1879 Princeton Tigers football team
The 1879 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1879 college football season. The team finished with a 4–0–1 record and was retroactively named national champion by the Billingsley Report and National Championship Foundation and as co-national champion by Parke H. Davis. This season was Princeton's ninth national championship, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881. The team's captain was Bland Ballard.
1879 Princeton Tigers football team
Parke Hill Davis was an American football player, coach, and historian.
Davis, c. 1895
Davis (top right) and his Lafayette football team of 1896. Thirty-seven years later, as the sport's pre-eminent historian, Davis would honor his team as co-national champions.
Lafayette on defense in its 6–4 upset victory over Penn on October 24, 1896, at Franklin Field in Philadelphia
Davis' All-America players: George B. Walbridge (left, 3rd Team 1897 All-America back, chosen by Walter Camp). Walbridge was right half-back and captain of Lafayette's 1896 team. He went on to graduate from Cornell University in 1900. In 1916, he co-founded Walbridge Aldinger, which became one of the largest construction companies in the United States. In 2008, the company changed its name to simply "Walbridge." Charles R. Rinehart (right, 1896 All-America guard
