1910 college football season

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The 1910 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Harvard and Pittsburgh as having been retrospectively selected national champions, by four "major selectors" in about 1927, 1947, 1970 and 1980. [1] Harvard claims a national championship for the 1910 season.

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Rules

Rule changes were made prior to the 1910 season to permit more use of the forward pass, with complicated limitations: [2]

Other rules in 1910 were:

The season ran from September 24 until Thanksgiving Day (November 24). [4] Prior to Thanksgiving, the season's death toll was 22; the previous season's was thirty. [5]

Conference and program changes

Conference changes

School1909 Conference1910 Conference
The Citadel Bulldogs Independent SIAA
Denver Pioneers Independent Rocky Mountain
Howard Bulldogs Independent SIAA
Indiana State Normal Fightin' Teachers IndependentDropped Program
Louisville Cardinals Program EstablishedIndependent
Utah Utes Independent Rocky Mountain

Program changes

Conference standings

Major conference standings

For this article, major conferences defined as those including multiple state flagship public universities.

1910 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Nebraska $ 2 –0 –07 –1 –0
Iowa 3 –1 –05 –2 –0
Missouri 2 –1 –14 –2 –2
Iowa State 2 –2 –04 –4 –0
Kansas 1 –1 –16 –1 –1
Washington University 0 –2 –03 –4 –0
Drake 0 –3 –03 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1910 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Colorado College + 4 –0 –07 –0 –0
Colorado + 3 –0 –06 –0 –0
Utah 2 –2 –04 –2 –0
Denver 2 –2 –04 –3 –1
Colorado Mines 1 –4 –02 –4 –0
Colorado Agricultural 0 –4 –00 –5 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1910 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt + 5 –0 –08 –0 –1
Auburn + 5 –0 –06 –1 –0
Sewanee 3 –1 –08 –2 –0
Georgia 4 –2 –16 –2 –1
Ole Miss 2 –1 –07 –1 –0
Mississippi A&M 3 –2 –07 –2 –0
Mercer 3 –2 –06 –3 –0
Georgia Tech 3 –3 –05 –3 –0
Clemson 2 –3 –14 –3 –1
LSU 1 –3 –01 –5 –0
Tennessee 1 –4 –03 –5 –1
The Citadel 0 –2 –03 –4 –0
Alabama 0 –4 –04 –4 –0
Howard (AL) 0 –5 –01 –8 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1910 Western Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Illinois + 4 –0 –07 –0 –0
Minnesota + 2 –0 –06 –1 –0
Indiana 3 –1 –05 –1 –0
Iowa 1 –1 –05 –2 –0
Wisconsin 1 –2 –11 –2 –2
Northwestern 1 –2 –11 –3 –1
Chicago 2 –4 –02 –5 –0
Purdue 0 –4 –01 –5 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

