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American college football season
The 1891 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1891 college football season . The team finished with a 12–1 record. The Tigers recorded 12 shutouts and outscored opponents by a combined total of 391 to 0 in their first 12 games.[1] The team's sole loss was in the final game of the season by a 19–0 score against Yale .[2]
Three Princeton players, quarterback Philip King , fullback Sheppard Homans, Jr. , and guard Jesse Riggs , were consensus first-team honorees on the 1891 College Football All-America Team .[3]
Schedule
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source October 3 Rutgers W 12–0[4]
October 8 at Lehigh Bethlehem, PA W 18–02,000 [5]
October 10 at Crescent Athletic Club W 28–03,000 [6]
October 14 Lehigh University Field Princeton, NJ W 30–0[7]
October 17 at Franklin & Marshall W 44–0> 1,500 [8]
October 20 at Lafayette Easton, PA W 24–0[9]
October 24 New York Athletic Club University Field Princeton, NJ W 28–0[10]
October 28 Manhattan Athletic Club University Field Princeton, NJ W 78–0[11]
October 31 vs. Wesleyan W 73–03,000 [12]
November 3 at Orange Athletic Club W 26–03,500 [13]
November 7 at Penn Philadelphia, PA (rivalry )W 24–04,000 [14]
November 14 Cornell University Field Princeton, NJ W 6–02,000 [15]
November 26 vs. Yale Manhattan Field New York, NY (rivalry ) L 0–1940,000 [16]
References
^ "1891 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017 .
^ "All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF) . goprincetontigers.com . Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018 .
^ "Award Winners" (PDF) . NCAA. 2012. pp. 2–4.
^ "Princeton's Poor Showing: Rutgers Makes the Yellow and Black Wearers Play to Win" . The Times (Philadelphia) . October 4, 1891. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Princeton Defeats Lehigh: Superior Weight Was All That Gave the Jersey College Lads the Game" . The Times (Philadelphia) . October 9, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Victory for Princeton: The Crescents Lose Again at Eastern Park" . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . October 11, 1891. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Football at Princeton: The Lehigh Team Defeated by the Score of 30 to 0" . The New York Times . October 15, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Princeton Wins Easily: The College Team Has a Walkover With Franklin and Marshall" . The Times (Philadelphia) . October 18, 1891. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Princeton, 24; Lafayette, 0" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . October 21, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "New York A. C. Whitewashed: Princeton Scores 28 Points to Athletes' Nothing" . The Sun (New York) . October 25, 1891. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Princeton's Top Score: They Roll Up 78 Points Against the Manhattan Team" . The Times (Philadelphia) . October 29, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Score One for Princeton: She Defeats Wesleyan in a Championship Game" . The New York Times . November 1, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Princeton, 26; Orange, 0" . The Sun (New York) . November 4, 1891. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Princeton's Game: The Jersey Tiger Wins by a Score of 24 to 0" . The Times (Philadelphia) . November 8, 1891. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Princeton Beats Cornell: A Very Close and Exciting Game Between the Two Elevens" . The New York Times . November 15, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Yale Still Triumphant: Princeton Beaten on Manhattan Field by a Score of 19 to 0" . The Sun (New York) . November 27, 1891. pp. 1–2 – via Newspapers.com .
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