1900 college football season

1900 college football season
Yale Bulldogs
Total No. of teams	41
Regular season	September 14 to December 8
Champion	Yale
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The 1900 college football season ended with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Yale as having been selected national champions. ^[1]

Conference and program changes

• The Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives , commonly known as the Western Conference and the precursor to the modern Big Ten Conference, added two new members, Indiana and Iowa, to increase its membership to nine. It was after this expansion that the conference first gained the unofficial moniker Big Nine Conference.

School	1899 Conference	1900 Conference
Indiana Hoosiers	Independent	Big Nine (Western)
Iowa Hawkeyes	Independent	Big Nine (Western)

Conference standings

Major conference standings

1900 Colorado Football Association standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Colorado College $ 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0 Colorado Mines 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 0 Colorado 1 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Colorado Agricultural 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 3 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Clemson + 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 0 Auburn 4 – 0 – 0 4 – 0 – 0 Tulane 3 – 0 – 0 5 – 0 – 0 Texas 1 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 0 Sewanee + 5 – 0 – 1 6 – 1 – 1 North Carolina 3 – 0 – 1 4 – 1 – 3 Vanderbilt 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1 Alabama 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 3 – 0 Nashville 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 3 – 0 Georgia 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 0 Tennessee 0 – 2 – 1 3 – 2 – 1 Cumberland (TN) 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 1 – 0 LSU 0 – 1 – 0 2 – 2 – 0 Kentucky State 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Ole Miss 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 3 – 0 Georgia Tech 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 4 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1900 Triangular Football League standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Wesleyan $ 2 – 0 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Williams 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 1 Amherst 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 7 – 1 $ – Conference champion
1900 Western Conference football standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Minnesota + 3 – 0 – 1 10 – 0 – 2 Iowa + 2 – 0 – 1 7 – 0 – 1 Wisconsin 2 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0 Michigan 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 1 Northwestern 2 – 1 – 2 7 – 2 – 3 Chicago 2 – 3 – 1 9 – 5 – 1 Indiana 1 – 2 – 1 4 – 2 – 2 Illinois 1 – 3 – 2 7 – 3 – 2 Purdue 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0 + – Conference co-champions

Independents

1900 Eastern college football independents records v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Yale   –   12 – 0 – 0 Penn   –   12 – 1 – 0 Harvard   –   10 – 1 – 0 Cornell   –   10 – 2 – 0 Geneva   –   5 – 1 – 1 Lafayette   –   9 – 2 – 0 Syracuse   –   7 – 2 – 1 Princeton   –   8 – 3 – 0 Drexel   –   5 – 2 – 0 Fordham   –   3 – 1 – 1 Army   –   7 – 3 – 1 Brown   –   7 – 3 – 1 Columbia   –   7 – 3 – 1 Villanova   –   5 – 2 – 2 Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 3 – 1 Swarthmore   –   6 – 3 – 2 Holy Cross   –   5 – 3 – 1 Carlisle   –   6 – 4 – 1 Buffalo   –   3 – 2 – 2 Western Univ. of Penn   –   5 – 4 – 0 Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 1 Dickinson   –   5 – 5 – 0 Pittsburgh College   –   3 – 3 – 1 Rutgers   –   4 – 4 – 0 Vermont   –   4 – 4 – 1 Lehigh   –   5 – 6 – 0 Frankin & Marshall   –   4 – 5 – 0 Temple   –   3 – 4 – 1 Penn State   –   4 – 6 – 1 Amherst   –   4 – 7 – 1 Dartmouth   –   2 – 4 – 2 NYU   –   3 – 6 – 1 Tufts   –   3 – 6 – 1 Wesleyan   –   3 – 6 – 1 New Hampshire   –   1 – 5 – 1 Colgate   –   2 – 8 – 0 CCNY   –   0 – 1 – 0	1900 Midwestern college football independents records v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Central Michigan   –   1 – 0 – 0 Lake Forest   –   1 – 0 – 0 Haskell   –   9 – 1 – 0 North Dakota Agricultural   –   8 – 1 – 1 Ohio State   –   8 – 1 – 1 Nebraska   –   6 – 1 – 1 Beloit   –   7 – 1 – 2 Kirksville Osteopaths   –   7 – 2 – 1 Washburn   –   6 – 2 – 0 Wittenberg   –   5 – 2 – 1 Drake   –   6 – 3 – 0 Doane   –   2 – 1 – 0 Notre Dame   –   6 – 3 – 1 Fairmount   –   5 – 3 – 0 Detroit College   –   3 – 2 – 0 South Dakota Agricultural   –   3 – 2 – 0 Washington University   –   3 – 2 – 1 Carthage   –   4 – 3 – 0 Wabash   –   5 – 4 – 0 Lincoln (MO)   –   2 – 2 – 0 Missouri   –   4 – 4 – 1 Northern Illinois State   –   2 – 2 – 2 Iowa State Normal   –   3 – 4 – 1 Buchtel   –   2 – 3 – 1 Cincinnati   –   3 – 5 – 1 Ohio   –   2 – 4 – 1 Kansas State   –   2 – 4 – 0 Kansas   –   2 – 5 – 2 Ohio Wesleyan   –   2 – 5 – 2 Iowa State   –   2 – 5 – 1 Butler   –   0 – 1 – 3 Heidelberg   –   0 – 2 – 2 Chicago P&S   –   1 – 3 – 0 Mount Union   –   1 – 4 – 1 Miami (OH)   –   0 – 4 – 0	1900 Southern college football independents records v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Baylor   –   3 – 0 – 0 Davidson   –   4 – 1 – 0 Centre   –   4 – 1 – 1 Virginia   –   7 – 2 – 1 Georgetown   –   5 – 1 – 3 VMI   –   4 – 1 – 2 Oklahoma   –   3 – 1 – 1 Kendall   –   2 – 1 – 0 Marshall   –   1 – 0 – 2 Navy   –   6 – 3 – 0 Arkansas   –   2 – 1 – 1 South Carolina   –   4 – 3 – 0 West Virginia   –   4 – 3 – 0 VPI   –   3 – 3 – 1 Texas A&M   –   2 – 2 – 1 Richmond   –   3 – 4 – 0 Maryland   –   3 – 4 – 1 Delaware   –   2 – 3 – 1 William & Mary   –   1 – 2 – 0 North Carolina A&M   –   1 – 5 – 0 Furman   –   0 – 2 – 1
1900 Far West college football independents records v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Washington Agricultural   –   4 – 0 – 1 Idaho   –   2 – 0 – 1 Arizona   –   3 – 1 – 0 Stanford   –   7 – 2 – 1 Utah   –   2 – 1 – 0 California   –   4 – 2 – 1 Nevada State   –   4 – 2 – 1 Oregon   –   3 – 3 – 1 New Mexico A&M   –   3 – 3 – 1 San Jose Normal   –   3 – 3 – 1 Arizona Normal   –   1 – 1 – 0 USC   –   1 – 1 – 1 Wyoming   –   3 – 3 – 0 Washington   –   1 – 2 – 2 Montana   –   0 – 1 – 0 Utah Agricultural   –   0 – 2 – 0

Minor conferences

Conference	Champion(s)	Record
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Albion	5–0–1

See also

• 1900 College Football All-America Team

References

1. Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. pp. 76–77. Retrieved October 16, 2009.