1902 Princeton Tigers football team

1902 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–1
Head coach	Garrett Cochran (1st season)
Captain	Ralph Tipton Davis
Home stadium	University Field

1902 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Ursinus			–					9	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					11	–	0	–	1
Geneva			–					7	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					11	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	1	–	0
Army			–					6	–	1	–	1
Frankin & Marshall			–					7	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	2	–	1
Holy Cross			–					6	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					6	–	2	–	1
Carlisle			–					8	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					8	–	3	–	0
Lafayette			–					8	–	3	–	0
Amherst			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					9	–	4	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	3	–	1
Vermont			–					5	–	3	–	2
Colgate			–					5	–	3	–	1
NYU			–					5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					6	–	4	–	1
Springfield Training School			–					3	–	2	–	1
Villanova			–					4	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	1
Swarthmore			–					6	–	6	–	0
Western U. of Penn.			–					5	–	6	–	1
New Hampshire			–					2	–	3	–	1
Buffalo			–					3	–	5	–	1
Tufts			–					4	–	6	–	1
Fordham			–					2	–	4	–	1
Wesleyan			–					3	–	6	–	1
Rutgers			–					3	–	7	–	0
Navy			–					2	–	7	–	1
Drexel			–					1	–	4	–	1
Temple			–					1	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					1	–	6	–	0
Boston College			–					0	–	8	–	0

The 1902 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1902 college football season. The team finished with an 8–1 record under first-year head coach Garrett Cochran. The Tigers won their first eight games, including seven shutouts, and outscored their opponents by a total of 164 to 17. The team's only loss was in the last game of the season by a 12–5 score against Yale.^[1] Princeton guard John DeWitt, who later won the silver medal in the hammer throw at the 1904 Summer Olympics, was selected as a consensus first-team honoree on the 1902 College Football All-America Team.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Swarthmore	University Field Princeton, NJ	W 18–0
October 4	Lehigh	University Field Princeton, NJ	W 23–0
October 11	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 11–0
October 15	Haverford	University Field Princeton, NJ	W 30–0
October 18	Washington & Jefferson	University Field Princeton, NJ	W 23–5		[3]
October 22	Dickinson	University Field Princeton, NJ	W 23–0
October 25	Columbia	University Field Princeton, NJ	W 21–0	6,000	[4]
November 1	Cornell	University Field Princeton, NJ	W 10–0
November 15	Yale	University Field Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 5–12	20,000	[5]

References

1. "1902 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
2. "Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. 2012. pp. 2–4.
3. "Good Start By W. & J." The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 19, 1902. p. 15. Retrieved September 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Princeton, 21; Columbia, 0". The New York Times. October 26, 1902. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Yale Football Team Defeats Princeton: New Haven Eleven Wins After a Fiercely Fought Game". The New York Times. November 16, 1902. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.