1873 Princeton Tigers football team

1873 Princeton Tigers football
National champion
Conference	Independent
Record	1–0
Head coach	None
Captain	Cyrus O. Dershimer

1873 college football records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Princeton			–					1	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					1	–	0	–	1
Washington and Lee			–					4	–	0	–	0
Stevens			–					3	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					2	–	1	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	2	–	0
McGill			–					0	–	1	–	1
Eton			–					0	–	1	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	1	–	0
New Jersey AC			–					0	–	1	–	0
NYU			–					0	–	1	–	0
Princeton Seminary			–					0	–	1	–	0
VMI			–					0	–	1	–	0

The 1873 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1873 college football season. The team played Yale for the first time and won 3–0, finished with a 1–0 record, and was retroactively named national champion by the Billingsley Report, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.^[1][2] The team captain was Cyrus O. Dershimer.^[3]

This season marked the second of four consecutive national championships, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
November 15	Yale	Hamilton Park New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 3–0	[5]

References

1. "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
2. "1873 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
3. "All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF). goprincetontigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
4. "Championships - Tigers Football". princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
5. "Football Match At Princeton". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 20, 1873. p. 8. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .