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{{short description|American college football season}}
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| Mode = football
{{Infobox college sports team season
| Year = 1879
| year = 1879
| Team=Princeton Tigers
| team = Princeton Tigers
| Image=79Princeton.jpg
| sport = football
| ImageSize= 300px
| image = 1879 Princeton Tigers (team picture).jpg
| Conference=Intercollegiate Football Association
| Division=
| image_size = 285
| conference = Independent
| ShortConference= IFA
| Record = 4–0–1
| record = 4–0–1
| ConfRecord = ?–?
| head_coach = None
| captain = [[Bland Ballard (American football)|Bland Ballard]]
| HeadCoach= No coach
| HCYear =
| stadium =
| champion = National champion ([[Billingsley Report|Billingsley]], [[National Championship Foundation|NCF]])<br/>Co-national champion ([[Parke H. Davis|Davis]])
| OffCoach=
| OCYear =
| DefCoach=
| DCYear =
| OScheme=
| DScheme=
| StadiumArena=
| Captain=[[Bland Ballard (American football)|Bland Ballard]]
| Champion = Intercollegiate Football Association Champions<br/>Co-National Champions
| BowlTourney =
| BowlTourneyResult =
}}
}}
{{1879 college football records}}
{{1879 college football records}}
The '''1879 Princeton Tigers football team''' represented [[Princeton University]] in the [[1879 college football season]]. They finished with a 4–0–1 record and were retroactively named co-[[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|national champions]] by the Billingsley Report, National Championship Foundation, and [[Parke H. Davis]].<ref>[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ivyleague/princeton/1875-1879_yearly_results.php 1879 Princeton University football scores and results]. [[College Football Data Warehouse]]. Retrieved on October 10, 2013.</ref> This season marked the ninth national championship in 11 years, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between [[1869 Princeton Tigers football team|1869]] and [[1881 Princeton Tigers football team|1881]].<ref>[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ivyleague/princeton/championships.php Princeton University championships]. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 10, 2013.</ref>
The '''1879 Princeton Tigers football team''' represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as [[Princeton University|Princeton College]], in the [[1879 college football season]]. The team finished with a 4–0–1 record and was retroactively named [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|national champion]] by the [[Billingsley Report]] and [[National Championship Foundation]] and as co-national champion by [[Parke H. Davis]].<ref name=poll>{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2017/FBS.pdf |title=National Poll Champions |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |year=2017 |work=NCAA Division I Football Records |page=110 |access-date=January 2, 2018}}</ref><ref name=SR>{{cite web |title=1879 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |work=SR/College Football |access-date=February 27, 2017 |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1879-schedule.html}}</ref> This season was Princeton's ninth national championship, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between [[1869 Princeton Tigers football team|1869]] and [[1881 Princeton Tigers football team|1881]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Championships - Tigers Football |url=http://www.princetontigersfootball.com/championships/ |website=princetontigersfootball.com |publisher=Princeton University |access-date= January 2, 2018}}</ref> The team's captain was [[Bland Ballard (American football)|Bland Ballard]].<ref name="results">{{cite web |title=All-Time Princeton Results |url=http://goprincetontigers.com/documents/2017/7/7//All_Time_FB_Results.pdf |website=goprincetontigers.com |publisher=Princeton University |access-date=January 2, 2018}}</ref>


