1896 Princeton Tigers football team

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The 1896 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1896 college football season. The team finished with a 10–0–1 record, shut out 10 of 12 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 266 to 12.[1] Franklin Morse was the head coach, and Garrett Cochran was the team captain.

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Record10–0–1
Headcoach
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1896 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Billingsley, Helms, Houlgate)
Co-national champion (NCF, Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–0–1
Head coach
CaptainGarrett Cochran
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1897 â†’
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1896 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Fordham â€“ 1–0–0
Lafayette â€“ 11–0–1
Princeton â€“ 10–0–1
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 8–0–1
Penn â€“ 14–1–0
Yale â€“ 13–1–0
Pittsburgh College â€“ 11–2–0
Buffalo â€“ 9–1–2
Villanova â€“ 10–4–0
Bucknell â€“ 5–2–1
Harvard â€“ 7–4–0
Boston College â€“ 5–3–0
Storrs â€“ 5–3–0
Cornell â€“ 5–3–1
Syracuse â€“ 5–3–2
Temple â€“ 3–2–0
Army â€“ 3–2–1
Rutgers â€“ 6–6–0
Carlisle â€“ 5–5–0
Holy Cross â€“ 2–2–2
Brown â€“ 4–5–1
Wesleyan â€“ 4–5–1
Dickinson â€“ 4–5–0
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 3–4–2
Geneva â€“ 3–4–0
Penn State â€“ 3–4–0
Colgate â€“ 3–4–1
Amherst â€“ 3–6–1
Western Univ. Penn. â€“ 3–6–0
Lehigh â€“ 2–5–0
Tufts â€“ 2–6–1
Swarthmore â€“ 2–6–0
New Hampshire â€“ 1–4–0
Drexel â€“ 1–5–0
Massachusetts â€“ 0–4–0
Rhode Island â€“ 0–4–0
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There was no contemporaneous system in 1896 for determining a national champion. However, Princeton was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, and Houlgate System, and as a co-national champion with Lafayette by the National Championship Foundation (NCF) and Parke H. Davis.[2] In head-to-head competition, Princeton and Lafayette played to a scoreless tie on October 7, 1896.[3]

Four Princeton players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1896 All-America team: halfback Addison Kelly; fullback John Baird; center Robert Gailey; and tackle William W. Church.[4] Other notable players included quarterback F. L. Smith, halfback William Bannard, end Garrett Cochran, and guard Edward Crowdis.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3RutgersPrinceton, NJ (rivalry)W 44–0[5]
October 7at Lafayette
T 0–05,000[3]
October 10LehighPrinceton, NJW 16–0[6]
October 14CarlislePrinceton, NJW 22–6[7]
October 173:20 p.m.at ArmyW 11–05,000[8]
October 21VirginiaPrinceton, NJW 48–0> 6,000[9]
October 24Penn StatePrinceton, NJW 39–01,000[10]
October 26Lawrenceville SchoolPrinceton, NJW 46–0[11]
October 31CornellPrinceton, NJW 37–06,000[12]
November 7at HarvardW 12–020,000[13]
November 21vs. YaleW 24–635,000–50,000[14][15]
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