1884 Princeton Tigers football team explained

Year:	1884
Team:	Princeton Tigers
Sport:	football
Conference:	Independent
Record:	9–0–1
Head Coach:	None
Captain:	Clinton N. Bird
Champion:	National champion (Billingsley) Co-national champion (Davis)

The 1884 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1884 college football season. The Tigers finished with a 9–0–1 record and were retroactively named national champions by the Billingsley Report and co-champions by Parke H. Davis.^{[1] [2]} This season marked Princeton's 12th football national championship.^[3] Clinton N. Bird was the team captain.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Poll Champions . National Collegiate Athletic Association . 2017 . NCAA Division I Football Records . 110 . January 2, 2018 . March 20, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180320073158/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2017/FBS.pdf . live .
2. Web site: 1884 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results . Sports Reference LLC . SR/College Football . February 27, 2017 . February 27, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170227150135/http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1884-schedule.html . live .
3. Web site: Championships - Tigers Football . princetontigersfootball.com . Princeton University . January 2, 2018 . March 18, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180318004826/http://www.princetontigersfootball.com/championships/ . live .
4. Web site: All-Time Princeton Results . goprincetontigers.com . Princeton University . January 2, 2018 . January 3, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072534/http://goprincetontigers.com/documents/2017/7/7//All_Time_FB_Results.pdf . live .