1906 Princeton Tigers football team

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The 1906 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1906 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bill Roper, the team compiled a 9–0–1 record, shut out eight of ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 205 to 9.[1] Herb Dillon was the team captain.

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Record9–0–1
Headcoach
OffensiveschemeShort punt
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1906 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Helms, NCF)
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeShort punt
CaptainHerb Dillon
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1907 â†’
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1906 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton â€“ 9–0–1
Yale â€“ 9–0–1
Haverford â€“ 7–0–2
Harvard â€“ 10–1–0
Cornell â€“ 8–1–2
Lafayette â€“ 8–1–1
Penn State â€“ 8–1–1
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 9–2–0
Swarthmore â€“ 7–2–0
Drexel â€“ 6–2–0
Tufts â€“ 6–2–0
Penn â€“ 7–2–3
Carlisle â€“ 9–3–0
Brown â€“ 6–3–0
Rutgers â€“ 5–2–2
Dartmouth â€“ 6–3–1
Syracuse â€“ 6–3–0
Colgate â€“ 4–2–2
Vermont â€“ 5–4–0
Fordham â€“ 5–3–0
Western U. of Penn. â€“ 6–4–0
Holy Cross â€“ 4–3–1
Amherst â€“ 3–3–1
Lehigh â€“ 5–5–1
Bucknell â€“ 3–4–1
Dickinson â€“ 3–4–2
Carnegie Tech â€“ 2–3–2
Army â€“ 3–5–1
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 3–5–1
Wesleyan â€“ 2–4–1
New Hampshire â€“ 2–5–1
Villanova â€“ 3–7–0
Springfield Training School â€“ 1–5–3
NYU â€“ 0–4–0
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There was no contemporaneous system in 1906 for determining a national champion. However, Princeton was retroactively named as the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and National Championship Foundation.[2]

Three Princeton players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1906 All-America team: quarterback Edward Dillon; end Caspar Wister; and tackle James Cooney.[3] Other key players included fullback Jim McCormick, who was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[4]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Villanova
W 24–0[5]
October 3Stevens
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 22–0[6]
October 6Washington & Jefferson
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 6–0[7]
October 10Lehigh
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 52–0[8]
October 13at NavyW 5–0[9]
October 20Bucknell
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 32–42,000[10]
October 27vs. CornellW 14–520,000[11]
November 3Dartmouth
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 42–08,000[12]
November 10at ArmyW 8–0[13]
November 172:08 p.m.Yale
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
T 0–030,000[14][15][16]
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