1869 Princeton Tigers football team

1869 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Billingsley, NCF) Co-national champion (Davis)
Conference	Independent
Record	1–1
Head coach	None
Captain	William Stryker Gummere

1869 college football records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton			–					1	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	1	–	0

The 1869 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1869 college football season. The team finished with a 1–1 record and was retroactively named national champions by the Billingsley Report and National Championship Foundation, and as the co-national champions by Parke H. Davis.[1] Princeton's first captain was William S. Gummere, who was 17 during the season.[2]

On November 6, the team played at Rutgers in what has been called the first intercollegiate American football game. Rutgers won the game 6–4, which was played using rules adapted from the Football Association rules of the time, which more closely resembled soccer than current American football. Rutgers traveled to Princeton the next week to play under Princeton's rules, the Tigers won 8–0.[3][4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
November 6	at Rutgers	College Field New Brunswick, NJ (rivalry)	L 4–6	[5]
November 13	Rutgers	Princeton, NJ	W 8–0

See also

• List of historically significant college football games
• List of the first college football games in each U.S. state

References

1. "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
2. "All Time Captains". www.princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
3. "All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF). goprincetontigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
4. "1869 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
5. "New-Jersey". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 9, 1869. p. 8. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .