1880 Centre football team

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1880 Centre football
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ConferenceIndependent
Record0–2
Head coach
Seasons
1891  
1880 college football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton   401
Yale   401
Kentucky University   200
Michigan   100
Harvard   222
Penn   220
Rutgers   220
Columbia   120
Amherst   011
Massachusetts   011
Stevens   140
Brown   010
CCNY   010
Philadelphia Crescent AC   010
Toronto   010
Centre   020

The 1880 Centre football team represented Centre College of Danville, Kentucky as an independent in the 1880 college football season. This was Centre's first season of play. The team's first game, played against Kentucky University on April 9, 1880, at Stoll Field in Lexington, Kentucky, was the first college football game played in the state of Kentucky. The game is also claimed as the first college football game ever played in the Southern United States, though VMI and Washington and Lee played a game in Lexington, Virginia in 1873. The game was said to have resembled a combination of soccer and rugby. [1] [2] [3] Centre lost both its games this season to Kentucky University, now known as Transylvania University.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
April 9at Kentucky University L 13¾–0
April 16Kentucky University
L 5½–0

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See also

References

  1. Becky Riddle. "Stoll Field" . Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  2. "Stoll Field Holds Many Memories". July 19, 1971. p. 11. Retrieved March 13, 2015 via Google news. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. John E Kleber (February 5, 2015). The Kentucky Encyclopedia. p. 843. ISBN   9780813159010 . Retrieved March 13, 2015 via Google books. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. "Centre College Football Record (1880-1899)". Centre College . Retrieved January 3, 2026.