1911 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1911 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1911 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Bill Roper, the Tigers compiled an 8–0–2 record, shut out seven of ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 179 to 15.[1] Tackle Ed Hart was the team captain.

1911 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Helms, Houlgate, Davis)
Co-national champion (NCF)
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0–2
Head coach
Offensive schemeShort punt
CaptainEd Hart
Home stadiumOsborne Field
Seasons
← 1910
1912 →
1911 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn State  801
Carlisle  1110
Princeton  802
Trinity (CT)  602
Temple  610
Army  611
Swarthmore  611
Dartmouth  820
Lafayette  820
Yale  721
Harvard  621
Cornell  730
Rhode Island State  521
Brown  731
Bucknell  631
Penn  740
Pittsburgh  431
Washington & Jefferson  640
Syracuse  532
Dickinson  440
Lehigh  551
Rutgers  441
Dickinson  440
St. Bonaventure  220
Carnegie Tech  450
Holy Cross  450
Tufts  340
Vermont  350
NYU  133
Colgate  360
Franklin & Marshall  360
Geneva  161
Villanova  051
Boston College  070

There was no contemporaneous system in 1911 for determining a national champion. However, Princeton was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and Parke H. Davis, and as a co-national champion (with Penn State) by the National Championship Foundation.[2]

Three Princeton players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1911 All-America team: end Sanford White; guard Joseph Duff; and tackle Ed Hart.[3] Other notable players included halfback Talbot Pendleton, fullback Wallace DeWitt, and center Arthur Bluethenthal.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30StevensW 37–0[4]
October 4Rutgers
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 37–03,000[5]
October 7Villanova
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 31–0[6]
October 11Lehigh
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
T 6–6[7]
October 14Colgate
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 31–0[8]
October 21at NavyT 0–0[9]
October 28Holy Cross
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 20–0[10]
November 4Harvard
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 8–6[11]
November 11Dartmouth
  • Osborne Field
  • Princeton, NJ
W 3–0[12]
November 18at YaleW 6–335,000[13][14]

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