1894 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1894 Princeton Tigers football Independent 8–2 None Thomas Trenchard National champion (Houlgate) The 1894 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team representing Princeton University as an independent during the 1894 college football season. The team compiled an 8–2 record, shut out six of ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 208 to 44.1894 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1894-schedule.html Thomas Trenchard was the team captain. There was no contemporaneous system in 1894 for determining a national champion. However, Princeton was retroactively named as the national champion by one selector, the Houlgate System. Most of the other selectors chose Yale (16–0 record) as the national champion for 1894.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 Yale also defeated Princeton in head-to-head competition. Two Princeton players, tackle Langdon Lea and guard Art Wheeler, were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1894 All-America team.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf Lea and Wheeler were both later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.Langdon "Biffy" Lea National Football Foundation March 25, 2022 https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=2085Art Wheeler National Football Foundation March 25, 2022 https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=2086 Schedule September 29 w Lafayette Princeton, NJ 40–0 3,000 Princeton, 40; Lafayette, 0 St. Louis Globe-Democrat September 30, 1894 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98373989/princeton-40-lafayette-0/ Newspapers.com October 6 w y Lehigh South Bethlehem, PA 8–0 Princeton 8, Lehigh 0 The Boston Globe October 7, 1894 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98374325/princeton-8-lehigh-0/ Newspapers.com October 10 w Rutgers Princeton, NJ rivalry 48–0 Princeton Scores Heavily The Times October 11, 1894 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51727534/princeton-scores-heavily/ Newspapers.com October 15 2:00 p.m. w y Virginia Catonsville Country Cub Catonsville, MD 12–0 Ready For Tackling https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85310467/the-baltimore-sun/ The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, MD October 15, 1894 8 September 14, 2021 Newspapers.com Study Young Kickers https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85310376/the-baltimore-sun/ The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, MD October 16, 1894 8 September 14, 2021 Newspapers.com October 20 w y Cornell Manhattan Field New York, NY 12–4 5,000 The Princetons Won: The Cornell Team Put Up a Good Game, but Were Outplayed; The Score 12 to 4 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle October 21, 1894 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98374642/the-princetons-won-the-cornell-team/ Newspapers.com October 24 w Lehigh Princeton, NJ 32–0 900 Princeton 32, Lehigh 0 The Boston Globe October 25, 1894 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98375633/princeton-32-lehigh-0/ Newspapers.com October 27 w Volunteer (NY) Athletic Association Princeton, NJ 34–0 Princeton 34, Volunteers of NY 0 The Boston Globe October 28, 1894 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98375177/princeton-34-volunteers-of-ny-0/ Newspapers.comPrinceton Does Good Work The Philadelphia Times October 28, 1894 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98375371/princeton-does-good-work/ Newspapers.com November 10 l y Penn State Fair Grounds Trenton, NJ rivalry 0–12 Pennsylvania 12; Tigers 0 https://www.nytimes.com/1894/11/11/archives/pennsylvania-12-tigers-0-the-champion-princetons-defeated-by-the.html The New York Times November 11, 1894 3 August 1, 2020 November 21 w y Orange Athletic Club Orange Oval East Orange, NJ 16–4 Princeton 16; Orange A.C. 4 The Boston Globe November 22, 1894 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51685856/princeton-16-orange-ac-4/ Newspapers.com December 1 2:08 p.m. l y Yale Manhattan Field New York, NY rivalry 0–24 20,000–30,000 Yale, 24 Princeton, 0: The Blue Has an Easy Triumph Over the Tiger The Philadelphia Times December 2, 1894 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98261193/yale-24-princeton-0-the-blue-has-an/ Newspapers.com Tigers Downed https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98264804/minneapolis-daily-times/ The Sunday Times Minneapolis, Minnesota December 2, 1894 1 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com Yale 24, Princeton 0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98265045/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts December 2, 1894 1 March 8, 2022 Newspapers.com Yale 24, Princeton 0 (continued) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98265155/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts December 2, 1894 4 March 8, 2022 Newspapers.com Roster Andrus, T Armstrong, T H. W. Barnett, HB H. O. Brown, E Burt, FB William W. Church, T Garrett Cochran, E Eddie Crowdis, C Dorr, HB David Farragut Edwards, FB Hearn, HB Augustus Holly, T Gordon Johnston, E Langdon Lea, T McCormick, HB Moore, HB Franklin Morse, QB Neilson Poe, QB Howard R. Reiter, HB William Ayres Reynolds, QB Rhodes, G Dudley Riggs, C Rosengarten, HB Sloan, FB Smith, E Summers, G Knox Taylor, G Thompson, E Thomas Trenchard, QB Albert Tyler, HB Voorhis, HB William Ward, HB Art Wheeler, G References Princeton Category:Princeton Tigers football seasons Category:College football national champions Princeton Tigers football