphia Inquirer Cadets not in it October 22, 1899 June 28, 2026 Newspapers.com October 25 w Lehigh Osborne Field Princeton, NJ 17–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-post-lehigh-fails-to-scor/200481446/ The Pittsburgh Post Lehigh fails to score October 26, 1899 June 28, 2026 Newspapers.com October 28 l y Cornell Percy Field Ithaca, NY 0–5 8,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-cornell-happy-tore-up/200481763/ Buffalo Evening News Cornell happy; Tore up and outplayed Princeton, winning by a score of 5 to 0 October 29, 1899 June 28, 2026 Newspapers.com November 4 3:15 p.m. w Brown Osborne Field Princeton, NJ 18–6 3,500 Princeton Downed Brown https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97524733/st-louis-globe-democrat/ St. Louis Globe-Democrat St. Louis, Missouri November 5, 1899 14 March 13, 2022 Newspapers.com Princeton Wins https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97524877/the-sunday-leader/ Sunday Leader Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania November 5, 1899 1 March 13, 2022 Newspapers.com November 8 2:00 p.m. w North Carolina Osborne Field Princeton, NJ 30–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times-princeton-wins-30-to/146263653/ The New York Times Princeton wins 30 to 0 November 9, 1899 April 28, 2024 Newspapers.com November 11 2:40 p.m. w y Carlisle Manhattan Field New York, NY 12–0 8,000 Tigers Score Twice And Shut Out Indians https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle/157369636/ The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn, New York November 12, 1899 11 October 18, 2024 Newspapers.com November 18 3:00 p.m. w Washington & Jefferson Osborne Field Princeton, NJ 6–0 Tigers Surprised https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86138560/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 19, 1899 14 September 28, 2021 Newspapers.com November 25 w y Yale Yale Field New Haven, CT rivalry 11–10 https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-tigers-defeated/200481918/ St. Louis Post-Dispatch Tigers defeated Yale November 26, 1899 June 28, 2026 Newspapers.com References Princeton Category:Princeton Tigers football seasons Category:College football national champions Princeton Tigers football