The 1876 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1876 college football season. The team finished with a 3–2 record and outscored its opponents, 15–3, but lost to both Harvard and Yale.[1] 1876 was the only year between 1872 and 1881 that Princeton did not claim at least a share of the national championship assigned retroactively by either the Billingsley Report, the National Championship Foundation, or Parke H. Davis.[2] The captain of the team was A. J. McCosh in the fall and B. Nicoll in the spring of 1877.[3][4]
| 1876 Princeton Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 3–2 |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | A. J. McCosh (fall) B. Nicoll (spring) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | – | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stevens | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CCNY | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada All-Stars | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McGill | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia All-Stars | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NYU | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| November 11 | at Penn | Philadelphia, PA (rivalry) | W 6–0 | [5] | |
| November 18 | at Columbia |
| W 3–0 | [6][7] | |
| November 25 | Penn | Princeton, NJ | W 6–0 | [8] | |
| November 30 | vs. Yale |
| L 0–2 | >1,000 | [9] |
| April 28, 1877 | at Harvard | Cambridge, MA (rivalry) | L 0–1 | 2,500 | [10] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "1876 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ "Championships - Tigers Football". princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ^ "All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF). goprincetontigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ^ "All Time Captains". www.princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ^ "Princeton College And The University Of Pennsylvania—Princeton Wins In Six Straight Goals". New York Herald. New York, New York. November 12, 1876. p. 12. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Intercollegiate Foot-ball. Princeton Defeats Columbia In Three Straight Games—Three Of The Players Receive Injuries". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 19, 1876. p. 5. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Football.—Interesting And Exciting Contest Between Princeton And Columbia—Princeton The Winners". New York Herald. New York, New York. November 19, 1876. p. 10. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "New Jersey Items". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 27, 1876. p. 3. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Foot-Ball—From the New York Herald, Dec. 1st". Buffalo Commercial Advisor. Buffalo, New York. December 2, 1872. p. 2. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "General Notes". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. April 30, 1877. p. 4. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
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