The 1879 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as

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, in the 1879 college football season. The team finished with a 4–0–1 record and was retroactively named national champion by the

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and

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and as co-national champion by Parke H. Davis. This season was Princeton's ninth national championship, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881. The team's captain was

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Princeton Tigers football seasons College football national champions College football undefeated seasons

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