1886 college football season

American college football season August 2023 1886 File:Yale Bulldogs (1886 team picture).jpg 1886 Yale Bulldogs 14 September 29 to November 25 PrincetonYale Not awarded until 1935 The 1886 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.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 October 16, 2009 Conference and program changes School 1885 Conference 1886 Conference California Golden Bears Program established Independent Season notes On Thanksgiving Day in Princeton, NJ, undefeated teams from Yale and Princeton met. The game started late due to the absence of a referee, and heavy rain caused the game to be called on account of darkness with Yale leading 4–0 in the second half. Under the rules of the time, the game was declared "no contest" by the substitute referee, and the final score was declared to be 0–0. After a special meeting of the Intercollegiate Football Association held to review the game, the Association issued a two-part resolution - that (1) Yale should have been acknowledged the winner, but that (2) under their existing rules, the Association did not have the authority to award the game to them.https://www.nytimes.com/1886/11/28/archives/no-football-champions-but-princeton-challenges-yale-to-another-game.html The New York Times No Football Champions.; But Princeton Challenges Yale To Another Game On Saturday November 28, 1886 The first intercollegiate game in the state of Vermont happened on November 6, 1886, between Dartmouth and Vermont at Burlington, Vermont. Dartmouth won 91 to 0.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2081624/the_new_york_times/ New York Times November 7, 1886 3 College Football Games March 27, 2015 Newspapers.com Vermont was the last state in New England yet to have a football contest. Conference standings The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings: Independents References