1899 Princeton Tigers football team

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The 1899 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1899 college football season. The team finished with a 12–1 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report and Parke H. Davis. Harvard compiled a 10–0–1 record and was selected as the national champion by three other selectors.[1][2] They outscored their opponents 185 to 21.[2]

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1899 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Billingsley, Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record12–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainBig Bill Edwards
Home stadiumOsborne Field
Seasons
← 1898
1900 â†’
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1899 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard â€“ 10–0–1
Lafayette â€“ 12–1–0
Princeton â€“ 12–1–0
Buffalo â€“ 7–1–0
Boston College â€“ 8–1–1
Carlisle â€“ 9–2–0
Swarthmore â€“ 8–1–2
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 9–2–1
Wesleyan â€“ 7–2–0
Pittsburgh College â€“ 2–0–2
Villanova â€“ 7–2–1
Yale â€“ 7–2–1
Western Univ. of Penn. â€“ 3–1–1
Columbia â€“ 9–3–0
Fordham â€“ 3–1–0
Cornell â€“ 7–3–0
Penn â€“ 8–3–2
Brown â€“ 7–3–1
New Hampshire â€“ 4–2–0
Vermont â€“ 5–3–0
Tufts â€“ 7–4–0
Bucknell â€“ 6–4–0
Dickinson â€“ 6–6–1
Holy Cross â€“ 5–5–0
Syracuse â€“ 4–4–0
Drexel â€“ 3–3–0
Army â€“ 4–5–0
Colgate â€“ 4–5–0
Penn State â€“ 4–6–1
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 3–5–1
NYU â€“ 2–6–0
Temple â€“ 1–4–1
Dartmouth â€“ 2–7–0
Lehigh â€“ 2–9–0
Rutgers â€“ 2–9–0
Geneva â€“ 0–3–0
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Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at Maryland Athletic ClubW 28–0
October 7at NavyW 5–0
October 11LafayetteW 12–01,500[3]
October 142:45 p.m.at ColumbiaW 11–0[4]
October 183:20 p.m.Penn State
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 12–0
October 21at ArmyW 23–0
October 28Lehigh
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 17–0
November 1at CornellIthaca, NYL 0–5
November 43:15 p.m.Brown
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 18–63,500[5][6]
November 82:00 p.m.North Carolina
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 30–0
November 112:40 p.m.vs. Carlisle
  • Manhattan Field
  • New York, NY
W 12–08,000[7]
November 183:00 p.m.Washington & Jefferson
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 6–0[8]
November 25at YaleW 11–10
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