1899 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1899 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1899 college football season. The team finished with a 12–1 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report and Parke H. Davis. Harvard compiled a 10–0–1 record and was selected as the national champion by three other selectors.[1][2] They outscored their opponents 185 to 21.[2]

1899 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Billingsley, Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record12–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainBig Bill Edwards
Home stadiumOsborne Field
1899 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard   –  10 –0 –1
Lafayette   –  12 –1 –0
Princeton   –  12 –1 –0
Buffalo   –  7 –1 –0
Boston College   –  8 –1 –1
Carlisle   –  9 –2 –0
Swarthmore   –  8 –1 –2
Washington & Jefferson   –  9 –2 –1
Wesleyan   –  7 –2 –0
Pittsburgh College   –  2 –0 –2
Villanova   –  7 –2 –1
Yale   –  7 –2 –1
Western Univ. of Penn.   –  3 –1 –1
Columbia   –  9 –3 –0
Fordham   –  3 –1 –0
Cornell   –  7 –3 –0
Penn   –  8 –3 –2
Brown   –  7 –3 –1
New Hampshire   –  4 –2 –0
Vermont   –  5 –3 –0
Tufts   –  7 –4 –0
Bucknell   –  6 –4 –0
Holy Cross   –  5 –5 –0
Syracuse   –  4 –4 –0
Drexel   –  3 –3 –0
Army   –  4 –5 –0
Colgate   –  4 –5 –0
Penn State   –  4 –6 –1
Frankin & Marshall   –  3 –5 –1
NYU   –  2 –6 –0
Temple   –  1 –4 –1
Dartmouth   –  2 –7 –0
Lehigh   –  2 –9 –0
Rutgers   –  2 –9 –0
Geneva   –  0 –3 –0

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at Maryland Athletic ClubBaltimore, MDW 28–0
October 7at Navy
W 5–0
October 11Lafayette
W 12–01,500[3]
October 142:45 p.m.at ColumbiaW 11–0[4]
October 18Penn State
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 12–0
October 21at ArmyW 23–0
October 28Lehigh
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 17–0
November 1at CornellIthaca, NYL 0–5
November 43:15 p.m.Brown
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 18–63,500[5][6]
November 82:00 p.m.North Carolina
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 30–0
November 11at CarlisleCarlisle, PAW 12–0
November 183:00 p.m.Washington & Jefferson
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 6–0[7]
November 25at Yale
W 11–10

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References

  1. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. "1899 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. "Princeton Beats Lafayette". The New York Times. October 12, 1899. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Princeton 11, Columbia 0". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. October 15, 1899. p. 19. Retrieved May 2, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. "Princeton Downed Brown". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. November 5, 1899. p. 14. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. "Princeton Wins". Sunday Leader. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. November 5, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. "Tigers Surprised". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 19, 1899. p. 14. Retrieved September 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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