8-0-2 under Bill Roper; named national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and Parke H. Davis, and co-national champion (with Penn State) by the National Championship Foundation. The New York Times also named Princeton champion at season's end.
Princeton’s 1911 schedule1911: 2 Champions, Zero Agreement
SPLITPenn State (8-0-1) and Princeton (8-0-2) both finished unbeaten, and the National Championship Foundation named them co-champions, but the Helms Athletic Foundation picked Princeton alone.
The case for each side
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8-0-1 under Bill Hollenback; named co-national champion (with Princeton) only by the National Championship Foundation, not by Helms.
Penn State’s 1911 scheduleNo national title game was played after the 1911 season: before 1998 there was no mechanism to play one, which is why so many of these seasons were settled by vote instead.