1888 Princeton Tigers football team

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The 1888 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1888 college football season. The team compiled an 11–1 record. The team held its first ten opponents scoreless, winning those games by a combined 589 to 0 score. The team's sole loss was by a 10–0 score in the final game of the season against an undefeated Yale team that has been recognized as the 1888 national champion.[1]

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1888 Princeton Tigers football
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Record11–1
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CaptainHector Cowan
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1888 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale â€“ 13–0–0
Harvard â€“ 12–1–0
Princeton â€“ 11–1–0
Lehigh â€“ 10–2–0
Trinity (CT) â€“ 5–1–1
Lafayette â€“ 6–3–0
Cornell â€“ 4–2–0
Penn â€“ 9–7–0
Bucknell â€“ 2–3–0
Fordham â€“ 1–2–0
Massachusetts â€“ 2–4–0
Wesleyan â€“ 2–7–0
Worcester Tech â€“ 1–4–0
Rutgers â€“ 1–6–1
Penn State â€“ 0–2–1
Swarthmore â€“ 0–5–0
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The practice of selecting All-American football teams began the following year with the 1890 College Football All-America Team. However, Princeton's roster in 1888 included a number of star players, including fullback Knowlton "Snake" Ames, end Jesse Riggs, right tackle Hector Cowan.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29LehighW 75–0[3]
October 7vs. Crescent Athletic Club
W 31–0[4]
October 10Penn
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 63–0[5]
October 13Stevens
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 80–0[6]
October 17at Rutgers
W 78–0[7]
October 20Penn
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 38–0
October 24Rutgers
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 82–0[8]
November 3Johns Hopkins
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 10–0[9]
November 6vs. WesleyanW 44–02,500[10]
November 10at PennW 4–0
November 17Harvard
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 18–6[11][12]
November 24vs. Yale
L 0–1010,000–20,000[13]
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