1879 Princeton Tigers football team
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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-national champions by the Billingsley Report, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.[1] This season marked the ninth national championship in 11 years, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881.[2]
Schedule
October 18PennPrinceton, NJW 6–0 November 1ColumbiaPrinceton, NJW 2–0 November 8Stevens TechPrinceton, NJW 7–0 November 15HarvardPrinceton, NJW 1–0 November 27vs. YaleHoboken, NJT 0–0
References
- ^ 1879 Princeton University football scores and results. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 10, 2013.
- ^ Princeton University championships. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 10, 2013.