==Schedule==
==Schedule==
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{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| date = October 18
| time = no
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| opponent = [[1879 Penn Quakers football team|Penn]]
| nonconf =
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| away =
| rank = no
| opponent = [[1879 Penn Quakers football team|Penn]]
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| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton, NJ]]
| site_cityst = [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton, NJ]]
| gamename =
| gamename = [[Penn–Princeton football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 6–0
| score = 6–0
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}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 1
| date = November 1
| time = no
| w/l = w
| opponent = [[1879 Columbia football team|Columbia]]
| w/l = w
| site_stadium = Princeton Athletic Grounds
| nonconf =
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| homecoming =
| away =
| score = 2–0
| source = <ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Princeton Beats Columbia |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98653738/new-york-daily-herald/ |newspaper=[[New York Herald]] |location=[[Manhattan|New York, New York]] |date=November 2, 1879 |page=8 |access-date=March 29, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
| rank = no
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| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| gamename =
| score = 2–0
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| attend =
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}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| date = November 8
| time = no
| w/l = w
| opponent = [[1879 Stevens football team|Stevens]]
| w/l = w
| site_stadium = Princeton Athletic Grounds
| nonconf =
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| neutral =
| score = 7–0
| homecoming =
| source = <ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Battle Of The Ball |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98654213/the-sun/ |newspaper=[[The Sun (New York City)|The Sun]] |location=[[Manhattan|New York, New York]] |date=November 9, 1879 |page=6 |access-date=March 29, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
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| rank = no
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1879|team=Stevens Tech Ducks|title=Stevens Tech}}
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| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| gamename =
| score = 7–0
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| tv = no
| attend =
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}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| date = November 15
| time = no
| time = 3:10 p.m.
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| neutral = y
| opponent = [[1879 Harvard Crimson football team|Harvard]]
| neutral =
| site_stadium = St. George's Cricket Club grounds
| homecoming =
| site_cityst = Hoboken, NJ
| away =
| gamename = [[Harvard–Princeton football rivalry|rivalry]]
| rank = no
| score = 1–0
| opponent = [[1879 Harvard Crimson football team|Harvard]]
| site_stadium =
| attend = 3,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Collegians As Kickers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98654406/the-new-york-times/ |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location=[[Manhattan|New York, New York]] |date=November 16, 1879 |page=5 |access-date=March 29, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
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{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 27
| date = November 27
| time = no
| time = 2:40 p.m.
| w/l = t
| w/l = t
| nonconf =
| neutral = y
| opponent = [[1879 Yale Bulldogs football team|Yale]]
| neutral = yes
| site_stadium = St. George's Cricket Club grounds
| homecoming =
| site_cityst = [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken, NJ]]
| away =
| gamename = [[Princeton–Yale football rivalry|rivalry]]
| rank = no
| score = 0–0
| opponent = [[1879 Yale Bulldogs football team|Yale]]
| attend = 6,000–7,000
| site_stadium =
| source = <ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Kicking The Leather Egg |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98654617/the-new-york-times/ |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location=[[Manhattan|New York, New York]] |date=November 28, 1879 |page=8 |access-date=March 29, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Foot-ball.–A Hotly-Contested Game Between Yale and Princeton Ends in a Draw |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98663029/the-boston-globe/ |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe|The Boston Daily Globe]] |location=[[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]] |date=November 28, 1879 |page=1 |access-date=March 29, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
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}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 02:05, 11 August 2024

1879 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Billingsley, NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–0–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainBland Ballard
Seasons
← 1878
1880 →
1879 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   4 – 0 – 1
Yale   –   3 – 0 – 2
Massachusetts   –   1 – 0 – 0
Michigan   –   1 – 0 – 1
Haverford   –   1 – 0 – 1
Harvard   –   2 – 1 – 2
Penn   –   2 – 2 – 0
Amherst   –   1 – 1 – 0
Navy   –   0 – 0 – 1
McGill   –   0 – 0 – 1
Toronto   –   0 – 0 – 1
Stevens   –   1 – 2 – 5
Rutgers   –   1 – 2 – 3
Pennsylvania Military   –   0 – 1 – 1
NYU   –   0 – 2 – 1
Racine   –   0 – 1 – 0
Swarthmore   –   0 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   0 – 3 – 2

The 1879 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1879 college football season. The team finished with a 4–0–1 record and was retroactively named national champion by the Billingsley Report and National Championship Foundation and as co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1][2] This season was Princeton's ninth national championship, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881.[3] The team's captain was Bland Ballard.[4]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 18PennPrinceton, NJ (rivalry)W 6–0
November 1Columbia
  • Princeton Athletic Grounds
  • Princeton, NJ
W 2–0[5]
November 8Stevens
  • Princeton Athletic Grounds
  • Princeton, NJ
W 7–0[6]
November 153:10 p.m.vs. Harvard
  • St. George's Cricket Club grounds
  • Hoboken, NJ (rivalry)
W 1–03,000[7]
November 272:40 p.m.vs. Yale
T 0–06,000–7,000[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  2. ^ "1879 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "Championships - Tigers Football". princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  4. ^ "All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF). goprincetontigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  5. ^ "Princeton Beats Columbia". New York Herald. New York, New York. November 2, 1879. p. 8. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "The Battle Of The Ball". The Sun. New York, New York. November 9, 1879. p. 6. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Collegians As Kickers". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 16, 1879. p. 5. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Kicking The Leather Egg". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 28, 1879. p. 8. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Foot-ball.–A Hotly-Contested Game Between Yale and Princeton Ends in a Draw". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 28, 1879. p. 1. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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