1879 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1879 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1879 college football season. The team finished with a 4–0–1 record and was retroactively named national champion by the Billingsley Report and National Championship Foundation and as co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1][2] This season was Princeton's ninth national championship, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881.[3] The team's captain was Bland Ballard.[4]

1879 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Billingsley, NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
1879 record4–0–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainBland Ballard
1879 college football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Princeton      4 0 1
Yale      3 0 2
Massachusetts      1 0 0
Michigan      1 0 1
Harvard      2 1 2
Penn      2 2 0
Amherst      1 1 0
Navy      0 0 1
McGill      0 0 1
Toronto      0 0 1
Stevens      1 2 5
Rutgers      1 2 3
PA Military      0 1 2
Racine      0 1 0
Columbia      0 3 2
Swarthmore      0 0 1

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 18PennPrinceton, NJ (rivalry)W 6–0
November 1ColumbiaPrinceton, NJW 2–0
November 8StevensPrinceton, NJW 7–0
November 15HarvardPrinceton, NJ (rivalry)W 1–0
November 27vs. YaleHoboken, NJ (rivalry)T 0–0

References

  1. "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  2. "1879 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. "Championships - Tigers Football". princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  4. "All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF). goprincetontigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
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