1881 college football season

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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]

Contents

Conference and program changes

TeamFormer conferenceNew conference
Richmond Colts Program establishedIndependent
Georgetown Program establishedIndependent
Penn State Program establishedIndependent
Columbian University Program establishedIndependent
Dartmouth Program establishedIndependent
Kentucky State College Program establishedIndependent
Lewisburg Program establishedIndependent
MIT Engineers Program establishedIndependent
Randolph–Macon Yellow Jackets Program establishedIndependent

Conference standings

1881 college football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
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   0 1 0
Wesleyan   0 1 0
Randolph–Macon   0 2 0
Michigan   0 3 0
Penn   0 5 0

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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.