1883 Princeton Tigers football team

1883 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainAlex Moffat
Seasons
← 1882
1884 →
1883 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     9 0 0
Gallaudet     2 0 0
Carleton     1 0 0
Johns Hopkins     1 0 0
NYU     1 0 0
Harvard     8 2 0
Princeton     7 1 0
Penn     6 2 1
Stevens     6 4 1
Massachusetts     1 1 0
Minnesota     1 1 0
Wesleyan     3 3 0
Williams     1 1 0
Fordham     4 5 0
Michigan     2 3 0
Lafayette     2 4 0
Johns Hopkins     1 2 0
Columbia     1 3 0
Rutgers     1 6 0
Amherst     0 1 0
Dartmouth     0 1 0
Hamline     0 1 0
Lewisburg     0 1 0
Navy     0 1 0
CCNY     0 2 0
Columbian University     0 2 0
Georgetown     0 2 0

The 1883 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1883 college football season. The team finished with a 7–1 record and outscored opponents 238 to 26, using the new scoring rules introduced by Walter Camp.[1] The Tigers won their first seven games before losing the final game of the season to Yale in New York.[2]

Alex Moffat was the team's captain and star player.[3] Moffat played at the halfback position and developed a reputation as "probably the greatest kicker ever seen on a football field."[4] Football historian David M. Nelson credits Moffat with revolutionizing the kicking game in 1883 by developing the "spiral punt," described by Nelson as "a dramatic change from the traditional end-over-end kicks."[5] Moffat has also been credited with inventing the drop kick,[6] and kicked equally well with either foot.[7] In 1883, Moffat kicked 32 goals in 15 games.[6][verification needed]

  1. ^ "1883 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "All-Time Princeton Results" (PDF). goprincetontigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  3. ^ "All Time Captains". www.princetontigersfootball.com. Princeton University. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  4. ^ "Alexander Moffat Dies in Hospital: Princeton Athlete Was Star in Football and on Diamond". The Day. February 15, 1914. p. 9.
  5. ^ David M. Nelson. The Anatomy of a Game: Football, the Rules, and the Men who Made the Game. p. 53.
  6. ^ a b Mark F. Bernstein. Princeton Football. p. 14.
  7. ^ Princeton Alumni Weekly. 1923.

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