1887 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1887 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1887 college football season. The team finished with a 7–2 record. The Tigers held their first nine opponents scoreless, winning those games by a combined 420 to 0 score. The team then lost the last two games of the season against Harvard and Yale.[1]

1887 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainWoody Wagenhorst
Seasons
← 1886
1888 →
1887 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     9 0 0
Penn State     2 0 0
Harvard     10 1 0
Lafayette     7 2 0
Princeton     7 2 0
Lehigh     4 3 0
Williams     3 3 0
Penn     6 7 0
Wesleyan     4 5 0
Tufts     4 6 0
Massachusetts     2 3 0
Rutgers     2 6 0
Bucknell     0 2 0
Cornell     0 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     0 2 0
Vermont     0 2 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 8LafayetteW 47–0[2]
October 12at RutgersHoboken, NJ (rivalry)W 30–01,500[3][4]
October 15Lehigh
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 80–0[5]
October 19at PennPhiladelphia, PA (rivalry)W 57–03,000[6]
October 22Penn
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 48–0[7]
October 29Wesleyan
  • University Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 69–0[8]
November 5at Penn
  • University Athletic Grounds
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 95–0[9]
November 12at HarvardL 0–12[10]
November 19vs. YaleL 0–12[11]

References

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  1. ^ "1887 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Foot Ball at Princeton: The Lafayette Team Defeated in the Opening Game". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 9, 1887. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Carried Senseless Off the Field". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 13, 1887. p. 3. Retrieved August 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "Princeton Defeats Rutgers". The New York Times. October 13, 1887. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Princeton Easily Outkicks Lehigh". The Times (Philadelphia). October 16, 1887. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "College Foot Ball: Princeton Wins in the Game with the University". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 20, 1887. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Cold Weather Sport: The University Football Team Defeated at Princeton". The Times (Philadelphia). October 23, 1887. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "The Football One Sided: Wesleyan Pluck Futile Against Princeton Play". The New York Times. October 30, 1887. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Princeton's Foot-Ball Victory: The Great Score of 95 to 0 With Pennsylvania". The Times (Philadelphia). November 6, 1887. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Harvard Winning At Football". New York Daily Tribune. November 13, 1887. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Yale Triumphs in the Mud". The Sun (New York). November 20, 1887. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.