The 1902 Princeton Tigers football team represented

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in the

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. The team finished with an 8–1 record under first-year head coach

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. The Tigers won their first eight games, including seven shutouts, and outscored their opponents by a total of 164 to 17. The team's only loss was in the last game of the season by a 12–5 score against

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. Princeton guard John DeWitt, who later won the silver medal in the

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at the 1904 Summer Olympics, was selected as a consensus first-team honoree on the

1902 College Football All-America Team The 1902 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various individuals who chose College Football All-America Teams for the 1902 college football season. The only two individua ...

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Princeton Tigers football seasons

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