American college football season
The 1873 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College , in the 1873 college football season . The team played Yale for the first time and won 3–0, finished with a 1–0 record, and was retroactively named national champion by the Billingsley Report , National Championship Foundation , and Parke H. Davis . The team captain was Cyrus O. Dershimer.
This season marked the second of four consecutive national championships, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881 .
Schedule
Date Opponent Site Result Source November 15 Yale W 3–0
References
"National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records . National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved December 31, 2017."1873 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 31, 2017."All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF). goprincetontigers.com . Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018."Championships - Tigers Football" . princetontigersfootball.com . Princeton University. Retrieved December 31, 2017."Football Match At Princeton" . The New York Times New York, New York . November 20, 1873. p. 8. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
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