| 1896 Princeton Tigers football | |||
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| National champion (Billingsley, Helms, Houlgate) Co-national champion (NCF, Davis) | |||
| Conference | Independent | ||
| 1896 record | 10–0–1 | ||
| Head coach | Franklin Morse | ||
| Captain | Garrett Cochran | ||
Seasons
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The 1896 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1896 college football season. The team finished with a 10–0–1 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, and Houlgate System, and as a co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation and Parke H. Davis.[1][2] They outscored their opponents 299 to 12.[2]
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 3 | Rutgers | Princeton, NJ (rivalry) | W 44–0 |
| October 7 | at Lafayette |
| T 0–0 |
| October 10 | Lehigh | Princeton, NJ | W 16–0 |
| October 14 | Carlisle | Princeton, NJ | W 22–6 |
| October 17 | at Army | W 11–0 | |
| October 21 | Virginia | Princeton, NJ | W 48–0 |
| October 24 | Penn State | Princeton, NJ | W 39–0 |
| October 28 | Lawrenceville School | ? | W 46–0 |
| October 31 | Cornell | Princeton, NJ | W 37–0 |
| November 7 | at Harvard | Cambridge, MA (rivalry) | W 12–0 |
| November 21 | vs. Yale | New York, NY (rivalry) | W 24–6 |
References[]
- ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/FBS.pdf. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "1896 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1896-schedule.html. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
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