1878 college football season

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The 1878 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Princeton as having been selected national champions. [1]

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Conference and program changes

TeamFormer conferenceNew conference
Brown Bears Program establishedIndependent
Swarthmore Quakers Program establishedIndependent

Conference standings

1878 college football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton   6 0 0
Yale   4 1 1
Columbia   0 0 1
CCNY   1 1 0
Stevens   1 1 2
Harvard   1 2 0
Penn   1 2 1
Rutgers   1 2 1
Amherst   1 3 0
Brown   0 1 0
Swarthmore   0 1 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.