1874 college football season

American college football season August 2023 1874 HarvardMcGill.jpg Harvard vs. McGill game on May 15 250 9 October 24 to December 5 PrincetonYale Not awarded until 1935 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.http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/football_records/DI/2009/2009FBS.pdf Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book 70 The National Collegiate Athletic Association August 2009 Indianapolis, IN 2009-10-16 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. No Christian End! The Journey to Camp: The Origins of American Football to 1889 Professional Football Researchers Association http://www.profootballresearchers.com/articles/No_Christian_End.pdf 2010-01-26 Conference and program changes Team Former conference New conference Tufts Jumbos Program established Independent Conference standings left References