1892 college football season

American college football season January 2025 August 2023 1892 Yale football team 1892.jpg 250 1892 Yale Bulldogs 27 September 24 to November 26 Yale Not awarded until 1935 The 1892 college football season was the season of American football played among colleges and universities in the United States during the 1892–93 academic year. The 1892 Yale Bulldogs football team, led by head coach Walter Camp, compiled a perfect 13–0 record, outscored opponents by a total of 429 to 0, and has been 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/2015/FBS.pdf National Poll Rankings National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2015 NCAA Division I Football Records NCAA 107 January 4, 2016 PDF1892 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1892-schedule.html Yale's 1892 season was part of a 37-game winning streak that began at the end of the 1890 season and continued into the 1893 season. All eleven players selected by Caspar Whitney and Walter Camp to the 1892 All-America college football team came from the Big Three (Yale, Harvard, and Princeton). The selections included center William H. Lewis, the first African-American All-American. Five of the honorees have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: quarterback Philip King, fullback Charley Brewer (Harvard), end Frank Hinkey (Yale), tackle Marshall Newell (Harvard), and guard Art Wheeler (Princeton). Several colleges and universities in the Deep South established football programs in 1892, including Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Georgia Tech, and South Carolina. In the first college football game in the region, Georgia defeated Mercer on January 30, 1892. On September 28, 1892, the first football game played outdoors at night took place, between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal. The lighting proved difficult and the game ended at halftime in a scoreless tie.https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=2664687 ESPN Mansfield eliminates Division II football program On December 27, 1892, the first game played between two historically black colleges and universities was played between Livingstone College and Biddle College at Livingstone's campus in Salisbury, North Carolina, with Biddle defeating Livingstone.Mosley Kyle T. December 27, 2024 HBCU Football: First-Ever Black College Football Game Celebrated https://www.si.com/college/hbcu/football/hbcu-football-first-ever-black-college-football-game-celebrated live https://web.archive.org/web/20241227135527/https://www.si.com/college/hbcu/football/hbcu-football-first-ever-black-college-football-game-celebrated December 27, 2024 January 8, 2025 Sports Illustrated Conference and program changes Conference establishments The Western Interstate University Football Association began its first season of play Membership changes School 1891 Conference 1892 Conference Alabama Cadets Program Established Independent Agricultural & Mechanical of Alabama Tigers Program Established Independent Georgia Bulldogs Program Established Independent Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Program Established IndependentIowa HawkeyesIndependentWIUFA Iowa State CyclonesProgram establishedIndependentKansas JayhawksIndependentWIUFA Mercer Baptists Program Established IndependentMissouri TigersIndependentWIUFA Nebraska BugeatersIndependentWIUFA San Jose State Normal Spartans Program Established Independent South Carolina football Program Established Independent Utah Utes Program Established Independent Conference standings The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings: Independents Awards and honors All-Americans 1892 College Football All-America Team The consensus All-America team included: PositionNameHeightWeight (lbs.)ClassHometownTeamQBPhilip King5'6"154Jr.Washington, D. C.PrincetonHBVance McCormickSr.Harrisburg, PennsylvaniaYaleHBHarry ThayerSr.Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPennFBCharley Brewer5'9"150Fr.Hopkinton, MassachusettsHarvardEFrank Hinkey5'9"150So.Tonawanda, New YorkYaleTAlexander Hamilton WallisSr.Jersey City, New JerseyYaleGArt WheelerSo.Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPrincetonCWilliam H. Lewis175Jr.Petersburg, VirginiaHarvardGBert WatersSo.Boston, MassachusettsHarvardTMarshall Newell5'7"168So.Great Barrington, MassachusettsHarvardEFrank HallowellSr.Medford, MassachusettsHarvard Statistical leaders Player scoring most points: Philip King, Princeton, 105 See also 1892 Wyoming Seminary vs. Mansfield State Normal football game References