1872 Princeton Tigers football team

1872 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Billingsley, NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–0
Head coach
  • None
CaptainDavid T. Marvel
Seasons
← 1870
1873 →
1872 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   1 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   1 – 0 – 0
Rutgers   –   1 – 1 – 1
Columbia   –   1 – 2 – 1
Stevens   –   0 – 1 – 0

The 1872 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1872 college football season. The team finished with a 1–0 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the Billingsley Report and National Championship Foundation and as the national co-champion by Parke H. Davis.[1] Princeton played Rutgers once, winning 4 goals to 1.[2] David T. Marvel was the team captain.[3]

This season marked the first of four consecutive national championships, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881.[4]

  1. ^ "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  2. ^ "1872 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF). goprincetontigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  4. ^ "Championships - Tigers Football". princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved December 31, 2017.