1899 Princeton Tigers football team

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.[1][2] They outscored their opponents 185 to 21.[2]

1899 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Billingsley, Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record12–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainBig Bill Edwards
Home stadiumOsborne Field
1899 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard    10 0 1
Lafayette    12 1 0
Princeton    12 1 0
Buffalo    7 1 0
Boston College    8 1 1
Carlisle    9 2 0
Swarthmore    8 1 2
Washington & Jefferson    9 2 1
Wesleyan    7 2 0
Pittsburgh College    2 0 2
Villanova    7 2 1
Yale    7 2 1
Western Univ. of Penn.    3 1 1
Columbia    9 3 0
Fordham    3 1 0
Cornell    7 3 0
Penn    8 3 2
Brown    7 3 1
New Hampshire    4 2 0
Vermont    5 3 0
Tufts    7 4 0
Bucknell    6 4 0
Holy Cross    5 5 0
Syracuse    4 4 0
Drexel    3 3 0
Army    4 5 0
Colgate    4 5 0
Penn State    4 6 1
Frankin & Marshall    3 5 1
NYU    2 6 0
Temple    1 4 1
Dartmouth    2 7 0
Lehigh    2 9 0
Rutgers    2 9 0
Geneva    0 3 0

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at Maryland Athletic ClubBaltimore, MDW 28–0
October 7at NavyW 5–0
October 11LafayetteW 12–01,500[3]
October 142:45 p.m.at ColumbiaW 11–0[4]
October 18Penn State
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 12–0
October 21at ArmyW 23–0
October 28Lehigh
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 17–0
November 1at CornellIthaca, NYL 0–5
November 43:15 p.m.Brown
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 18–63,500[5][6]
November 82:00 p.m.North Carolina
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 30–0
November 11at CarlisleCarlisle, PAW 12–0
November 183:00 p.m.Washington & Jefferson
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 6–0[7]
November 25at YaleW 11–10

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References

  1. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. "1899 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. "Princeton Beats Lafayette". The New York Times. October 12, 1899. p. 5 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Princeton 11, Columbia 0". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. October 15, 1899. p. 19. Retrieved May 2, 2020 via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. "Princeton Downed Brown". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. November 5, 1899. p. 14. Retrieved March 13, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. "Princeton Wins". Sunday Leader. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. November 5, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved March 13, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. "Tigers Surprised". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 19, 1899. p. 14. Retrieved September 28, 2021 via Newspapers.com open access.
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