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]
| 1878 Princeton Tigers football | |
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National champion | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 6–0 |
| Head coach | |
| Captain | Bland Ballard |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule edit
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 19 | Penn |
| W 2–0 | [7] | ||
| October 26 | 2:34 p.m. | Stevens |
| W 4–0 | [8] | |
| November 2 | Rutgers | Princeton, NJ (rivalry) | W 5–0 | |||
| November 9 | 2:30 p.m. | at Penn | W 2–1 | [9] | ||
| November 16 | 2:30 p.m. | at Harvard | W 1–0 | 1,000 | [10][11] | |
| November 28 | 2:25 p.m. | vs. Yale |
| W 1–0 | [12] | |
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References edit
- ^ Okeson, Walter R., ed. (1934). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1934. New York: American Sports Publishing Co. pp. 206–208.
- ^ "All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF). goprincetontigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ^ "1878 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- ^ "Championships - Tigers Football". princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ^ "All Time Captains". www.princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ^ "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
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- ^ "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.
- ^ "Foot-ball.—Princeton Against Philadelphia". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 10, 1878. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "The Princeton-Harvard Football Match". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 16, 1878. p. 1. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "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 .
- ^ "Princeton Defeats Yale". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 29, 1878. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
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