The team finished with a 6–0 record and allowed only one goal.
[2] The Tigers were retroactively named national champions by the Billingsley Report, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H.
[3][4] This season marked Princeton's eighth national championship, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881.
[5] The team's captain was Bland Ballard.
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