1876 college football season

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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.

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Conference and program changes

TeamFormer conferenceNew conference
Penn Quakers Program establishedIndependent
Northwestern Program 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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