1877 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1877 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1877 college football season. The team finished with a 2–0–1 record and was retroactively named national champion by the Billingsley Report and as co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1] This season was Princeton's seventh national championship and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881.[2] Princeton played Harvard for the second time, earning its first victory over the Crimson.[3] The captain of the team was W. Earl Dodge.[4]

1877 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Billingsley) Co-national champion (Davis)
Conference	Independent
1877 record	2–0–1
Head coach	None
Captain	W. Earl Dodge

1877 college football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					3	–	0	–	1
Princeton			–					2	–	0	–	1
Amherst			–					1	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	1	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	2	–	0
Stevens			–					1	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					0	–	3	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
November 3	Harvard	Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 1–0
November 17	Columbia	Princeton, NJ	W 4–0
December 8	vs. Yale	Hoboken, NJ (rivalry)	T 0–0

References

1. "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
2. "Championships - Tigers Football". princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
3. "1877 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
4. "All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF). goprincetontigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.