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.
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Roster Adams, HB Martin V. Bergen, FB Parke H. Davis, T Dewitt Dowkhout, T Joseph Marshall Flint, HB Anson Harrold, 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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