1887 Princeton Tigers football team

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The 1887 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1887 college football season. The team finished with a 7–2 record. The Tigers held their first nine opponents scoreless, winning those games by a combined 420 to 0 score. The team then lost the last two games of the season against Harvard and Yale.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2
Headcoach
  • None
CaptainWoody Wagenhorst
Quick facts Princeton Tigers football, Conference ...
1887 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainWoody Wagenhorst
Seasons
← 1886
1888 â†’
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1887 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale â€“ 9–0–0
Penn State â€“ 2–0–0
Harvard â€“ 10–1–0
Lafayette â€“ 7–2–0
Princeton â€“ 7–2–0
Lehigh â€“ 4–3–0
Williams â€“ 3–3–0
Penn â€“ 6–7–0
Wesleyan â€“ 4–5–0
Tufts â€“ 4–6–0
Massachusetts â€“ 2–3–0
Rutgers â€“ 2–6–0
Bucknell â€“ 0–2–0
Cornell â€“ 0–2–0
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 0–2–0
Vermont â€“ 0–2–0
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 8Lafayette
W 47–0[2]
October 12at RutgersNew Brunswick, NJ (rivalry)W 30–01,500[3][4]
October 15Lehigh
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 80–0[5]
October 19at Penn
W 57–03,000[6]
October 22Penn
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 48–0[7]
October 29Wesleyan
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 69–0[8]
November 5at Penn
  • University Athletic Grounds
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 95–0[9]
November 12at Harvard
L 0–12[10]
November 19vs. Yale
L 0–12[11]
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