1878 Princeton Tigers football team

1878 Princeton Tigers football
National champion
Conference	Independent
Record	6–0
Head coach	Woodrow Wilson [1]
Captain	Bland Ballard
Seasons ←  1877 1879  →

1878 college football records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton			–					6	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					4	–	1	–	1
Columbia			–					0	–	0	–	1
CCNY			–					1	–	1	–	0
Stevens			–					1	–	1	–	2
Harvard			–					1	–	2	–	0
Penn			–					1	–	2	–	1
Rutgers			–					1	–	2	–	1
Amherst			–					1	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					0	–	1	–	0
Swarthmore			–					0	–	1	–	0

The 1878 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1878 college football season. The team finished with a 6–0 record and allowed only one goal. ^[2] The Tigers were retroactively named national champions by the Billingsley Report, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis. ^{[3] [4]} This season marked Princeton's eighth national championship, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881. ^[5] The team's captain was Bland Ballard. ^[6]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 19		Penn	University grounds Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 2–0		[7]
October 26	2:34 p.m.	Stevens	University grounds Princeton, NJ	W 4–0		[8]
November 2		Rutgers	Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 5–0
November 9	2:30 p.m.	at Penn	Germantown Cricket Club grounds Philadelphia, PA	W 2–1		[9]
November 16	2:30 p.m.	at Harvard	Boston Baseball Grounds Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 1–0	1,000	[10] [11]
November 28	2:25 p.m.	vs. Yale	St. George's Cricket Club grounds Hoboken, NJ (rivalry)	W 1–0		[12]

References

1. Okeson, Walter R., ed. (1934). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1934. New York: American Sports Publishing Co. pp. 206–208.
2. "All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF). goprincetontigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
3. "1878 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
4. "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
5. "Championships - Tigers Football". princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
6. "All Time Captains". www.princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
7. "A Bout At Football.—University Vs. Princeton College teams". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 21, 1878. p. 3. Retrieved March 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
8. "Football: Princeton Against the Stevens Institute -- The Hoboken Men Get a Very Bad Thrashing". New York Daily Herald. October 27, 1878. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Foot-ball.—Princeton Against Philadelphia". The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 10, 1878. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
10. "The Princeton-Harvard Football Match". The Boston Daily Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. November 16, 1878. p. 1. Retrieved March 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
11. "Fall Sports.—Princeton Defeats Harvard at Foot-Ball". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. November 17, 1878. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
12. "Princeton Defeats Yale". The New York Times . New York, New York. November 29, 1878. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com .