1884 Princeton Tigers football team

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]

1884 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Billingsley) Co-national champion (Davis)
Conference	Independent
1884 record	9–0–1
Head coach	None
Captain	Clinton N. Bird

1884 college football records
	Conf							Overall
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
DePauw			–					0	–	1	–	0
Olivet			–					0	–	2	–	0
Amherst			–					0	–	3	–	0
Lehigh			–					0	–	4	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 8	at Stevens	Hoboken, NJ	W 4–0
October 10	at Rutgers	New Brunswick, NJ (rivalry)	W 23–5
October 15	Wesleyan	Princeton, NJ	W 22–2
October 18	Rutgers	Princeton, NJ	W 35–0
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	[5][6]
November 27	vs. Yale	Polo Grounds New York, NY (rivalry)	T 0–0	over 10,000	[7]

References

1. "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
2. "1884 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
3. "Championships - Tigers Football". princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
4. "All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF). goprincetontigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
5. "The Season of Slogging Well Begun With Princeton's Victory at Harvard". The Boston Glove. November 16, 1884. p. 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.(attendance reported as 2,000)
6. "Princeton's Eleven Wins". The New York Times. November 16, 1884. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.(attendance reported as 3,000)
7. "Hard Work and No Glory: The Princeton-Yale Football Game Declared Drawn". The New York Times. November 28, 1884. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.