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1876 college football season

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1876 college football season

The 1876 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Yale as having been selected national champions.[1] On November 11, organized intercollegiate football was first played in the state of Pennsylvania as Princeton defeated Penn 6–0 in Philadelphia.[2] This season was notable in the history of American football as it saw Walter Camp, widely considered to be the "Father" of the sport, participate as a freshman on the Yale team.

Conference and program changes

TeamFormer conferenceNew conference
Penn QuakersProgram establishedIndependent
NorthwesternProgram establishedIndependent
Philadelphia All-StarsProgram establishedIndependent

Conference standings

1876 college football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale   –  3 –0 –0
Rutgers   –  1 –0 –0
Harvard   –  3 –1 –0
Princeton   –  3 –2 –0
Stevens   –  2 –2 –0
CCNY   –  1 –1 –0
Penn   –  1 –2 –0
Columbia   –  1 –3 –0
Canada All-Stars   –  0 –1 –0
McGill   –  0 –1 –0
Northwestern   –  0 –1 –0
Philadelphia All-Stars   –  0 –1 –0
NYU   –  0 –2 –0

References

  1. ↑ Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. p. 70. Retrieved October 16, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Penn Football:Origins To 1901". Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved April 29, 2015.


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