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1891 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record12–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainRalph Warren
Home stadiumUniversity Field
Seasons
← 1890
1892 →
1891 Eastern college football independents records
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Yale     13 0 0
    Harvard     13 1 0
    Princeton     12 1 0
    Tufts     7 1 0
    Penn     11 2 0
    Colgate     4 1 0
    Army     4 1 1
    Navy     5 2 0
    Cornell     7 3 0
    Geneva     4 2 0
    Washington & Jefferson     4 2 0
    Lehigh     7 4 0
    Delaware     5 3 1
    Rutgers     8 6 0
    Brown     4 6 0
    Springfield YMCA     5 8 1
    Fordham     1 2 1
    Syracuse     4 7 0
    Massachusetts     2 5 0
    Western Univ. Penn.     2 6 0
    Lafayette     2 9 1
    Columbia     1 5 0
    Wesleyan     1 6 0

    The 1891 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1891 college football season. The team finished with a 12–1 record. The Tigers recorded 12 shutouts and outscored opponents by a combined total of 391 to 0 in their first 12 games.[1] The team's sole loss was in the final game of the season by a 19–0 score against Yale.[2]

    Three Princeton players, quarterback Philip King, fullback Sheppard Homans, Jr., and guard Jesse Riggs, were consensus first-team honorees on the 1891 College Football All-America Team.[3]

    Schedule[edit]

    DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
    October 3Rutgers
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
  • W 12–0[4]
    October 8atLehighBethlehem, PAW 18–02,000[5]
    October 10atCrescent Athletic Club
  • Brooklyn, NY
  • W 28–03,000[6]
    October 14Lehigh
    • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
  • W 30–0[7]
    October 17atFranklin & Marshall
    • McGrann's Park
  • Lancaster, PA
  • W 44–0> 1,500[8]
    October 20atLafayetteEaston, PAW 24–0[9]
    October 24New York Athletic Club
    • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
  • W 28–0[10]
    October 28Manhattan Athletic Club
    • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
  • W 78–0[11]
    October 31vs. Wesleyan
  • New York, NY
  • W 73–03,000[12]
    November 3atOrange Athletic Club
  • East Orange, New Jersey
  • W 26–03,500[13]
    November 7atPenn
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
  • W 24–012,000[14][15]
    November 14Cornell
    • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
  • W 6–02,000[16]
    November 26vs. Yale
    • Manhattan Field
  • New York, NY (rivalry)
  • L 0–1940,000[17]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "1891 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.
  • ^ "Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. 2012. pp. 2–4.
  • ^ "Princeton's Poor Showing: Rutgers Makes the Yellow and Black Wearers Play to Win". The Times (Philadelphia). October 4, 1891. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Princeton Defeats Lehigh: Superior Weight Was All That Gave the Jersey College Lads the Game". The Times (Philadelphia). October 9, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Victory for Princeton: The Crescents Lose Again at Eastern Park". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 11, 1891. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Football at Princeton: The Lehigh Team Defeated by the Score of 30 to 0". The New York Times. October 15, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Princeton Wins Easily: The College Team Has a Walkover With Franklin and Marshall". The Times (Philadelphia). October 18, 1891. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Princeton, 24; Lafayette, 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 21, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "New York A. C. Whitewashed: Princeton Scores 28 Points to Athletes' Nothing". The Sun (New York). October 25, 1891. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Princeton's Top Score: They Roll Up 78 Points Against the Manhattan Team". The Times (Philadelphia). October 29, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Score One for Princeton: She Defeats Wesleyan in a Championship Game". The New York Times. November 1, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Princeton, 26; Orange, 0". The Sun (New York). November 4, 1891. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Princeton's Game: The Jersey Tiger Wins by a Score of 24 to 0". The Times (Philadelphia). November 8, 1891. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Princeton Vs. U. Of Penn". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 8, 1891. p. 4. Retrieved September 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  • ^ "Princeton Beats Cornell: A Very Close and Exciting Game Between the Two Elevens". The New York Times. November 15, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Yale Still Triumphant: Princeton Beaten on Manhattan Field by a Score of 19 to 0". The Sun (New York). November 27, 1891. pp. 1–2 – via Newspapers.com.

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