1894 Princeton Tigers football team

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The 1894 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team representing Princeton University as an independent during the 1894 college football season. The team compiled an 8–2 record, shut out six of ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 208 to 44.[1] Thomas Trenchard was the team captain.

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Record8–2
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CaptainThomas Trenchard
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1894 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Houlgate)
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainThomas Trenchard
Seasons
← 1893
1895 â†’
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1894 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale â€“ 16–0–0
Penn â€“ 12–0–0
Villanova â€“ 1–0–0
Penn State â€“ 6–0–1
Harvard â€“ 11–2–0
Geneva â€“ 5–1–0
Princeton â€“ 8–2–0
Temple â€“ 4–1–0
Holy Ghost College â€“ 7–2–1
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 5–2–1
Brown â€“ 10–5–0
Bucknell â€“ 5–3–0
Colgate â€“ 2–1–1
Army â€“ 3–2–0
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 6–4–0
Cornell â€“ 6–4–1
Amherst â€“ 7–5–0
Trinity (CT) â€“ 4–3–0
Syracuse â€“ 6–5–0
Tufts â€“ 6–5–0
Massachusetts â€“ 3–3–0
Swarthmore â€“ 5–5–0
Western Univ. Penn â€“ 1–1–0
Lafayette â€“ 5–6–0
New Hampshire â€“ 2–3–0
Rutgers â€“ 4–6–0
Lehigh â€“ 5–9–0
Williams â€“ 1–3–0
Drexel â€“ 1–3–0
MIT â€“ 1–4–0
Boston College â€“ 1–6–0
Carlisle â€“ 1–8–0
Buffalo â€“ 0–2–0
NYU â€“ 0–3–0
Wesleyan â€“ 0–5–0
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There was no contemporaneous system in 1894 for determining a national champion. However, Princeton was retroactively named as the national champion by one selector, the Houlgate System. Most of the other selectors chose Yale (16–0 record) as the national champion for 1894.[2] Yale also defeated Princeton in head-to-head competition.

Two Princeton players, tackle Langdon Lea and guard Art Wheeler, were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1894 All-America team.[3] Lea and Wheeler were both later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[4][5]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29LafayettePrinceton, NJW 40–03,000[6]
October 6at LehighSouth Bethlehem, PAW 8–0[7]
October 10RutgersPrinceton, NJ (rivalry)W 48–0[8]
October 152:00 p.m.vs. Virginia
W 12–0[9][10]
October 20vs. Cornell
W 12–45,000[11]
October 24LehighPrinceton, NJW 32–0900[12]
October 27Volunteer (NY) Athletic AssociationPrinceton, NJW 34–0[13][14]
November 10vs. Penn
L 0–12[15]
November 21at Orange Athletic Club
W 16–4[16]
December 12:08 p.m.vs. Yale
L 0–2420,000–30,000[17][18][19][20]
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