1880 college football season

The 1880 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] On April 9, college football was first played in the state of Kentucky when Kentucky University defeated Centre 133/4–0 at Stoll Field. It was one of the first in the South.

Conference standings

1880 college football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Princeton   –    4 –0 –1
Yale   –    4 –0 –1
Kentucky University   –    2 –0 –0
Michigan   –    1 –0 –0
Penn   –    3 –2 –0
Harvard   –    2 –2 –2
Rutgers   –    2 –2 –0
Columbia   –    1 –2 –0
Stevens   –    1 –5 –0
Amherst   –    0 –1 –1
Massachusetts   –    0 –1 –1
Brown   –    0 –1 –0
CCNY   –    0 –1 –0
Toronto   –    0 –1 –0
Centre   –    0 –2 –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.
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