1892 Princeton Tigers football team

1892 Princeton Tigers football
Conference Independent
1892 record 12–2
Head coach No coach
Captain Philip King
1892 Eastern Independent Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Purdue 4 0 0     8 0 0
Minnesota 3 0 0     5 0 0
Penn 5 0 0     15 1 0
Princeton 5 1 0     12 2 0
Stevens 1 0 0     1 1 0
Navy 2 2 0     5 2 0
Wisconsin 2 3 0     7 5 0
Michigan 2 3 0     7 5 0
Northwestern 2 3 2     6 4 2
Illinois 1 2 1     7 4 1
Lehigh 1 4 0     3 6 0
Lafayette 2 6 0     5 7 0
Chicago 1 4 1     8 4 1
Rutgers 1 4 0     3 5 1

The 1892 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1892 college football season. The team finished with a 12–2 record. The Tigers recorded 12 shutouts and outscored opponents by a combined total of 433 to 18. The team's sole losses were against Penn and Yale.[1] Two Princeton players, quarteback Philip King and guard Art Wheeler, were consensus first-team honorees on the 1892 College Football All-America Team.[2] Both were also inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

References

  1. "Princeton Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  2. "Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. 2012. pp. 2–4.
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