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1878 Princeton Tigers football team

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1878 Princeton Tigers football
National champion
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–0
Head coach
CaptainBland Ballard
Seasons
← 1877
1879 →
1878 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton     6 0 0
Yale     4 1 1
Columbia     0 0 1
CCNY     1 1 0
Stevens     1 1 2
Harvard     1 2 0
Penn     1 2 1
Rutgers     1 2 1
Amherst     1 3 0
Brown     0 1 0
Swarthmore     0 1 0

The 1878 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1878 college football season. The team finished with a 6–0 record and allowed only one goal.[2] The Tigers were retroactively named national champions by the Billingsley Report, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.[3][4] This season marked Princeton's eighth national championship, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881.[5] The team's captain was Bland Ballard.[6]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 19Penn
W 2–0[7]
October 262:34 p.m.Stevens
  • University grounds
  • Princeton, NJ
W 4–0[8]
November 2RutgersPrinceton, NJ (rivalry)W 5–0
November 92:30 p.m.at PennW 2–1[9]
November 162:30 p.m.at HarvardW 1–01,000[10][11]
November 282:25 p.m.vs. Yale
W 1–0[12]

References

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  1. ^ Okeson, Walter R., ed. (1934). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1934. New York: American Sports Publishing Co. pp. 206–208.
  2. ^ "All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF). goprincetontigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  3. ^ "1878 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  4. ^ "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  5. ^ "Championships - Tigers Football". princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  6. ^ "All Time Captains". www.princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  7. ^ "A Bout At Football.—University Vs. Princeton College teams". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 21, 1878. p. 3. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Football: Princeton Against the Stevens Institute -- The Hoboken Men Get a Very Bad Thrashing". New York Daily Herald. October 27, 1878. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Foot-ball.—Princeton Against Philadelphia". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 10, 1878. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "The Princeton-Harvard Football Match". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 16, 1878. p. 1. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Fall Sports.—Princeton Defeats Harvard at Foot-Ball". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 17, 1878. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Princeton Defeats Yale". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 29, 1878. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.