1875 Princeton Tigers football team

1875 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Billingsley)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–0
Head coach
  • None
CaptainCollins Denny
1875 college football records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard     4 0 0
Princeton     2 0 0
Columbia     4 1 1
Rutgers     1 1 1
Yale     2 2 0
Stevens     3 3 0
Tufts     0 1 0
NYU     0 1 0
Wesleyan     0 1 0
Bates     0 1 0
Canada All-Stars     0 2 0
CCNY     0 3 0

The 1875 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1875 college football season. The team finished with a 2–0 record. Collins Denny, who later became a notable clergyman and professor of philosophy, was captain of the 1875 team.

On November 13, Princeton defeated Columbia by a 6–2 score. The New York Herald wrote: "The contest was short, sharp and decisive and attracted a considerable crowd."

The team was retroactively named national champion by the Billingsley Report and as co-national champion (along with Harvard and Columbia) by Parke H. Davis.

This season marked the last of four consecutive national championships, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881.