1874 college football season
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American college football season
| 1874 college football season | |
|---|---|
| Harvard vs. McGill game on May 15 | |
| Total No. of teams | 9 |
| Champion(s) | Princeton Yale |
The 1874 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Princeton, Harvard, and Yale as having been selected national champions.[1] Only Princeton and Yale officially claim championships for this season.
The Harvard vs. McGill game played on May 15, 1874, was the first rugby-style football game played in the United States.[2]
Conference and program changes
[edit ]| Team | Former conference | New conference |
|---|---|---|
| Tufts Jumbos | Program established | Independent |
Conference standings
[edit ]| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||
| Yale | – | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||
| Princeton | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||
| Harvard | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||
| Tufts | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||
| Stevens | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||
| Rutgers | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||
| Columbia | – | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||
| NYU | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||
| McGill | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||
References
[edit ]- ^ Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. p. 70. Retrieved October 16, 2009.
- ^ "No Christian End!" (PDF). The Journey to Camp: The Origins of American Football to 1889. Professional Football Researchers Association. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
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