1895 Princeton Tigers football team

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The 1895 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1895 college football season. The team finished with a 10–1–1 record. The Tigers recorded nine shutouts and outscored opponents by a combined score of 224 to 28. The team's sole loss was in the last game of the season by a 20–10 score against Yale.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record10–1–1
Headcoach
  • None
CaptainLangdon Lea
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1895 Princeton Tigers football
Illustration of a 1895 Princeton v Yale game
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–1–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainLangdon Lea
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1895 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn â€“ 14–0–0
Yale â€“ 13–0–2
Princeton â€“ 10–1–1
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 6–1–1
Harvard â€“ 8–2–1
Lafayette â€“ 6–2–0
Syracuse â€“ 6–2–2
Army â€“ 5–2–0
Bucknell â€“ 5–2–0
Colgate â€“ 4–2–0
Swarthmore â€“ 7–4–1
Tufts â€“ 8–5–0
Villanova â€“ 4–2–0
Wesleyan â€“ 6–3–0
Amherst â€“ 6–5–0
Brown â€“ 7–6–1
Carlisle â€“ 4–4–0
Drexel â€“ 3–3–1
Rhode Island â€“ 1–1–0
Penn State â€“ 2–2–3
Cornell â€“ 3–4–1
Rutgers â€“ 3–4–0
New Hampshire â€“ 2–3–1
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 3–5–1
Boston College â€“ 2–4–2
Lehigh â€“ 3–6–0
CCNY â€“ 2–5–1
Buffalo â€“ 1–4–2
Temple â€“ 1–4–1
MIT â€“ 1–4–0
Trinity (CT) â€“ 1–4–0
Massachusetts â€“ 1–5–0
Western Univ. Penn. â€“ 1–6–0
Geneva â€“ 0–5–0
NYU â€“ 0–5–0
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Two Princeton players, tackle Langdon Lea and guard Dudley Riggs, were consensus first-team honorees on the 1895 College Football All-America Team.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at Elizabeth Athletic ClubElizabeth, NJW 40–0[3]
October 5Rutgers
W 22–0[4]
October 9vs. Virginia
W 36–03,000[5]
October 12Lafayette
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 14–0[6]
October 15at Lawrenceville School
W 38–0[7]
October 17Princeton Seminary
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 10–4[8]
October 19vs. Lehigh
W 16–02,000[9]
October 23Union (NY)
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 22–0[10]
October 26at Orange Athletic Club
T 0–03,000[11]
November 2Harvard
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 12–46,000[12]
November 9vs. Cornell
W 6–0[13]
November 23vs. Yale
  • Manhattan Field
  • New York, NY (rivalry)
L 10–2035,000[14]
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