| 1899 Princeton Tigers football | |||
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| National champion (Billingsley, Davis) | |||
| Conference | Independent | ||
| 1899 record | 12–1 | ||
| Head coach | No coach | ||
| Captain | Big Bill Edwards | ||
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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]
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 30 | Maryland Athletic Club | ? | W 28–0 |
| October 7 | at Navy | W 5–0 | |
| October 11 | Lafayette | Princeton, NJ | W 12–0 |
| October 14 | at Columbia | New York, NY | W 11–0 |
| October 18 | Penn State | Princeton, NJ | W 12–0 |
| October 21 | at Army | W 23–0 | |
| October 28 | Lehigh | Princeton, NJ | W 17–0 |
| November 1 | at Cornell | Ithaca, NY | L 0–5 |
| November 4 | Brown | Princeton, NJ | W 18–6 |
| November 8 | North Carolina | Princeton, NJ | W 30–0 |
| November 11 | at Carlisle | Carlisle, PA | W 12–0 |
| November 18 | Washington & Jefferson | Princeton, NJ | W 6–0 |
| November 25 | at Yale | W 11–10 |
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 "1899 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1899-schedule.html. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
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