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American college football season
The 1872 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as
Princeton College , in the
1872 college football season . The team finished with a 1–0 record and was retroactively named the
national champion by the
Billingsley Report and
National Championship Foundation and as the national co-champion by
Parke H. Davis .
[1] Princeton played
Rutgers once, winning 4 goals to 1.
[2] David T. Marvel was the team captain.
[3]
This season marked the first of four consecutive national championships, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between
1869 and
1881 .
[4]
College soccer
The 1872 team is also considered the 1872–73 college soccer champions by the American Soccer History Archives, due to the similarity of footballing codes between American and association football (soccer) during the 1870s.
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Schedule
References
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People
Seasons National championship seasons in bold
Program Stadium Rivalries
Seasons National championship seasons in bold; College Cup seasons in italics
1869–1879 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
Pre-regulation (1857–1904)
1858 :
Princeton (ASHA)
1859 :
Princeton (ASHA)
1860 :
Princeton (ASHA)
1861–66 : None
1867 :
Carroll (ASHA, IFRA)
1868 :
Princeton (ASHA, IFRA)
1869 :
Princeton (ASHA, IFRA)
1870 :
Princeton (ASHA) /
Rutgers (IFRA)
1871 :
Princeton (ASHA, IFRA)
1872 :
Princeton (ASHA, IFRA)
1873 :
Princeton (ASHA, IFRA)
1874 :
Stevens Tech (ASHA, IFRA)
1875 :
Yale (ASHA, IFRA)
1876 :
Princeton (ASHA, IFRA)
1877 :
Princeton (ASHA, IFRA)
1878 :
Vermont (ASHA, IFRA)
1879 :
SUNY-Upstate (ASHA, IFRA)
1880 :
Gettysburg (ASHA, IFRA)
1881 :
Washington and Lee (ASHA, IFRA)
1882 :
Washington and Lee (ASHA, IFRA)
1883 :
Richmond (ASHA, IFRA)
1884 :
Iowa (ASHA, IFRA)
1885 :
VMI (ASHA, IFRA)
1886 :
Iowa (ASHA, IFRA)
1887 :
Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA)
1888 :
Iowa (ASHA, IFRA)
1889 :
VMI (ASHA, IFRA)
1890 :
Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA)
1891 :
Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA)
1892 :
Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA)
1893 :
Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA)
1894 :
Christian Brothers (ASHA) /
St. Bonaventure (IFRA)
1895 :
Christian Brothers (ASHA) /
Princeton (IFRA)
1896 :
Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA)
1897 :
Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA)
1898 :
Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA)
1899 :
Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA)
1900 :
Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA)
1901 :
Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA)
1902 :
Christian Brothers (ASHA) /
Haverford (IFRA)
1903 :
Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA)
1904 :
Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA)
ISFL (1905–1926) ISFA (1927–1958)