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1884 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Billingsley)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainClinton N. Bird
Seasons
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1885 →
1884 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 1
Yale   –   8 – 0 – 1
Michigan   –   2 – 0 – 0
Williams   –   2 – 0 – 0
Navy   –   1 – 0 – 0
Wabash   –   1 – 0 – 0
Penn   –   5 – 1 – 1
Fordham   –   5 – 1 – 0
Harvard   –   7 – 4 – 0
Wesleyan   –   3 – 2 – 0
Butler   –   1 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   1 – 1 – 0
Rutgers   –   3 – 4 – 0
Stevens   –   4 – 5 – 0
Dartmouth   –   1 – 2 – 1
Tufts   –   2 – 4 – 1
Massachusetts   –   1 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   2 – 5 – 0
Johns Hopkins   –   1 – 3 – 0
Albion   –   0 – 1 – 0
CCNY   –   0 – 1 – 0
Denver   –   0 – 1 – 0
DePauw   –   0 – 1 – 0
Olivet   –   0 – 2 – 0
Amherst   –   0 – 3 – 0
Lehigh   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1884 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1884 college football season. The Tigers finished with a 9–0–1 record and were retroactively named national champions by the Billingsley Report and co-champions by Parke H. Davis.[1][2] This season marked Princeton's 12th football national championship.[3] Clinton N. Bird was the team captain.[4]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4at RutgersNew Brunswick, NJ (rivalry)W 23–5[5]
October 113:00 p.m.WesleyanPrinceton, NJW 22–2[6]
October 15at Stevens
W 4–0[7]
October 182:40 p.m.RutgersPrinceton, NJW 35–0[8]
October 25at PennPhiladelphia, PA (rivalry)W 31–0
October 29LafayettePrinceton, NJW 140–0
November 1StevensPrinceton, NJW 58–0
November 8Johns HopkinsPrinceton, NJW 57–0
November 15at Harvard
W 36–62,000–3,000[9][10]
November 27vs. Yale
T 0–0over 10,000[11]

References

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  1. ^ "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 20, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  2. ^ "1884 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on February 27, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "Championships - Tigers Football". princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Archived from the original on March 18, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  4. ^ "All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF). goprincetontigers.com. Princeton University. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  5. ^ "Trying Princeton's Football Team". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 5, 1884. p. 1. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Football At Princeton—An Interesting Game Between The Wesleyan And Princeton Clubs". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 12, 1884. p. 7. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Princeton's Hard Struggle". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 16, 1884. p. 8. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Football At Princeton—The Rutgers Eleven Beaten In A Fairly Played Game". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 19, 1884. p. 1. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "The Season of Slogging Well Begun With Princeton's Victory at Harvard". The Boston Glove. November 16, 1884. p. 3. Archived from the original on April 10, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2020 – via NewspaperArchive.(attendance reported as 2,000)
  10. ^ "Princeton's Eleven Wins". The New York Times. November 16, 1884. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.(attendance reported as 3,000)
  11. ^ "Hard Work and No Glory: The Princeton-Yale Football Game Declared Drawn". The New York Times. November 28, 1884. p. 1. Archived from the original on January 7, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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