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The 1893 Maryland Aggies football team represented the Maryland Agricultural College in the 1893 college football season. After losing all three of its games the previous season without scoring a point, Maryland showed considerable improvement in 1893. The Aggies defeated all six opponents and were named the District of Columbia and Maryland state champions.
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The 1873 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1873 college football season. The team played Yale for the first time and won 3–0, finished with a 1–0 record, and was retroactively named consensus national champion by the Billingsley Report, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis. The team captain was Cyrus O. Dershimer.
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The 1873 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1873 college football season. The Bulldogs compiled a 2–1 record, winning games against Rutgers and Eton College but losing to Princeton. William S. Halstead was the team captain.
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The Stevens football team represented the Stevens Institute of Technology in college football.
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The 1873 Columbia football team represented Columbia University in the 1873 college football season.
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- ↑ "1873 Stevens Ducks Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
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