1885 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1885 Princeton Tigers football Princeton Tigers football team (1885).png 285 Independent 9–0 None C. M. DeCamp National champion The 1885 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1885 college football season. The team finished with a 9–0 record and was retroactively named as national champions by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, 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, 20181885 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1885-schedule.html This season marked Princeton's 13th football national championship.Championships - Tigers Football http://www.princetontigersfootball.com/championships/ princetontigersfootball.com Princeton University January 2, 2018 The season was notable for one of the most celebrated football plays of the 19th century—a 90-yard punt return by Henry "Tillie" Lamar in the closing minutes of the game to beat Yale, 6–5, a team Princeton had not defeated since 1878.All-Time Princeton Results http://goprincetontigers.com/documents/2017/7/7//All_Time_FB_Results.pdf goprincetontigers.com Princeton University January 2, 2018http://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%202/Auburn%20NY%20Citizen/Auburn%20NY%20Citizen%201912.pdf/Newspaper%20Auburn%20NY%20Citizen%201912%20%281327%29.PDF Sporting Comment The Auburn Citizen November 21, 1911 Schedule October 3 w y 1885 Stevens Stevens Hoboken, NJ 94–0 October 14 w Stevens Princeton, NJ 76–0 October 24 3:24 p.m. or 3:28 p.m. w y Penn University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA rivalry 72–10 900–1,000 Outdoor Sports.—An Exciting Game Of Foot-ball Won By The Princeton Students https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-times/199583470/ The Times Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 25, 1885 2 June 14, 2026 Newspapers.com Football.—Princeton College Defeats Pennsylvania By Superior Weight and Play https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer/199583151/ The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 26, 1885 3 June 14, 2026 Newspapers.com October 31 w Penn Princeton, NJ 80–10 College Boys At Football https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-tribune/199561887/ New-York Tribune New York, New York November 1, 1885 2 June 14, 2026 Newspapers.com Football.—University of Pennsylvania Defeated By Princeton https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer/199583793/ The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 2, 1885 7 June 14, 2026 Newspapers.com November 7 w y Columbia Law School New York, NY 64–0 November 11 w 1885 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays Johns Hopkins Princeton, NJ 10–0 November 14 w 1885 Wesleyan Methodists Wesleyan Princeton, NJ 76–0 November 21 2:30 p.m. w y Yale Yale Field New Haven, CT rivalry 6–5 5,000 Yale Bites The Dust https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98258104/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 22, 1885 1 March 23, 2022 Newspapers.com Princeton Is Champion https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98258329/the-new-york-times/ The New York Times New York, New York November 22, 1885 1 March 23, 2022 Newspapers.com November 26 2:45 p.m. w y Penn University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA 57–0 2,500 Foot-Ball at the University https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-times/199582645/ The Times Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 26, 1885 3 June 14, 2026 Newspapers.com Football.—Princeton Again Plays The University Of Pennsylvania https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer/199582889/ The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 27, 1885 3 June 14, 2026 Newspapers.com References Princeton Princeton Tigers football Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Category:Princeton Tigers football seasons