1896 Princeton Tigers football team
The 1896 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1896 college football season. They finished with a 10–0–1 record and were retroactively named co-national champions by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.[1] They outscored their opponents 299 to 12.[1]
Schedule
Date |
Opponent |
Site |
Result
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October 3 |
Rutgers |
Princeton, NJ |
W 44–0
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October 7 |
at Lafayette |
March Field • Easton, PA |
T 0–0
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October 10 |
Lehigh |
Princeton, NJ |
W 16–0
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October 14 |
Carlisle |
Princeton, NJ |
W 22–6
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October 17 |
at Army |
West Point, NY |
W 11–0
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October 21 |
Virginia |
Princeton, NJ |
W 48–0
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October 24 |
Penn State |
Princeton, NJ |
W 39–0
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October 28 |
Lawrenceville School |
? |
W 46–0
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October 31 |
Cornell |
Princeton, NJ |
W 37–0
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November 7 |
at Harvard |
Cambridge, MA |
W 12–0
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November 21 |
vs. Yale |
New York, NY |
W 24–6
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*Non-conference game. |
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