1876 college football season

The 1876 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Yale as having been selected national champions.[1] On November 11, organized intercollegiate football was first played in the state of Pennsylvania as Princeton defeated Penn 6–0 in Philadelphia.[2]

Conference and program changes

School1875 Conference1876 Conference
Penn QuakersProgram EstablishedIndependent

Conference standings

1876 college football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale   –    3 –0 –0
Rutgers   –    1 –0 –0
Harvard   –    3 –1 –0
Princeton   –    3 –2 –0
Stevens   –    2 –2 –0
Penn   –    1 –2 –0
Columbia   –    1 –3 –0
Canada All-Stars   –    0 –1 –0
McGill   –    0 –1 –0
NYU   –    0 –1 –0
Philadelphia All-Stars   –    0 –1 –0

References

  1. Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. p. 70. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
  2. "Penn Football:Origins To 1901". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
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