1879 Princeton Tigers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1879
| team = Princeton Tigers
| sport = football
| image = 1879 Princeton Tigers (team picture).jpg
| image_size = 285
| conference = Independent
| record = 4–0–1
| head_coach = None
| captain = Bland Ballard
| stadium =
| champion = National champion (Billingsley, NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
}}
{{1879 college football records}}
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.{{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}}{{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}} This season was Princeton's ninth national championship, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881.{{cite web |title=Championships - Tigers Football |url=http://www.princetontigersfootball.com/championships/ |website=princetontigersfootball.com |publisher=Princeton University |access-date= January 2, 2018}} The team's captain was Bland Ballard.{{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}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| w/l = w
| opponent = Penn
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 6–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 1
| w/l = w
| opponent = Columbia
| site_stadium = Princeton Athletic Grounds
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| score = 2–0
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Princeton Beats Columbia |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98653738/new-york-daily-herald/ |newspaper=New York Herald |location=New York, New York |date=November 2, 1879 |page=8 |access-date=March 29, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| w/l = w
| opponent = Stevens
| site_stadium = Princeton Athletic Grounds
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| score = 7–0
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=The Battle Of The Ball |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98654213/the-sun/ |newspaper=The Sun |location=New York, New York |date=November 9, 1879 |page=6 |access-date=March 29, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| time = 3:10 p.m.
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = Harvard
| site_stadium = St. George's Cricket Club grounds
| site_cityst = Hoboken, NJ
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 1–0
| attend = 3,000
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Collegians As Kickers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98654406/the-new-york-times/ |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, New York |date=November 16, 1879 |page=5 |access-date=March 29, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 27
| time = 2:40 p.m.
| w/l = t
| neutral = y
| opponent = Yale
| site_stadium = St. George's Cricket Club grounds
| site_cityst = Hoboken, NJ
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 0–0
| attend = 6,000–7,000
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Kicking The Leather Egg |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98654617/the-new-york-times/ |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, New York |date=November 28, 1879 |page=8 |access-date=March 29, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |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 Daily Globe |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=November 28, 1879 |page=1 |access-date=March 29, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
}}
References
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{{1879 Princeton Tigers football navbox}}
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{{College Football National Champion pre-AP Poll navbox}}
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Category:College football national champions
Category:College football undefeated seasons
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