1896 Princeton Tigers football team
| 1896 Princeton Tigers football | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Independent |
| 1896 record | 10–0–1 |
| Head coach | Franklin Morse |
| Captain | Garrett Cochran |
The 1896 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1896 college football season. The team finished with a 10–0–1 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, and Houlgate System, and as a co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation and Parke H. Davis.[1][2] They outscored their opponents 299 to 12.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 3 | Rutgers | Princeton, NJ | W 44–0 | ||||||
| October 7 | at Lafayette | March Field • Easton, PA | T 0–0 | ||||||
| October 10 | Lehigh | Princeton, NJ | W 16–0 | ||||||
| October 14 | Carlisle | Princeton, NJ | W 22–6 | ||||||
| October 17 | at Army | West Point, NY | W 11–0 | ||||||
| October 21 | Virginia | Princeton, NJ | W 48–0 | ||||||
| October 24 | Penn State | Princeton, NJ | W 39–0 | ||||||
| October 28 | Lawrenceville School | ? | W 46–0 | ||||||
| October 31 | Cornell | Princeton, NJ | W 37–0 | ||||||
| November 7 | at Harvard | Cambridge, MA | W 12–0 | ||||||
| November 21 | vs. Yale | New York, NY | W 24–6 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
- 1 2 1896 Princeton University football scores and results. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 16, 2013.
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