The 1891 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1891 college football season. The team finished with a 12–1 record. The Tigers recorded 12 shutouts and outscored opponents by a combined total of 391 to 0 in their first 12 games. The team's sole loss was in the final game of the season by a 19–0 score against Yale.
Three Princeton players, quarterback Philip King, fullback Sheppard Homans, Jr., and guard Jesse Riggs, were consensus first-team honorees on the 1891 College Football All-America Team.
Schedule
Roster
- Adams, HB
- Martin V. Bergen, FB
- Parke H. Davis, T
- Dewitt
- Dowkhout, T
- Joseph Marshall Flint, HB
- Harold, T
- Augustus Holly, G
- Sheppard Homans, Jr., FB
- Irving, E
- Philip King, HB
- Ludlow, E
- Franklin Morse, QB
- Johnny Poe, FB
- Jesse Riggs, G
- Scudder, G
- Symmes, C
- Taylor, G
- H. H. Vincent, E
- Voorhees, HB
- Ralph Warren, E
- Art Wheeler, G
- Clinton Wood, HB
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