1908 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1908 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1908 college football season. The team finished with a 5–2–3 record under third-year head coach Bill Roper.[1] Princeton halfback Frederick Tibbott was selected as a consensus first-team honoree on the 1908 College Football All-America Team,[2] and tackle Rudolph Siegling also received first-team honors from multiple selectors.

1908 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–3
Head coach
Offensive schemeShort punt
CaptainEdward Dillon
Home stadiumUniversity Field
1908 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn    11 0 1
Harvard    9 0 1
Cornell    7 1 1
Fordham    5 1 0
Yale    7 1 1
Dartmouth    6 1 1
Carlisle    10 2 1
Washington & Jefferson    10 2 1
Army    6 1 2
Pittsburgh    8 3 0
Lafayette    6 2 2
Princeton    5 2 3
Syracuse    6 3 1
Brown    5 3 1
Temple    3 2 1
Colgate    4 3 0
Lehigh    4 3 0
Dickinson    5 4 0
Amherst    3 3 2
Holy Cross    4 4 0
Penn State    5 5 0
Vermont    3 3 3
Wesleyan    3 4 2
Springfield Training School    3 4 1
NYU    2 3 2
Frankin & Marshall    4 6 1
Bucknell    3 5 2
Rutgers    3 5 1
Boston College    2 4 2
Carnegie Tech    3 7 0
Geneva    1 6 2
Tufts    1 6 1
Villanova    1 6 0
Drexel    0 7 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3 Springfield Training SchoolW 18–0[3]
October 7 Stevens
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 21–0[4]
October 10 Lafayette
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
T 0–0
October 14 Villanova
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 6–0
October 17 VPI
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 10–4
October 21 Fordham
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 17–0
October 25 Syracuse
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
T 0–0
October 31at ArmyT 0–0
November 7vs. DartmouthL 6–10
November 14 Yale
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
L 6–11

References

  1. "1908 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. "Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. 2012. pp. 2–4.
  3. "Easy For The Tigers". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. October 4, 1908. p. 9. Retrieved March 24, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. "Princeton Defeats Stevens Institute". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 8, 1908. p. 10. Retrieved March 24, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
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