1895 Princeton Tigers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1895
| team = Princeton Tigers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| record = 10–1–1
| head_coach = None
| captain = Langdon Lea
| stadium =
}}
{{1895 Eastern college football independents records}}
The 1895 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1895 college football season. The team finished with a 10–1–1 record. The Tigers recorded nine shutouts and outscored opponents by a combined score of 224 to 28. The team's sole loss was in the last game of the season by a 20–10 score against Yale.{{cite web|title=1895 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/1895-schedule.html}}
Two Princeton players, tackle Langdon Lea and guard Dudley Riggs, were consensus first-team honorees on the 1895 College Football All-America Team.{{cite web|title=Award Winners|publisher=NCAA|year=2012|pages=2–4|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2012/Awards.pdf}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 2
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Elizabeth Athletic Club
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Elizabeth, NJ
| score = 40–0
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|title=In a Slugging Game at Elizabeth: Princeton Tigers Find the Athletic Club Easy to Defeat|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=October 3, 1895|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16517458/in_a_slugging_game_at_elizabeth/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 5
| w/l = w
| opponent = Rutgers
| site_stadium = University Field
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 22–0
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|title=Princeton's Tigers Roast the University of Virginia by 36 to 0 on Catonsville's Gridiron|newspaper=The Sun (Baltimore)|date=October 10, 1895|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16517840/princetons_tigers_roast_the_university/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 9
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = Virginia
| site_stadium = Catonsville Country Club
| site_cityst = Baltimore, MD
| score = 36–0
| attend = 3,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Princeton's Tigers Roast the University of Virginia by 36 to 0 on Catonsville's Gridiron|newspaper=The Sun (Baltimore)|date=October 10, 1895|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16517840/princetons_tigers_roast_the_university/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 12
| w/l = w
| opponent = Lafayette
| site_stadium = University Field
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| score = 14–0
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|title=Princeton, 14; Lafayette, 0: Excellent Defensive Work by the Easton Boys Kept the Score Down|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 13, 1895|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16517993/princeton_14_lafayette_0_excellent/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 15
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Lawrenceville School
| site_stadium = Lawrenceville Grounds
| site_cityst = Lawrenceville, NJ
| score = 38–0
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|title=Several Princeton Men Are Hurt: Tigers Have a Sharp and Snappy Game with the Lawrenceville "Preps"|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=October 16, 1895|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16518250/several_princeton_men_are_hurt_tigers/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 17
| w/l = w
| opponent = Princeton Seminary
| site_stadium = University Field
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| score = 10–4
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|title=Tigers vs. Seminarians: The Varsity Team Defeats the Princeton Seminarians|newspaper=Union Leader|date=October 18, 1895|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16518413/tigers_vs_seminarians_the_varsity/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 19
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = Lehigh
| site_stadium = Philadelphia Ball Park
| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA
| score = 16–0
| attend = 2,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Princeton and Lehigh: The Tigers Put Up a Weak Game and Disappointed Their Many Admirers|newspaper=The Times (Philadelphia)|date=October 20, 1895|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16520304/princeton_and_lehigh_the_tigers_put_up/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 23
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1895|team=Union Garnet|title=Union (NY)}}
| site_stadium = University Field
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| score = 22–0
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|title=Princeton, 22; Union, 0|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 24, 1895|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16519456/princeton_22_union_0/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 26
| w/l = t
| away = y
| opponent = Orange Athletic Club
| site_stadium = Orange Oval
| site_cityst = Orange, NJ
| score = 0–0
| attend = 3,000
| source = {{cite news|title=A Great Game: The Tigers Were Unable to Score Against Orange|newspaper=The Sunday News Dealer|date=October 27, 1895|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16519236/a_great_game_the_tigers_were_unable/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 2
| w/l = w
| opponent = Harvard
| site_stadium = University Field
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 12–4
| attend = 6,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Princeton, 12; Harvard, 4|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 3, 1895|pages=1–2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16518993/princeton_12_harvard_4/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 9
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = Cornell
| site_stadium = Manhattan Field
| site_cityst = New York, NY
| score = 6–0
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|title=Princeton, 6; Cornell, 0|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 10, 1895|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16518832/princeton_6_cornell_0/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 23
| w/l = l
| neutral = y
| opponent = Yale
| site_stadium = Manhattan Field
| site_cityst = New York, NY
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 10–20
| attend = 35,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Yale Downs the Tiger: Princeton Defeated on Manhattan Field by a Score of 20 to 10|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=November 24, 1895|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16518636/yale_downs_the_tiger_princeton/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
Roster
- Armstrong, HB
- Ayers, HB
- W. H. Bannard, FB
- John Baird, HB
- Brokaw, QB
- William W. Church, T
- Garrett Cochran, E
- Dickey, C
- David Farragut Edwards, HB
- Fulton, HB
- Robert Gailey, C
- Hearn, E
- Hinson, E
- Hunt, C
- Gordon Johnston, E
- Jordan, G
- Addison Kelly, HB
- James Knight, E
- Langdon Lea, T
- Neilson Poe, HB
- Pope, FB
- Rhodes, G
- Dudley Riggs, G
- Rosengarten, HB
- Smith, QB
- Billy Suter, HB
- Albert Tyler, T
- Wentz, G