Independents

1910 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Pittsburgh  – 9 –0 –0
Harvard  – 9 –0 –1
Penn  – 9 –1 –1
Princeton  – 7 –1 –0
Trinity (CT)  – 7 –1 –0
Ursinus  – 6 –1 –0
Rhode Island State  – 5 –1 –1
Lafayette  – 7 –2 –0
Army  – 6 –2 –0
Brown  – 7 –2 –1
Yale  – 6 –2 –2
Dartmouth  – 5 –2 –0
Cornell  – 5 –2 –1
Penn State  – 5 –2 –1
Colgate  – 4 –2 –1
Swarthmore  – 5 –3 –0
Franklin & Marshall  – 4 –3 –2
Syracuse  – 5 –4 –1
Rutgers  – 3 –2 –3
Carlisle  – 8 –6 –0
Holy Cross  – 3 –3 –2
Temple  – 3 –3 –0
Washington & Jefferson  – 3 –3 –1
Wesleyan  – 4 –4 –1
Geneva  – 2 –5 –2
NYU  – 2 –4 –1
Dickinson  – 3 –7 –0
Lehigh  – 2 –6 –1
Bucknell  – 2 –6 –0
Vermont  – 1 –5 –1
Carnegie Tech  – 1 –6 –1
Boston College  – 0 –4 –2
Tufts  – 1 –7 –1
Villanova  – 0 –4 –2
1910 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Wabash  – 4 –0 –0
Michigan Agricultural  – 6 –1 –0
St. Mary's (OH)  – 5 –1 –0
Central Michigan  – 5 –1 –1
Marquette  – 6 –1 –2
Notre Dame  – 4 –1 –1
Buchtel  – 7 –2 –0
Saint Louis  – 7 –2 –0
Michigan  – 3 –0 –3
Fairmount  – 6 –2 –1
Lake Forest  – 5 –2 –0
Western State Normal (MI)  – 4 –2 –0
Northern Illinois State  – 4 –2 –1
Mount Union  – 4 –2 –2
South Dakota State  – 4 –2 –2
Detroit College  – 3 –2 –0
Doane  – 3 –2 –1
Butler  – 4 –3 –1
Rose Poly  – 4 –4 –0
North Dakota Agricultural  – 2 –3 –0
Miami (OH)  – 2 –4 –1
Carthage  – 2 –4 –0
Ohio Northern  – 2 –5 –0
Iowa State Teachers  – 1 –4 –1
Haskell  – 2 –7 –0
Heidelberg  – 1 –7 –0
Michigan State Normal  – 0 –5 –1
Ohio  – 0 –6 –1
1910 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Central University  – 9 –0 –0
Louisiana Industrial  – 7 –0 –0
Navy  – 8 –0 –1
North Carolina A&M  – 4 –0 –2
Spring Hill  – 3 –0 –1
Texas A&M  – 8 –1 –0
Arkansas  – 7 –1 –0
Florida  – 6 –1 –0
Baylor  – 6 –1 –1
Georgetown  – 6 –1 –1
Marshall  – 5 –1 –1
Kentucky State  – 7 –2 –0
Texas  – 6 –2 –0
Virginia  – 6 –2 –0
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial  – 6 –2 –1
Chattanooga  – 5 –2 –1
Kendall  – 2 –1 –1
Maryland  – 4 –3 –1
Oklahoma  – 4 –2 –1
Washington and Lee  – 4 –3 –0
South Carolina  – 4 –4 –0
VMI  – 3 –3 –1
Davidson  – 3 –4 –2
Oklahoma A&M  – 3 –4 –0
West Virginia  – 2 –4 –1
Catholic University  – 2 –4 –0
North Carolina  – 3 –6 –0
George Washington  – 2 –2 –2
Wake Forest  – 2 –7 –0
Delaware  – 1 –2 –2
Mississippi College  – 0 –4 –0
Southwest Texas State  – 0 –4 –0
Tulane  – 0 –7 –0
1910 Western college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Washington  – 6 –0 –0
USC  – 7 –0 –1
Oregon  – 4 –1 –0
Utah Agricultural  – 5 –2 –0
Hawaii  – 4 –2 –0
Idaho  – 4 –2 –0
Montana  – 3 –2 –1
Oregon Agricultural  – 3 –2 –1
New Mexico A&M  – 3 –2 –0
Wyoming  – 4 –4 –0
Washington State  – 2 –3 –0
New Mexico  – 0 –3 –0

Minor conferences

ConferenceChampion(s)Record
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Kansas State Agricultural 4–0
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Alma 1–0
Ohio Athletic Conference Oberlin 3–0–1

Minor conference standings

1910 Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Randolph–Macon $ 3 –0 –04 –4 –0
Hampden–Sydney 2 –1 –04 –3 –0
William & Mary 1 –2 –01 –7 –1
Richmond 0 –3 –01 –6 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
1910 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Southern Illinois  – – 7 –1 –0
1910 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Oberlin $ 3 –0 –15 –1 –2
Case 5 –1 –06 –1 –1
Ohio State 5 –1 –25 –1 –3
Cincinnati 3 –1 –05 –3 –0
Western Reserve 4 –3 –05 –4 –0
Ohio Wesleyan 3 –3 –06 –3 –0
Miami (OH) 1 –1 –02 –4 –1
Denison 3 –4 –23 –4 –2
Wooster 1 –4 –11 –6 –1
Kenyon 1 –5 –01 –6 –1
Wittenberg 0 –5 –02 –7 –0
Ohio 0 –1 –00 –6 –1
  • $ – Conference champion

Awards and honors

All-Americans

The consensus All-America team included Walter Camp's selections:

PositionNameHeightWeight (lbs.)ClassHometownTeam
QB Earl Sprackling 5'9"150Jr. Cleveland, Ohio Brown
HB Percy Wendell So. Roxbury, Massachusetts Harvard
HB Talbot Pendleton Princeton
FB Leroy Mercer So. Penn
E Stanfield Wells Jr. Massillon, Ohio Michigan
T Robert McKay Sr. Harvard
G Albert Benbrook 240Sr. Chicago, Illinois Michigan
C Ernest Cozens Sr. Penn
G Bob Fisher Jr. Boston, Massachusetts Harvard
T James Walker Minnesota
E John Kilpatrick Yale

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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.
  2. ↑ "New Football As Walter Camp Sees It", New York Times, September 15, 1910
  3. ↑ Danzig, Allison (1956). The History of American Football: Its Great Teams, Players, and Coaches . Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. pp.  70–71.
  4. ↑ "Football Under New Rules Starts To-Day", New York Times, September 24, 1910
  5. ↑ "Death toll of football season". Eugene Daily Guard. (Oregon). November 23, 1910. p. 6.


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