1884 Princeton Tigers football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1884

| team = Princeton Tigers

| sport = football

| image = Princeton football team, 1884.jpg

| image_size = 285

| conference = Independent

| record = 9–0–1

| head_coach = None

| captain = Clinton N. Bird

| champion = National champion (Billingsley)
Co-national champion (Davis)

}}

{{1884 college football records}}

The 1884 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1884 college football season. The Tigers finished with a 9–0–1 record and were retroactively named national champions by the Billingsley Report and co-champions 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 |archive-date=March 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320073158/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2017/FBS.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=1884 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/1884-schedule.html |archive-date=February 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227150135/http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1884-schedule.html |url-status=live }} This season marked Princeton's 12th football national championship.{{cite web |title=Championships - Tigers Football |url=http://www.princetontigersfootball.com/championships/ |website=princetontigersfootball.com |publisher=Princeton University |access-date=January 2, 2018 |archive-date=March 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318004826/http://www.princetontigersfootball.com/championships/ |url-status=live }} Clinton N. Bird was the team captain.{{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 |archive-date=January 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072534/http://goprincetontigers.com/documents/2017/7/7//All_Time_FB_Results.pdf |url-status=live }}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 4

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Rutgers

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = New Brunswick, NJ

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 23–5

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Trying Princeton's Football Team |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times/152992385/ |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, New York |date=October 5, 1884 |page=1 |access-date=August 9, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 11

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1884|team=Wesleyan Methodists|title=Wesleyan}}

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ

| score = 22–2

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Football At Princeton—An Interesting Game Between The Wesleyan And Princeton Clubs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times/152994463/ |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, New York |date=October 12, 1884 |page=7 |access-date=August 9, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 15

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1884|team=Stevens|title=Stevens}}

| site_stadium = St. George's Cricket Club grounds

| site_cityst = Hoboken, NJ

| score = 4–0

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Princeton's Hard Struggle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times/152994921/ |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, New York |date=October 16, 1884 |page=8 |access-date=August 9, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 18

| time = 2:40 p.m.

| w/l = w

| opponent = Rutgers

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ

| score = 35–0

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Football At Princeton—The Rutgers Eleven Beaten In A Fairly Played Game |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times/152992562/ |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, New York |date=October 19, 1884 |page=1 |access-date=August 9, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 25

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Penn

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 31–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 29

| w/l = w

| opponent = Lafayette

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ

| score = 140–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 1

| w/l = w

| opponent = Stevens

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ

| score = 58–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 8

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1884|team=Johns Hopkins Blue Jays|title=Johns Hopkins}}

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ

| score = 57–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 15

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Harvard

| site_stadium = Jarvis Field

| site_cityst = Cambridge, MA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 36–6

| attend = 2,000–3,000

| source = {{cite news|title=The Season of Slogging Well Begun With Princeton's Victory at Harvard|newspaper=The Boston Glove|date=November 16, 1884|page=3|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-nov-16-1884-p-3/|via=NewspaperArchive|access-date=April 10, 2020|archive-date=April 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410214706/https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-nov-16-1884-p-3/|url-status=live}}(attendance reported as 2,000){{cite news|title=Princeton's Eleven Wins|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 16, 1884|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15025881/princetons_eleven_wins/|via=Newspapers.com}}(attendance reported as 3,000)

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 27

| w/l = t

| neutral = y

| opponent = Yale

| site_stadium = Polo Grounds

| site_cityst = New York, NY

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 0–0

| attend = over 10,000

| source = {{cite news|title=Hard Work and No Glory: The Princeton-Yale Football Game Declared Drawn|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 28, 1884|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16323168/hard_work_and_no_glory_the/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 10, 2020|archive-date=January 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107120153/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16323168/hard_work_and_no_glory_the/|url-status=live}}

}}

}}

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