1907 Princeton Tigers football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1907

| team = Princeton Tigers

| sport = football

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| conference = Independent

| record = 7–2

| head_coach = Bill Roper

| hc_year = 2nd

| off_scheme = Short punt

| def_scheme =

| captain = Jim McCormick

| stadium = University Field

}}

{{1907 Eastern college football independents records}}

The 1907 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1907 college football season. The team finished with a 7–2 record under second-year head coach Bill Roper and outscored its opponents by a total of 282 to 23.{{cite web|title=1907 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/1907-schedule.html}} Three Princeton players (fullback Jim McCormick, halfback Edwin Harlan, and end Caspar Wister) were selected as consensus first-team honorees on the 1907 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}} Two other Princeton players (quarterback Edward Dillon and a center with the surname Phillips) also received first-team honors from at least one selector.

Schedule

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|September 28| |{{cfb link|year=1907|team=Stevens|title=Stevens}}|University Field|Princeton, NJ|W 47-0||

|October 5| |{{cfb link|year=1907|team=Wesleyan Methodists|title=Wesleyan}}|University Field|Princeton, NJ|W 53-0||

|October 9| |Bucknell|University Field|Princeton, NJ|W 52-0||

|October 16| |Villanova|University Field|Princeton, NJ|W 45-5||{{cite news |author= |title=Villa Nova Scores On Old Nassau |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88548422/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |date=October 17, 1907 |page=10 |access-date=November 7, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

|October 19| |Washington & Jefferson|University Field|Princeton, NJ|W 40-0||

|October 26|at|Cornell|Percy Field|Ithaca, NY|L 5-6||

|November 2| |Carlisle|University Field|Princeton, NJ|W 16-0||

|November 9| |{{cfb link|year=1907|team=Amherst|title=Amherst}}|University Field|Princeton, NJ|W 14-0||

|November 16|at|Yale|Yale Field|New Haven, CT (rivalry)|L 10-12|40,000|{{cite news|title=Yale's Greatest Football Season Closes with a Victory Over Harvard at Cambridge Yesterday: Yale Vanquishes Harvard, 12 to 0|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 24, 1907|pages=29, 30|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98251720/yales-greatest-football-season-closes/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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