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1876 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainA. J. McCosh (fall)
B. Nicoll (spring)
Seasons
← 1875
1877 →
1876 college football records
Conf Overall
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

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]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
November 11at PennPhiladelphia, PA (rivalry)W 6–0[5]
November 18at Columbia
W 3–0[6][7]
November 25PennPrinceton, NJW 6–0[8]
November 30vs. Yale
L 0–2>1,000[9]
April 28, 1877at HarvardCambridge, MA (rivalry)L 0–12,500[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1876 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Championships - Tigers Football". princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  3. ^ "All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF). goprincetontigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  4. ^ "All Time Captains". www.princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  5. ^ "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 Open access icon.
  6. ^ "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 Open access icon.
  7. ^ "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 Open access icon.
  8. ^ "New Jersey Items". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 27, 1876. p. 3. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "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 Open access icon.
  10. ^ "General Notes". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. April 30, 1877. p. 4. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.