1902 Princeton Tigers football team

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The 1902 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1902 college football season. The team finished with an 8–1 record under first-year head coach Garrett Cochran. The Tigers won their first eight games, including seven shutouts, and outscored their opponents by a total of 164 to 17. The team's only loss was in the last game of the season by a 12–5 score against Yale.[1] Princeton guard John DeWitt, who later won the silver medal in the hammer throw at the 1904 Summer Olympics, was selected as a consensus first-team honoree on the 1902 College Football All-America Team.[2]

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1902 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
CaptainRalph Tipton Davis
Home stadiumUniversity Field
Seasons
← 1901
1903 â†’
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1902 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Ursinus â€“ 9–0–0
Yale â€“ 11–0–1
Geneva â€“ 7–0–0
Harvard â€“ 11–1–0
Princeton â€“ 8–1–0
Army â€“ 6–1–1
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 7–2–0
Dartmouth â€“ 6–2–1
Holy Cross â€“ 6–2–1
Syracuse â€“ 6–2–1
Carlisle â€“ 8–3–0
Cornell â€“ 8–3–0
Lafayette â€“ 8–3–0
Amherst â€“ 7–3–0
Penn State â€“ 7–3–0
Penn â€“ 9–4–0
Lehigh â€“ 7–3–1
Vermont â€“ 5–3–2
Colgate â€“ 5–3–1
NYU â€“ 5–3–0
Bucknell â€“ 6–4–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 6–4–0
Columbia â€“ 6–4–1
Springfield Training School â€“ 3–2–1
Villanova â€“ 4–3–0
Brown â€“ 5–4–1
Swarthmore â€“ 6–6–0
Western U. of Penn. â€“ 5–6–1
New Hampshire â€“ 2–3–1
Buffalo â€“ 3–5–1
Tufts â€“ 4–6–1
Dickinson â€“ 4–6–0
Fordham â€“ 2–4–1
Wesleyan â€“ 3–6–1
Rutgers â€“ 3–7–0
Navy â€“ 2–7–1
Drexel â€“ 1–4–1
Temple â€“ 1–4–1
Pittsburgh College â€“ 1–6–0
Boston College â€“ 0–8–0
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27 SwarthmoreW 18–0
October 4 Lehigh
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 23–0
October 11at NavyW 11–0
October 15 Haverford
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 30–0
October 18 Washington & Jefferson
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 23–5[3]
October 22 Dickinson
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 23–0
October 25 Columbia
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 21–06,000[4]
November 1 Cornell
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 10–0
November 15 Yale
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
L 5–1220,000[5]
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