1891 Princeton Tigers football team

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]

1891 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Independent
1891 record	12–1
Head coach	None
Captain	Ralph Warren
Home stadium	University Field

1891 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					13	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					13	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					12	–	1	–	0
Tufts			–					7	–	1	–	0
Penn			–					11	–	2	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	1	–	0
Army			–					4	–	1	–	1
Navy			–					5	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					7	–	3	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					8	–	6	–	0
Delaware			–					5	–	3	–	1
Geneva			–					4	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					4	–	2	–	0
Amherst			–					8	–	4	–	3
Dartmouth			–					2	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					4	–	6	–	0
Fordham			–					1	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	7	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	4	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	5	–	0
Western Univ. Penn.			–					2	–	6	–	0
Lafayette			–					2	–	9	–	1
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	0
Wesleyan			–					1	–	6	–	0

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	University Field Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 12–0		[4]
October 8	at Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA	W 18–0	2,000	[5]
October 10	at Crescent Athletic Club	Eastern Park Brooklyn, NY	W 28–0	3,000	[6]
October 14	Lehigh	University Field Princeton, NJ	W 30–0		[7]
October 17	at Franklin & Marshall	McGrann's Park Lancaster, PA	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	Manhattan Field New York, NY	W 73–0	3,000	[12]
November 3	at Orange Athletic Club	Orange Oval East Orange, New Jersey	W 26–0	3,500	[13]
November 7	at Penn	Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 24–0	4,000	[14]
November 14	Cornell	University Field Princeton, NJ	W 6–0	2,000	[15]
November 26	vs. Yale	Manhattan Field New York, NY (rivalry)	L 0–19	40,000	[16]

References

1. "1891 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
2. "All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF). goprincetontigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
3. "Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. 2012. pp. 2–4.
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.
5. "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.
6. "Victory for Princeton: The Crescents Lose Again at Eastern Park". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 11, 1891. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "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.
8. "Princeton Wins Easily: The College Team Has a Walkover With Franklin and Marshall". The Times (Philadelphia). October 18, 1891. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Princeton, 24; Lafayette, 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 21, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "New York A. C. Whitewashed: Princeton Scores 28 Points to Athletes' Nothing". The Sun (New York). October 25, 1891. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Princeton's Top Score: They Roll Up 78 Points Against the Manhattan Team". The Times (Philadelphia). October 29, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Score One for Princeton: She Defeats Wesleyan in a Championship Game". The New York Times. November 1, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Princeton, 26; Orange, 0". The Sun (New York). November 4, 1891. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "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.
15. "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.
16. "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.