1879 Princeton Tigers football team

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The 1879 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1879 college football season. The team finished with a 4–0–1 record and was retroactively named national champion by the Billingsley Report and National Championship Foundation and as co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1][2] This season was Princeton's ninth national championship, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881.[3] The team's captain was Bland Ballard.[4]

ConferenceIndependent
Record4–0–1
Headcoach
  • None
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1879 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Billingsley, NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–0–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainBland Ballard
Seasons
← 1878
1880 â†’
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1879 college football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton â€“ 4–0–1
Yale â€“ 3–0–2
Massachusetts â€“ 1–0–0
Michigan â€“ 1–0–1
Haverford â€“ 1–0–1
Harvard â€“ 2–1–2
Penn â€“ 2–2–0
Amherst â€“ 1–1–0
Navy â€“ 0–0–1
McGill â€“ 0–0–1
Toronto â€“ 0–0–1
Stevens â€“ 1–2–5
Rutgers â€“ 1–2–3
Pennsylvania Military â€“ 0–1–1
NYU â€“ 0–2–1
Racine â€“ 0–1–0
Swarthmore â€“ 0–1–0
Columbia â€“ 0–3–2
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Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 18PennPrinceton, NJ (rivalry)W 6–0
November 1Columbia
  • Princeton Athletic Grounds
  • Princeton, NJ
W 2–0[5]
November 8Stevens
  • Princeton Athletic Grounds
  • Princeton, NJ
W 7–0[6]
November 153:10 p.m.vs. Harvard
  • St. George's Cricket Club grounds
  • Hoboken, NJ (rivalry)
W 1–03,000[7]
November 272:40 p.m.vs. Yale
T 0–06,000–7,000[8][9]
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