The 1891 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1891 college football season . The team finished with a 12–1 record. The Tigers recorded 12 shutouts and outscored opponents by a combined total of 391 to 0 in their first 12 games.[1] Yale .[2]
Three Princeton players, quarterback Philip King , fullback Sheppard Homans, Jr. , and guard Jesse Riggs , were consensus first-team honorees on the 1891 College Football All-America Team .[3]
Schedule [ ] Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source October 3 Rutgers W 12–0[4] October 8 at Lehigh Bethlehem, PA W 18–02,000 [5] October 10 at Crescent Athletic Club W 28–03,000 [6] October 14 Lehigh University Field Princeton, NJ W 30–0[7] October 17 at Franklin & Marshall McGrann's Park Lancaster, PA W 44–0> 1,500 [8] October 20 at Lafayette Easton, PA W 24–0[9] October 24 New York Athletic Club University Field Princeton, NJ W 28–0[10] October 28 Manhattan Athletic Club University Field Princeton, NJ W 78–0[11] October 31 vs. [[{{{school}}}|Wesleyan]] Manhattan Field New York, NY W 73–03,000 [12] November 3 at Orange Athletic Club Orange Oval East Orange, NJ W 26–03,500 [13] November 7 at Penn Philadelphia (rivalry )W 24–04,000 [14] November 14 Cornell University Field Princeton, NJ W 6–02,000 [15] November 26 vs. Yale L 0–1940,000 [16]
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↑ "1891 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1891-schedule.html . Retrieved February 27, 2017 .↑ "All-Time Princeton Results" . Princeton University. http://goprincetontigers.com/documents/2017/7/7//All_Time_FB_Results.pdf . Retrieved January 2, 2018 .↑ "Award Winners" . NCAA. 2012. pp. 2-4. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2012/Awards.pdf .↑ "Princeton's Poor Showing: Rutgers Makes the Yellow and Black Wearers Play to Win" . The Times (Philadelphia) : p. 14. October 4, 1891. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16492638/princetons_poor_showing_rutgers_makes/ .↑ "Princeton Defeats Lehigh: Superior Weight Was All That Gave the Jersey College Lads the Game" . The Times (Philadelphia) : p. 3. October 9, 1891. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16492659/princeton_defeats_lehigh/ .↑ "Victory for Princeton: The Crescents Lose Again at Eastern Park" . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle : p. 7. October 11, 1891. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16492687/victory_for_princeton/ .↑ "Football at Princeton: The Lehigh Team Defeated by the Score of 30 to 0" . The New York Times : p. 2. October 15, 1891. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16492781/football_at_princeton_the_lehigh_team/ .↑ "Princeton Wins Easily: The College Team Has a Walkover With Franklin and Marshall" . The Times (Philadelphia) : p. 14. October 18, 1891. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16492728/princeton_wins_easily/ .↑ "Princeton, 24; Lafayette, 0" . The Philadelphia Inquirer : p. 3. October 21, 1891. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16492747/princeton_24_lafayette_0/ .↑ "New York A. C. Whitewashed: Princeton Scores 28 Points to Athletes' Nothing" . The Sun (New York) : p. 5. October 25, 1891. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16492793/new_york_a_c_whitewashed_princeton/ .↑ "Princeton's Top Score: They Roll Up 78 Points Against the Manhattan Team" . The Times (Philadelphia) : p. 3. October 29, 1891. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16492816/princetons_top_score_they_roll_up_78/ .↑ "Score One for Princeton: She Defeats Wesleyan in a Championship Game" . The New York Times : p. 3. November 1, 1891. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16492704/score_one_for_princeton/ .↑ "Princeton, 26; Orange, 0" . The Sun (New York) : p. 5. November 4, 1891. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16492618/football_on_many_fields/ .↑ "Princeton's Game: The Jersey Tiger Wins by a Score of 24 to 0" . The Times (Philadelphia) : p. 9. November 8, 1891. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16492577/princetons_game_the_jersey_tiger_wins/ .↑ "Princeton Beats Cornell: A Very Close and Exciting Game Between the Two Elevens" . The New York Times : p. 3. November 15, 1891. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16492546/princeton_beats_cornell/ .↑ "Yale Still Triumphant: Princeton Beaten on Manhattan Field by a Score of 19 to 0" . The Sun (New York) : pp. 1-2. November 27, 1891. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16492524/yale_still_triumphant/ .
