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1881 college football season

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1881 college football season

The 1881 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Princeton and Yale as having been selected national champions.[1]

Conference and program changes

TeamFormer conferenceNew conference
Richmond ColtsProgram establishedIndependent
GeorgetownProgram establishedIndependent
Penn StateProgram establishedIndependent
Columbian UniversityProgram establishedIndependent
DartmouthProgram establishedIndependent
Kentucky State CollegeProgram establishedIndependent
LewisburgProgram establishedIndependent
MIT EngineersProgram establishedIndependent
Randolph–Macon Yellow JacketsProgram establishedIndependent

Conference standings

1881 college football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
MIT   –  3 –0 –0
Richmond   –  2 –0 –0
Georgetown   –  1 –0 –0
Yale   –  5 –0 –1
Princeton   –  7 –0 –2
Penn State   –  1 –0 –0
Columbian University   –  1 –0 –1
Dartmouth   –  1 –0 –1
Harvard   –  6 –1 –1
Massachusetts   –  2 –1 –1
Kentucky University   –  2 –1 –0
Columbia   –  3 –3 –1
Rutgers   –  2 –4 –1
Stevens   –  1 –2 –1
Kentucky State College   –  1 –2 –0
CCNY   –  1 –1 –1
Amherst   –  0 –3 –2
Lewisburg   –  0 –1 –0
MIT   –  3 –0 –0
Wesleyan   –  0 –1 –0
Randolph–Macon   –  0 –2 –0
Michigan   –  0 –3 –0
Penn   –  0 –5 –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.


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