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1905 Princeton

8–⁠2, coached by Art Hillebrand.

Schedule and results

Princeton in 1905, game by game: won vs. Villanova 41–0; won vs. Washington & Jefferson 23–0; won vs. Georgetown 34–0; won vs. Lehigh 29–6; won vs. Bucknell 48–0; won vs. Lafayette 22–4; won at Columbia 12–0; lost vs. Dartmouth 0–6; won vs. Cornell 16–6; lost at Yale 4–23+48−19Won 41–0 vs. Villanova+41VillanovaWon 23–0 vs. Washington & Jefferson+23Washington & Je…Won 34–0 vs. Georgetown+34GeorgetownWon 29–6 vs. Lehigh+23LehighWon 48–0 vs. Bucknell+48BucknellWon 22–4 vs. Lafayette+18LafayetteWon 12–0 at Columbia+12ColumbiaLost 0–6 vs. Dartmouth-6DartmouthWon 16–6 vs. Cornell+10CornellLost 4–23 at Yale-19Yale
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsVillanovaW 41–⁠082%
Sep 30vsWashington & JeffersonW 23–⁠093%
Oct 7vsGeorgetownW 34–⁠068%
Oct 11vsLehighW 29–⁠693%
Oct 14vsBucknellW 48–⁠083%
Oct 21vsLafayetteW 22–⁠477%
Oct 28atColumbiaW 12–⁠064%
Nov 4vsDartmouthL 0–⁠669%
Nov 11vsCornellW 16–⁠676%
Nov 18atYaleL 4–⁠2334%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Yale 23–⁠4.

In program history: The 25th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 136 on file).

Photographs from 1905

Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1905.

Consensus All-AmericanJames B. McCormick, FB

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
229–⁠45
Coach
Art Hillebrand
Elo
1684 +46 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
1.7 No. 33 of 82 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captain
James Cooney