1876 college football season

American college football season August 2023 1876 Yale football 1876.jpg 1876 Yale team 13 November 1, 1876 to March 3, 1877 Yale Not awarded until 1935 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.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 On November 11, organized intercollegiate football was first played in the state of Pennsylvania as Princeton defeated Penn 6–0 in Philadelphia.http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/sports/football/1800s/origins1.html Penn Football:Origins To 1901 2015-04-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923173453/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/sports/football/1800s/origins1.html 2015-09-23 dead This season was notable in the history of American football as it saw Walter Camp, widely considered to be the "Father" of the sport, participate as a freshman on the Yale team. Conference and program changes Team Former conference New conference Penn Quakers Program established IndependentNorthwestern Program established Independent Philadelphia All-Stars Program established Independent Conference standings left References