1899_Princeton_Tigers_football_team

1899 Princeton Tigers football team

1899 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season

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]

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References

  1. [1]
    National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
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    "1899 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
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    "Princeton Beats Lafayette". The New York Times. October 12, 1899. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "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.
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    "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.
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    "Princeton Wins". Sunday Leader. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. November 5, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    "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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