1884 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season

1884 Princeton Tigers football

National champion (Billingsley)
Co-national champion (Davis)

Conference| Independent
Record| 9–0–1
Head coach|

* None

Captain| Clinton N. Bird

Seasons

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1884 college football records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 1
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 1
Michigan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 0  | - | 0
Williams |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 0  | - | 0
Navy |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 0  | - | 0
Wabash |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 0  | - | 0
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 1
Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 0
Wesleyan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0
Butler |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0
Rutgers |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Stevens |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Dartmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 2  | - | 1
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 1
Massachusetts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 2  | - | 0
Lafayette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0
Johns Hopkins |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0
Albion |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0
CCNY |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0
Denver |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0
DePauw |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0
Olivet |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 2  | - | 0
Amherst |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0
Lehigh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0

The 1884 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1884 college football season. The Tigers finished with a 9–0–1 record and were retroactively named national champions by the Billingsley Report and co-champions by Parke H. Davis.[1][2] This season marked Princeton's 12th football national championship.[3] Clinton N. Bird was the team captain.[4]

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 4| | at Rutgers| New Brunswick, NJ (rivalry)| W 23–5| | [5]
October 11| 3:00 p.m.| Wesleyan| Princeton, NJ| W 22–2| | [6]
October 15| | at Stevens|

* St. George's Cricket Club grounds
* Hoboken, NJ

| W 4–0| | [7]
October 18| 2:40 p.m.| Rutgers| Princeton, NJ| W 35–0| | [8]
October 25| | at Penn| Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)| W 31–0| |
October 29| | Lafayette| Princeton, NJ| W 140–0| |
November 1| | Stevens| Princeton, NJ| W 58–0| |
November 8| | Johns Hopkins| Princeton, NJ| W 57–0| |
November 15| | at Harvard|

* Jarvis Field
* Cambridge, MA (rivalry)

| W 36–6| 2,000–3,000| [9][10]
November 27| | vs. Yale|

* Polo Grounds
* New York, NY (rivalry)

| T 0–0| over 10,000| [11]

## Roster

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* Adams
* Alfred Thornton Baker
* Clinton N. Bird
* C. M. DeCamp
* Fine
* Green
* Griffith
* Harris
* H. Hodge
* Richard Hodge
* William Mann Irvine
* Tillie Lamar
* Alex Moffat
* Toler
* Rodman Wanamaker
* Withington

## References

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1. ^ "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110\. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 20, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
2. ^ "1884 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on February 27, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
3. ^ "Championships - Tigers Football". princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Archived from the original on March 18, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
4. ^ "All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF). goprincetontigers.com. Princeton University. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
5. ^ "Trying Princeton's Football Team". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 5, 1884. p. 1. Retrieved August 9, 2024 - via Newspapers.com .
6. ^ "Football At Princeton—An Interesting Game Between The Wesleyan And Princeton Clubs". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 12, 1884. p. 7. Retrieved August 9, 2024 - via Newspapers.com .
7. ^ "Princeton's Hard Struggle". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 16, 1884. p. 8. Retrieved August 9, 2024 - via Newspapers.com .
8. ^ "Football At Princeton—The Rutgers Eleven Beaten In A Fairly Played Game". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 19, 1884. p. 1. Retrieved August 9, 2024 - via Newspapers.com .
9. ^ "The Season of Slogging Well Begun With Princeton's Victory at Harvard". The Boston Glove. November 16, 1884. p. 3\. Archived from the original on April 10, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2020 - via NewspaperArchive.(attendance reported as 2,000)
10. ^ "Princeton's Eleven Wins". The New York Times. November 16, 1884. p. 7 - via Newspapers.com.(attendance reported as 3,000)
11. ^ "Hard Work and No Glory: The Princeton-Yale Football Game Declared Drawn". The New York Times. November 28, 1884. p. 1\. Archived from the original on January 7, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2020 - via Newspapers.com.

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1884 Princeton Tigers football—national champions

* Alfred Thornton Baker
* Clinton Bird
* C. M. DeCamp
* Richard Hodge
* William Mann Irvine
* Tillie Lamar
* Alex Moffat
* Rodman Wanamaker

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* University Field (1876–1913)
* Palmer Stadium (1914–1996)
* Powers Field at Princeton Stadium (1998–present)

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* Legacy Bowl
* Harvard
* Penn
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* Yale

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* First American football game (painting)
* 1922 Chicago game
* Poe brothers
* "Princeton Cannon Song"
* Winged football helmet

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College football national champions (pre-AP Poll)

1869–1879|

* 1869: Princeton / Rutgers
* 1870: Princeton
* 1871: None
* 1872: Princeton / Yale
* 1873: Princeton
* 1874: Harvard / Princeton / Yale
* 1875: Columbia / Harvard / Princeton
* 1876: Yale
* 1877: Princeton / Yale
* 1878: Princeton
* 1879: Princeton

1880s|

* 1880: Princeton / Yale
* 1881: Princeton / Yale
* 1882: Yale
* 1883: Yale
* 1884: Princeton / Yale
* 1885: Princeton
* 1886: Princeton / Yale
* 1887: Yale
* 1888: Yale
* 1889: Princeton

1890s|

* 1890: Harvard
* 1891: Yale
* 1892: Yale
* 1893: Princeton / Yale
* 1894: Penn / Princeton / Yale
* 1895: Penn / Yale
* 1896: Lafayette / Princeton
* 1897: Penn / Yale
* 1898: Harvard / Princeton
* 1899: Harvard / Princeton

1900s|

* 1900: Yale
* 1901: Harvard / Michigan / Yale
* 1902: Michigan / Yale
* 1903: Michigan / Princeton
* 1904: Michigan / Minnesota / Penn
* 1905: Chicago / Yale
* 1906: Princeton / Yale
* 1907: Yale
* 1908: Harvard / LSU / Penn
* 1909: Yale

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* 1910: Harvard / Pittsburgh
* 1911: Penn State / Princeton
* 1912: Harvard / Penn State
* 1913: Auburn / Chicago / Harvard
* 1914: Army / Illinois / Texas
* 1915: Cornell / Minnesota / Oklahoma / Pittsburgh
* 1916: Army / Georgia Tech / Pittsburgh
* 1917: Georgia Tech
* 1918: Michigan / Pittsburgh
* 1919: Centre / Harvard / Illinois / Notre Dame / Texas A&M

1920s|

* 1920: California / Georgia / Harvard / Notre Dame / Princeton
* 1921: California / Cornell / Iowa / Lafayette / Washington & Jefferson / Vanderbilt
* 1922: California / Cornell / Princeton / Vanderbilt
* 1923: California / Cornell / Illinois / Michigan / Yale
* 1924: Notre Dame / Penn
* 1925: Alabama / Dartmouth / Michigan
* 1926: Alabama / Lafayette / Michigan / Navy / Stanford
* 1927: Georgia / Illinois / Notre Dame / Texas A&M / Yale
* 1928: Detroit / Georgia Tech / USC
* 1929: Notre Dame / Pittsburgh / USC

1930s|

* 1930: Alabama / Notre Dame
* 1931: Pittsburgh / Purdue / USC
* 1932: Colgate / Michigan / USC
* 1933: Michigan / Ohio State / Princeton / USC
* 1934: Alabama / Minnesota
* 1935: LSU / Minnesota / Princeton / SMU / TCU

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