1891 Princeton Tigers football team

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The 1891 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1891 college football season. The team finished with a 12–1 record. The Tigers recorded 12 shutouts and outscored opponents by a combined total of 391 to 0 in their first 12 games.[1] The team's sole loss was in the final game of the season by a 19–0 score against Yale.[2]

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Record12–1
Headcoach
  • None
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1891 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record12–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainRalph Warren
Home stadiumUniversity Field
Seasons
← 1890
1892 â†’
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1891 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale â€“ 13–0–0
Harvard â€“ 13–1–0
Princeton â€“ 12–1–0
Tufts â€“ 7–1–0
Penn â€“ 11–2–0
Colgate â€“ 4–1–0
Army â€“ 4–1–1
Bucknell â€“ 6–2–1
Navy â€“ 5–2–0
Cornell â€“ 7–3–0
Geneva â€“ 4–2–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 4–2–0
Lehigh â€“ 7–4–0
Rutgers â€“ 8–6–0
Brown â€“ 4–6–0
Springfield YMCA â€“ 5–8–1
Fordham â€“ 1–2–1
Syracuse â€“ 4–7–0
Massachusetts â€“ 2–5–0
Western Univ. Penn. â€“ 2–6–0
Lafayette â€“ 2–9–1
NYU â€“ 1–4–0
Columbia â€“ 1–5–0
Wesleyan â€“ 1–6–0
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Three Princeton players, quarterback Philip King, fullback Sheppard Homans, Jr., and guard Jesse Riggs, were consensus first-team honorees on the 1891 College Football All-America Team.[3]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3RutgersW 12–0[4]
October 82:20 p.m.at LehighBethlehem, PAW 18–02,000[5]
October 10at Crescent Athletic ClubW 28–03,000[6]
October 14Lehigh
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 30–0[7]
October 17at Franklin & Marshall
W 44–0> 1,500[8]
October 20at LafayetteEaston, PAW 24–0[9]
October 24New York Athletic Club
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 28–0[10]
October 28Manhattan Athletic Club
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 78–0[11]
October 31vs. WesleyanW 73–03,000[12]
November 3at Orange Athletic ClubW 26–03,500[13]
November 7at PennW 24–012,000[14][15]
November 14Cornell
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 6–02,000[16]
November 26vs. Yale
  • Manhattan Field
  • New York, NY (rivalry)
L 0–1940,000[17]
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