1879 college football season
1879 college football season | |||||
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Michigan Wolverines | |||||
Total # of teams | 7[1] | ||||
Number of bowls | 0 | ||||
Champions |
Princeton Tigers Yale Bulldogs | ||||
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The 1879 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Princeton and Yale having been selected as national champions.[2]
Racine College and the University of Michigan played the first football game in the Midwest. The 1879 Michigan Wolverines football team beat Racine in a game played in Chicago.
Navy also had its first game; the team did not have a coach until 1890.[3]
Conference and program changes
School | 1878 Conference | 1879 Conference |
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Michigan Wolverines | Program Established | Independent |
References
- ↑ http://www.jhowell.net/cf/cf1879.htm
- ↑ Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. p. 70. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
- ↑ http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/database/navy_database.htm
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