American college football season
The 1887 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1887 college football season . The team finished with a 7–2 record. The Tigers held their first nine opponents scoreless, winning those games by a combined 420 to 0 score. The team then lost the last two games of the season against Harvard and Yale .[ 1]
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References
^ "1887 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017 .
^ "Foot Ball at Princeton: The Lafayette Team Defeated in the Opening Game" . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . October 9, 1887. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Carried Senseless Off the Field" . The Times . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . October 13, 1887. p. 3. Retrieved August 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Princeton Defeats Rutgers" . The New York Times . October 13, 1887. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Princeton Easily Outkicks Lehigh" . The Times (Philadelphia) . October 16, 1887. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "College Foot Ball: Princeton Wins in the Game with the University" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . October 20, 1887. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Cold Weather Sport: The University Football Team Defeated at Princeton" . The Times (Philadelphia) . October 23, 1887. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The Football One Sided: Wesleyan Pluck Futile Against Princeton Play" . The New York Times . October 30, 1887. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Princeton's Foot-Ball Victory: The Great Score of 95 to 0 With Pennsylvania" . The Times (Philadelphia) . November 6, 1887. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Harvard Winning At Football" . New York Daily Tribune . November 13, 1887. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Yale Triumphs in the Mud" . The Sun (New York) . November 20, 1887. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com .
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