1881 college football season

1881 college football season
1881 Yale Bulldogs
Total No. of teams22
Champion(s)Princeton
Yale
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The 1881 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]

Conference and program changes

Team Former conference New conference
Richmond Colts Program established Independent
Georgetown Program established Independent
Penn State Program established Independent
Columbian University Program established Independent
Dartmouth Program established Independent
Kentucky State College Program established Independent
Lewisburg Program established Independent
MIT Engineers Program established Independent
Randolph–Macon Yellow Jackets Program established Independent

Conference standings

1881 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
MIT   –   3 – 0 – 0
Richmond   –   2 – 0 – 0
Georgetown   –   1 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   5 – 0 – 1
Princeton   –   7 – 0 – 2
Penn State   –   1 – 0 – 0
Columbian University   –   1 – 0 – 1
Dartmouth   –   1 – 0 – 1
Harvard   –   6 – 1 – 1
Massachusetts   –   2 – 1 – 1
Kentucky University   –   2 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   3 – 3 – 1
Rutgers   –   2 – 4 – 1
Stevens   –   1 – 2 – 1
Kentucky State College   –   1 – 2 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 1 – 1
Amherst   –   0 – 3 – 2
Lewisburg   –   0 – 1 – 0
MIT   –   3 – 0 – 0
Wesleyan   –   0 – 1 – 0
Randolph–Macon   –   0 – 2 – 0
Michigan   –   0 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   0 – 5 – 0

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.
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