1875 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season

1875 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Billingsley) Co-national champion (Davis)
Conference	Independent
Record	2–0
Head coach	None
Captain	Collins Denny
Seasons ← 1874 1876 →

The 1875 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1875 college football season. The team finished with a 2–0 record.^[1] Collins Denny, who later became a notable clergyman and professor of philosophy, was captain of the 1875 team.^[2]

On November 13, Princeton defeated Columbia by a 6–2 score. The New York Herald wrote: "The contest was short, sharp and decisive and attracted a considerable crowd."^[3]

The team was retroactively named national champion by the Billingsley Report and as co-national champion (along with Harvard and Columbia) by Parke H. Davis.^[4]

This season marked the last of four consecutive national championships, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881.^[5]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
November 13	Columbia	Princeton, NJ	W 6–2	^[6]
November 20	Stevens	Princeton, NJ	W 6–0

Standings

1875 college football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Harvard		–		4	–	0	–	0
Princeton		–		2	–	0	–	0
Columbia		–		4	–	1	–	1
Rutgers		–		1	–	1	–	1
Yale		–		2	–	2	–	0
Stevens		–		3	–	3	–	0
Tufts		–		0	–	1	–	0
NYU		–		0	–	1	–	0
Wesleyan		–		0	–	1	–	0
Bates		–		0	–	1	–	0
Canada All-Stars		–		0	–	2	–	0
CCNY		–		0	–	3	–	0

References

^ "1875 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
^ "All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF). goprincetontigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
^ "Football at Princeton". New York Herald. November 14, 1875. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
^ "Championships - Tigers Football". princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
^ "Football At Princeton". New York Herald. New York, New York. November 14, 1875. p. 5. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .

v t e 1875 Princeton Tigers football—national champions
Collins Denny A. J. McCosh

v t e Princeton Tigers football
Venues	University Field (1876–1913) Palmer Stadium (1914–1996) Powers Field at Princeton Stadium (1998–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Legacy Bowl Harvard Penn Rutgers Yale
Culture & lore	First American football game (painting) 1922 Chicago game Poe brothers The Tiger "Princeton Cannon Song" Winged football helmet
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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