The 1877 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as

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, in the 1877 college football season. The team finished with a 2–0–1 record and was retroactively named national champion by the

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and as co-national champion by Parke H. Davis. This season was Princeton's seventh national championship and one of 11 in a 13-year period between

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and

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. Princeton played Harvard for the second time, earning its first victory over the Crimson. The captain of the team was W. Earl Dodge. Sophomore

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was elected as Princeton's football director in 1877. Football historian Parke H. Davis credited Wilson with helping to coach the 1877 team.

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