1878 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1878 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1878 college football season. The team finished with a 6–0 record and allowed only one goal.[1] The Tigers were retroactively named consensus national champions by the Billingsley Report, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.[2][3] This season marked Princeton's eighth national championship, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881.[4] The team's captain was Bland Ballard.[5]

1878 Princeton Tigers football
Consensus national champion
Conference	Independent
1878 record	6–0
Head coach	None
Captain	Bland Ballard

1878 college football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton			–					6	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					4	–	1	–	1
Columbia			–					0	–	0	–	1
CCNY			–					1	–	1	–	0
Stevens			–					1	–	1	–	2
Harvard			–					1	–	2	–	0
Penn			–					1	–	2	–	1
Rutgers			–					1	–	2	–	1
Amherst			–					1	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					0	–	1	–	0
Swarthmore			–					0	–	1	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 19	Penn	Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 2–0
October 26	Stevens	Princeton, NJ	W 4–0
November 2	Rutgers	Princeton, NJ	W 5–0
November 9	at Penn	Philadelphia, PA	W 2–1
November 16	Harvard	Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 1–0
November 28	vs. Yale	Hoboken, NJ (rivalry)	W 1–0

References

1. "All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF). goprincetontigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
2. "1878 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
3. "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
4. "Championships - Tigers Football". princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
5. "All Time Captains". www.princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.