1889 college football season

American college football season August 2023 1889 File:Princeton Tigers football team (1889).png 1889 Princeton Tigers 21 September 28 to December 2 Princeton Not awarded until 1935 The 1889 college football season was the season of American football played among colleges and universities in the United States during the 1889–90 academic year. The 1889 Princeton Tigers football team, led by team captain Edgar Allan Poe, compiled a perfect 10–0 record and was recognized as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2017/FBS.pdf National Poll Champions National Collegiate Athletic Association 2017 NCAA Division I Football Records 110 January 2, 2018 In the South, 1889 Wofford Terriers Wofford defeated Furman in the first intercollegiate game played in the state of South Carolina. The game featured no uniforms, no positions, and the rules were formulated before the game.Furman 2014 FB Record Book As the popularity of the program increased, new football programs were established in 1889 at Iowa, Syracuse,Alandt Anthony The storied history of Syracuse football began well before its 1889 loss to Rochester https://dailyorange.com/2022/11/the-storied-history-of-syracuse-football-began-well-before-its-1889-loss-to-rochester/ 18 December 2022 The Daily Orange 2 November 2022 and Washington. All eleven players selected by Caspar Whitney for the first All-America college football team came from the Big Three (Princeton, Yale, and Harvard). Four of the honorees have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: fullback Knowlton Ames (Princeton), end Amos Alonzo Stagg (Yale), tackle Hector Cowan (Princeton), and guard Pudge Heffelfinger (Yale). Conference and program changes The Western Interstate University Football Association began its first season of play. School 1888 Conference 1889 Conference Delaware Program established Independent Iowa Hawkeyes Program established Independent Washington Program established Independent Awards and honors All-Americans 1889 All-America college football team The consensus All-America team included: PositionNameHeightWeight (lbs.)ClassHometownTeamQBEdgar Allan PoeJr.Baltimore, MarylandPrincetonHBRoscoe Channing141Sr.New York, New YorkPrincetonHBJames P. LeeJr.New York, New YorkHarvardFBSnake Ames5'10"157Sr.Chicago, IllinoisPrincetonEAmos Alonzo StaggSr.West Orange, New JerseyYaleTHector CowanSr.Hobart, New YorkPrincetonGPudge Heffelfinger6'4"178So.Minneapolis, MinnesotaYaleCWilliam GeorgeSr.PrincetonGJohn CranstonJr.Sheridan, New YorkHarvardTCharles O. GillSr.Walpole, MassachusettsYaleEArthur CumnockJr.Danielson, ConnecticutHarvard Statistical leaders Player scoring most points: Bum McClung, Yale, 176 Conference standings The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings: Independents References